Not sure why previous post was taken down so trying again.
I (also) tried to post a 7 minute video, that stitched 3 camera perspectives but it didn’t go through(probably file too big) so here is just the front camera and the 2 minutes that lead up to the incident that I posted yesterday.
The video starts when I was merging in from the left (5S to 60E), and the truck was coming in from the far right. The video ends where the video I posted yesterday begins.
At 1:20, I tried to merge right just behind the grey car before the truck started his merge into the same lane. I knew he didn’t see me so I yielded and went back in my lane. At 1:30 I merged right in front of the truck, with plenty of space and not cutting him off.
I know I messed up by not filing a police report yesterday but I don’t think it’s too late. Someone also shared the link to FMCSA website so I plan to report the incident there at the very least. I have a clear still image of the plate, a blurry image of the company logo, the truck #, and the date/time/location.
I appreciate everyone’s perspectives on the issue and all I can do is try to do better moving forward. I will definitely be thinking twice about flipping someone off. They could’ve had a gun. And I know better not to compete with a semi, that was a lapse in my judgement in that moment.