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Originally Posted by coffeebean
This morning as I exited the Duval gate, I entered the inside lane of the RAB and was traveling to the third exit which puts me southbound on Buena Vista. As I was traveling around in the inside lane, I passed my first exit and as I was upon my second exit, a car entered the RAB in the right lane RIGHT NEXT TO ME and was traveling along side. As I slowed down to allow this person WHO DID NOT YIELD to me (I was already in the RAB) and was traveling to my third exit, I gave that person a look that let him know I was not happy with what he had just done. If I did not slow down, I would have been hit on my passenger side as that car continued to his first exit.
Please everyone...YIELD to anyone in a RAB no matter which lane the car is in and do not enter the RAB right next to another car even if it is in a different lane. That is what causes accidents.
I have always said on this message board that I stagger with other cars in the RABs. Slowing down this morning avoided an accident. I do not trust anyone when they are in the RAB with me. I have no idea which exit they are going to take.
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(See my previous post above)
I was discussing my close call in the RAB from this morning with my sister and BIL. Although my BIL does not agree with the rules, the way he understands it, I would have been issued the summons if an accident would have occurred. I don't understand how that is possible. Why would I have been issued the summons???
1) I was in the correct lane to exit at my third exit.
2) I was traveling the speed limit around the circle.
3) The other car entered the RAB illegally because he did not yield to me, entered along side me and continued to travel along side of me.
The other car would have hit my passenger side if the accident did occur. I avoided that collision simply by staggering with that other car and I did that by slowing down to a crawl as he continued on his merry way around the RAB in the outside lane.
Seriously...would I have gotten the summons if the other guy slammed into the passenger side of my car???