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Who has the right of way in that situation?
The reason some people think they are in the “right” lane is because they are. The drivers entering the “right” lane are legally responsible for yielding. There is no legal responsibility to let anyone in, ever. It just doesn’t exist.
Zipper merging is more of a social norm where people take a “treat others the way you’d want to be treated”.
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