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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
Sure. So your contention is that a cart has to wait at a merge point for a car that is 2 miles behind him because that car has the right of way?????? And while the "merging law" might not mention speed, a whole lot of traffic laws do. An accident is generally the fault of the last person with a reasonable chance to avoid it. The car driver in my example avoids it by following the posted speed limit.
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You're getting silly about things. It's just basic traffic law 101. No, an accident is not generally the fault of the last person with a reasonable chance to avoid it. As you say wrong, wrong, wrong. An accident is the fault of the person who does not have the right of way.
Trooper Steve says this:
Some drivers in that right lane tend to sometimes speed up and close that gap available for a merger, ultimately eliminating the space for a vehicle to merge. Would this be considered following too closely? Or maybe even careless driving? Possibly.
There are a few traffic violations that could occur if someone had malicious intended to prevent someone from merging. But at the end of the day the roadway belongs to the person in that lane and the individual wanting to merge is obligated to yield right away.