Highway merge mishap avoided thanks to quick thinking drivers.

Merging car nearly crashes. Accident is avoided by 2 alert drivers that quickly maneuvered to avoid the collision.
This is dashcam footage of the near traffic mishap.Show more

This incident occurred on 84 West in Southington CT. On a normal commute, dashcam driver was hyper alert as evidenced by his quick reaction to a car suddenly changing lanes to avoid another cutting into his lane.

White vehicle attempts to merge and signals at the last second. He attempts to merge which causes the car in the right lane to react and move over to the center lane. This in turn forces the dashcam driver to quickly change lanes and move to the left thus avoiding collision.

White vehicle probably had no idea of what transpired. We can't always assume that merging traffic is aware of cars in the vicinity as they attempt to enter the highway. The driver did signal his intent to merge but the other driver was in his blind spot and probably didn't see it. Even if he did see it, that van was quick to changes lanes after the signal. In the end, all is good and we all went on our way.