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Car A is in the nearside (slow) lane of a three-lane motorway and wants to pass a slower vehicle, so starts to move to the middle lane.
Car B is in the fast lane (lane 3) having passed another vehicle and starts to return to the middle lane.
These cars do this simultaneously.
My question is: which car has priority?
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But if they collide which one would be held to be in the wrong - they cannot both be. surely
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Yes. Because both drivers must take care to change lanes safely.
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It used to be slow lane, fast lane, overtaking lane.???? not that matters any more.
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If they were both side by side and both indicated their intentions at the same time they would in theory acknowledge each other and not pull into the middle lane the slower car would/should slow appropriately and the faster car in the outside lane should continue in the outside lane until clear to pull in. In theory if both cars pulled into the middle lane at exactly the same time parallel to each other it'd probably be down to both drivers driving without due care and attention, as soon as they see another car pulling into the intended lane they should give way. If a collision ensued hopefully a following vehicle could be found to support any investigation in terms of witness or video evidence. Okay let's get to the bottom of this, John is this you or someone you know 
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Which one is the Audi? 
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Don't both cars have an obligation to merge with caution however the fundamental principal of "give way to the right" applies meaning A should give way to B...? Car A is in the nearside (slow) lane of a three-lane motorway and wants to pass a slower vehicle, so starts to move to the middle lane.
Car B is in the fast lane (lane 3) having passed another vehicle and starts to return to the middle lane.
These cars do this simultaneously.
My question is: which car has priority?
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Although I agree with Steve, in that neither of them have strict priority, I would think that in the final analysis it is car A that could be expected to carry a larger share of the blame in the event of an accident, although both should expect a possible DCA charge.
Car A should have indicated its intention to change lanes before doing so, and this would have been visible to the driver of Car B as it would have been moving faster.
If car A had pulled out when Car B was alongside then they would still be in the wrong as they should have been expecting car B to return to lane 2 having completed an overtaking manoeuvre.
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The faster car should anticipate that the slow car is closing in on the vehicle in front of it and is about to overtake,
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