My question involves a traffic accident in the State of: Texas
I was driving on a 4-lane highway. I was in the very far left lane. I was in the process of merging into the lane to the right, while I was merging, I noticed another car merging into the same lane next to me. As soon as I noticed the car merging into the same lane, I quickly reacted and tried to merge back into the original lane. The car behind me speed up thinking that I had completed my merge and in the process I hit the car in my original lane.
We called the cops and he said that if I was merging left and happened to hit someone, it would be my fault, but if I was merging right and I happened to hit the car, then it would be their fault. So I don't understand that if I see a possibility of me hitting someone to the right and try to react quickly and merge back into my original left lane that I would be at fault all the time.
I just want to get everyone's opinion on this situation. Who is at fault in this situation?

