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Originally Posted by 04Stefan07
I was merging onto a freeway and obviously everyone knows that if your car is in front or most of it is in front of the car next to you that you have priority to go first. Well this truck came out of no-where and totally cut me off and he made me go half in the emergency lane!
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Actually, that's a common misconception.
If the lane ends and is so marked (with thick dashed lines, and usually there is also a sign such as "Left lane ends, Merge right) then you must give way to traffic in the continuing lane - you can only enter if it safe to do so, i.e. with enough space to safely enter. It's very similar to entering a road from a slip lane or a "Turn left anytime with care" lane - you can't impede traffic already in that lane. Of course, it's nice if someone "makes a space", but they don't have to.
The other type of lane merge is where two lanes come to one with no markings, i.e. the thin lane-dividing line simply stops. In that circumstance, the car that is ahead has right of way.