I also find at 73 mph .. I stay between the slower trucks and the faster trucks.. Kind of run in the bubble betweeen them... I hate running in a large group to many variables..
If you can't move over or slow down you will still get a ticket unless you did EVERYTHING RIGHT..... but... if you speed up to block someone you are BREAKING THE LAW.... Ask any local cop that. You don't have to mover over if you can you should and it is the right thing to do. BUT if you speed up to block someone from merging you are BREAKING THE LAW The law in Texas... A driver entering a roadway from a roadway that is intended for and constructed as a merging roadway, and is plainly marked at the intersection with the appropriate merge signs, shall yield the right-of-way to traffic upon the roadway that is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard and shall adjust their speed to enable them to merge safely with through traffic. Simply put, a driver merging onto a freeway must yield to traffic upon the freeway. It must be noted that traffic on the freeway cannot intentionally block a driver from merging by either speeding up or slowing down.(this is out of the CDL handbook in TEJAS)
last i checked the on-ramp had the yield sign not the highway i have no problem pushing someone in to the breakdown lane if they fail to remember how to read a sign. i mean i do have some sympathy though if have an open lane sure i'll move over but aside from that i'm not slowng down for some lady or guy whos texting there friends on how great last night at the bar was they could go in to the rail for all i care
Did you even read the entire post.... "But if you deliberately speed up to block someone from merging"... He said he was using his fast truck for this.. This industry is in a crap heap of trouble with most of these guys out here today.
