Truck shouldn't have changed lanes over a solid line -- but you made a basic z-driving defensive driving error as well; ALWAYS count on the worst happening -- and position oneself away from danger. You were running more or less parallel to this guy for quite a while, and you should have sped up or slowed down in a way that that truck would have merged out of the split lanes without you right next to him. Glad you avoided a mishap, nice job hard on the brakes -- but was unnecessary in the bigger picture "if I'd only..." scenario.
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