Who would be at guiltiness?

I was entering on a highway that be moving very slowly due to congestion. There be an open space that be about three sports car lengths within size.

I check my blind spot and merged into traffic when the guy behind me sped to block me out. I swerved to the right, but we still made contact.

Who would be at criticize? I can understand if I newly merged into him without looking, but the guy sped up to block me. Wouldnt he be atleast somewhat sloppy for the accident?

How and where on earth do I...


should be his fault, but you will probably achieve the shaft on it

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Did you use your turn signal? I would think it would be totally his defect.

I looked it up. Here is what the law states within the state of Michigan (read the last sentence):

Question: When merging onto a freeway who have the right-of-way?

Answer: MCL 257.649(7) governs this query. A driver entering a roadway from a roadway that is intended for and constructed as a merging roadway, and is plainly distinct at the intersection with the appropriate merge signs, shall verbs the right-of-way to traffic upon the roadway that is so close as to constitute an on the spot hazard and shall adjust their speed to see them to merge safely beside 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 any speeding up or slowing down.

I would assume that other states have similar law.

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Answers:    By the "guy at the rear you", do you mean another guy who be also merging and decided to lug the open spot and after block you from staying in front of him as you both merged,or be the "guy behind you" on the highway already and out of the two of you, you be the only one merging?
In the former defence, he would be at fault, surrounded by the second case you would be.

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Edit:
I didn't realize the traffic be at a crawl. In that case what he did wrong is officially called "failing to mitigate" and it WOULD put him at shortcoming if he literally sped up from a crawl to block you and disallow the "already underway merge". You should claim that his speeding up be not "reasonably forseeable to you" and that "it shocked you when contact happened" and that "the bearing he unconscionably sped up, it looked like he be trying to hit your car on purpose". The solitary problem is providing proof, because he can easily deny it. Use the four phrases I enjoy in quotes, because those are the buzz words within your defense that would get you sour the hook.
3 things will work against you:
1) If you don't have any witnesses.
2) the police report doesn't copy your situation
3)or he denies all of this. Then it will be your word against his and consequently it won't look so good for your skin.
Good luck to you

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