When two cars are driving parallel in the outside lanes of a three-lane motorway, who has priority to move to the middle first?
Few days ago I was presented in this exact situation; picture a 3 lanes motorway; empty; 110 speed limit; left lane 1 car, central lane empty, right lane 1 car.
I was in the overtaking lane (far right) and got this car tailgating me, wanting me to get the {profanity} out of my way. I did notice there's a car on the slow lane (far left) driving almost at the same speed as me (so we're talking about 110 km/h). I activated by blinker signalling left and waited because my gut feel is the car on the left lane about to go to the central lane .. so after a sec or two … nothing .. so i went to the central lane … AND yes as expected, the car on the left lane also went to the central lane. it almost happened … but luckily it didn't …
so what's the go here? who's at fault?
EDIT Update your post to say you were just overtaking a car in the middle lane. Otherwise, you will get blasted in 3.2.1..*
and the car from the left lane wanted to overtake a car in front of him by going to the central lane … i noticed this hence my hesitation; just a matter on timing so i waited and waited … then the moment i decided, the left lane car also decided .. so both of us went …
I have often wondered the same thing. Sorry, not much help!