Nashville Auto Accident Attorney Reports On Fatal Interstate Entry Accident
Interstate Entry Accident
When entering an interstate highway you must keep alert. In most driving situations, you slow down or stop before you enter a busy road, but when entering an interstate, you do the opposite. You must use the merging or acceleration lane to speed up and merge with fast-moving traffic already on the interstate.
Good judgment and good timing are necessary to merge smoothly with fast-moving traffic. Upon entering the interstate on-ramp, stay to the right and increase your speed in the acceleration lane/entrance ramp. Use the ramp to reach interstate speed so you can merge smoothly into the travel lane when the way is clear. Be sure to give the proper left turn signal to indicate your need to enter the traffic lane. Drivers already on the interstate should, for their own safety, make allowance for vehicles attempting to enter. It is your responsibility to yield the right-of-way to other cars already on the interstate.
Reference an accident in Loudon County Tennessee reported on the website of WBIR TV in Chattanooga in which a car entering the interstate casued a vehicle already on the interstate to swerve to the left and go out of control killing the driver and injuring her three passengers. Although the vehicle did not touch it appears that the van entering the highway was at fault. Investigators say that the investigation is ongoing but that they expect to file charges in the death.
If you or a loved one is injured or killed in a serious Tennessee interstate collision contact the experienced Nashville auto accident lawyers at Phillip Miller & Associates and find out about your rights and remedies.
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