I have no idea how there isn't more wrecks there. Scares me a little bit every time. There's just not a lot of room to merge into the fast lane. Been the guy trying to merge and the guy in the fast lane having cars that have no idea you're there merge into you.

I travel this everyday home from Katy. I immediately get to the right lane no matter how slow the traffic is moving there.

That is the dumbest design. I would be inclined to say that the traffic on the highway has the right of way. As was mentioned above, there is so little space to merge you can't really put a yield sign there.

TxDOT has eliminated most of the left-hand merges over the years but NB Highway 6 and LaSalle is one of them.

I kind of wish that when they reworked SH 6 South they could've built it in a way to eventually support full frontage roads through Navasota.

ukbb2003 said:

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That is the dumbest design. I would be inclined to say that the traffic on the highway has the right of way. As was mentioned above, there is so little space to merge you can't really put a yield sign there.

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Yeah, highway has the right of way. Most don't even see the merge until it happens. That's a 70-90 mph zone. When the students get to Navasota, they hammer it.

ukbb2003 said:

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That is the dumbest design. I would be inclined to say that the traffic on the highway has the right of way. As was mentioned above, there is so little space to merge you can't really put a yield sign there.

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You are correct. Vehicle on the highway has the right of way, merging traffic has to yield.

Every merging vehicle has to yield to those already on the highway. If only folks knew this.
Here is the law if you want to read it..
Texas Transportation Code 545
https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/docs/tn/htm/tn.545.htm

It drives me nuts that people can't understand how to match speeds with the highway in order to merge. That accident doesn't happen if the F150 were merging at highway speeds.

Tough lesson.

Terribly dangerous design. Any accident is TXDOTs fault.

Dude is lucky to be alive. Sounds like an idiot worried about his truck.

I commuted to Navasota for almost 30 years and am pretty sure there used to be a yield sign for the merging traffic. Going northbound, the place that was the most hairy was the at grade left turn from 6 onto FM2154 with NO turn lane.

ukbb2003 said:

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That is the dumbest design. I would be inclined to say that the traffic on the highway has the right of way. As was mentioned above, there is so little space to merge you can't really put a yield sign there.

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I travel from Brenham - 105 - Navasota - 6 - College Station on a weekly basis. The above is the route I take to enter Highway 6. Lasalle to Blackshear, curve to Piedmont (3090) cross 6 and left on the feeder, finally merge RIGHT on to 6. Takes a minute or two extra, but is much safer!

That dude is wrong. Terrible merge but the 18 wheeler has the right of way. I always move over from that lane to the right one if I'm not already there.

there is no way the dude that posted that and narrated it was the person driving that truck that got hit.
posting for internet points

The person in the black truck is totally in the wrong! The big truck has the right of way and the black truck must blend into traffic.

Well, the black truck temporarily blended into the semi.

That guy is lucky to be alive. Very lucky.

Black trucks fault but the semi driver also needs to learn to drive defensively. He showed no awareness.

02skiag said:

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Black trucks fault but the semi driver also needs to learn to drive defensively. He showed no awareness.

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There is a good discussion on Reddit (r/MildlyBadDrivers) about this incident and what the semi driver should or should not have done.

There is no yield sign for the merging lane, but there is a merge right sign. The merging lane has a broken line, so technically they are changing lanes. The through lane has right of way.
That said, the big truck should have seen it coming and backed off to allow the idiot in the f150 to merge. It isn't worth the hassle and hit on the CDL for the wreck.
I drive for 25 years, and would have let the guy in while cussing him at the same time for being stupid.

Rexter said:

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There is no yield sign for the merging lane, but there is a merge right sign. The merging lane has a broken line, so technically they are changing lanes. The through lane has right of way.
That said, the big truck should have seen it coming and backed off to allow the idiot in the f150 to merge. It isn't worth the hassle and hit on the CDL for the wreck.
I drive for 25 years, and would have let the guy in while cussing him at the same time for being stupid.

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Safe driving tip. Always assume the other drivers are idiots.

I went through that interchange about 10:00 Saturday night coming from Brenham. Scared the hell out of me. There are several issues with the area. You enter the merge lane from a sweeping left turn that's sharp enough to not really allow you to achieve merging speed. Secondly, you are slightly elevated in that sweeping curve, so there's no way in hell to see oncoming traffic in the left lane of Highway 6. Thirdly, the lane from which to merge is much too short, so again it's hard to achieve merging speed with traffic going 75+ mph. And finally, as previously mentioned, the whole situation is exacerbated by the fact that that is the fast lane of traffic on Highway 6 and vehicles are in fact driving at maximum speed there. It's a disaster that has to be addressed. Lives have been and will continue to be lost there until it is.

There is a similar interchange coming from Franklin into Hearne, westbound Highway 79 merging with southbound Highway 6. Fortunately, the traffic on Highway 6 is generally moving much slower in that area and the merging lane is much longer. But it's still a challenge to see oncoming traffic from Highway 6.

Lesson learned for me is that from now on I will always proceed through Navasota all the way to Highway 6 and use the northbound service road and merge lane there.

Tyrannosaurus Ross said:

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I went through that interchange about 10:00 Saturday night coming from Brenham. Scared the hell out of me. There are several issues with the area. You enter the merge lane from a sweeping left turn that's sharp enough to not really allow you to achieve merging speed. Secondly, you are slightly elevated in that sweeping curve, so there's no way in hell to see oncoming traffic in the left lane of Highway 6. Thirdly, the lane from which to merge is much too short, so again it's hard to achieve merging speed with traffic going 75+ mph. And finally, as previously mentioned, the whole situation is exacerbated by the fact that that is the fast lane of traffic on Highway 6 and vehicles are in fact driving at maximum speed there. It's a disaster that has to be addressed. Lives have been and will continue to be lost there until it is.

There is a similar interchange coming from Franklin into Hearne, westbound Highway 79 merging with southbound Highway 6. Fortunately, the traffic on Highway 6 is generally moving much slower in that area and the merging lane is much longer. But it's still a challenge to see oncoming traffic from Highway 6.

Lesson learned for me is that from now on I will always proceed through Navasota all the way to Highway 6 and use the northbound service road and merge lane there.

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i drive this multiple times a week

- getting up to speed is only an issue if someone in front of you refuses to speed up, there is plenty of running room.

- you should begin looking at the HWY 6 traffic as soon as you enter the overpass. it is easy to gauge density and speed and adjust your merging speed to fit in a gap. It's also helpful if your passengers continue to track and update.

- the actual merge IS very short. If you screw it up, your either under a semi or in the Navasota river

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