| unsafe lane change What is the name of your state? TEXAS
I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE I WAS APROACHING AN INTERSECTION. TWO LANES IN SAME DIRECTION. RIGHT LANE CURVES TO RIGHT ONLY PRIOR TO INTERSECTION. LEFT LANE CONTINUES STRAIGHT NO TRAFFIC CONTROL. CROSS ROAD AT INTERSECTION HAS STOP SIGNS. I CHANGED LANES TO THE LEFT LANE AS I APPROACHED INTERSECTION I WAS ABOUT 100 YARDS FROM INTERSECTION. VEHICLE #2 WAS STOPPED AT STOP SIGN VEH #2 PROCEEDED THROUGH INTERSECTION AND WE COLLIDED IN MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION. DRIVER OF VEHICLE #2 TOLD INVESTIGATING OFFICER THAT SHE ASSUMED THAT I WAS GOING TO TURN RIGHT AND WAS NOT EXPECTING ME TO CHANGE LANES. THAT CLOSE TO INTERSECTION. IS THERE A LAW THAT DESCRIBES HOW FAR FROM AN INTERSECTION A VEHICLE CAN CHANGE LANES SAFELY? I WAS CITED FOR UNSAFE LANE CHANGE. |