Not only did this driver not yield, but commenters also criticized the dashcam owner’s overzealous exit speed, from the leftmost lane, too.
Tarrant County-area driver and Redditor /u/al-Sahaabi shared headshaking dashcam footage from earlier in July (July 22, 2026) from this I-820 exit showing a driver lazily, and with no intent to yield, merging from this gore point, almost causing OP to rear-end them had they not taken evasive action.
Check out the near miss below with the original Reddit thread linked here.
The incident happened on I-820 Exit 23 onto Pipeline Rd/Glenview Dr. (Exact location on Google Maps linked here.)
As the dashcam shows, OP was previously headed eastbound on I-820 when he took the aforementioned exit.
As mentioned, commenters didn’t hold back, criticizing how the dashcam owner exited from the wrong lane at too high a speed.
“Do you always take exits from the opposite lane wtf,” one of the top commenters from /u/KobeBeaf reads.
Suddenly, a driver in a silver Toyota Highlander stopped on the gore point for some reason (perhaps not wanting to miss their exit) decides to, at that moment, merge onto the same Exit OP is headed to.
They don’t yield at all.
OP is forced to brake hard but sees a gap, takes it, and opts for an evasive maneuver, perhaps to avoid a rear-end collision instead.
Thankfully, nothing comes of the unnecessarily dangerous incident.
“What’s funny about this exit, since I’m local to it – there’s a very large area to slow down” /u/FivePing pointed out in the comments.
“There’s really no reason to be going as fast as he was. Right before this exit is a highway split, and you should be going slower to be wary of those “oh crap, not this exit” people who just instantly merge into your lane without consideration of your current speed. My daily drive takes me past this exit, and it’s sad to see left-lane exiters here cut off people who correctly planned to take the exit.”
In North Richland Hills, TX, failure to yield while merging from a gore point would typically be cited as a Failure to Yield Right-of-Way violation. The fine is generally up to $200 for a basic moving violation (higher if a collision or injury is involved); Texas penalties for failure-to-yield offenses resulting in injury collisions can range from $500–$2,000 or more depending on severity. (dps.texas.gov)
A standard failure-to-yield violation does not normally add points to your Texas driving record (Texas does not use the old point system for most ordinary violations). (dps.texas.gov)
