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Slip Roads
- ronk
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Have they changed the rules while I've not been looking?
Ive just driven up from Bedfordshire to Durham and it seemed like every slip road was populated by morons who seemed to think that it was the proper thing to just barge onto the main lane no matter who or what was there! Most of them seemed to have a gormless 1000 yard stare!
Ive just driven up from Bedfordshire to Durham and it seemed like every slip road was populated by morons who seemed to think that it was the proper thing to just barge onto the main lane no matter who or what was there! Most of them seemed to have a gormless 1000 yard stare!
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On the other hand, there are so many crap drivers who don't look ahead to see someone joining from a slip road and move out a lane to accommodate them (assuming it's safe to move out).
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Its also a competition to see who can get from the slip to the outside lane in the shortest distance/time.
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They only look like 'give way' lines - now every one has the right to join from a slip road and screw who ever happens to be in the way. If I had a £ for every time I've changed speed (slammed on brakes) or moved out I'd be able to get someone else to type this!
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In Europe it’s the law to ‘make room’ for traffic joining from the slip road....even if this means u have to slow down!Crazy Harry wrote: ↑Wed Jul 17, 2019 9:11 pm They only look like 'give way' lines - now every one has the right to join from a slip road and screw who ever happens to be in the way. If I had a £ for every time I've changed speed (slammed on brakes) or moved out I'd be able to get someone else to type this!
Their logic is simple - if a car can’t pull out & is forced to wait, it’ll join the carriageway at a slower speed which is MUCH more dangerous for traffic behind.
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The thing that annoys me is when drivers feel they have to join the carriage way within the first couple of meters instead of using its full length of the slip road to safety merge into the flow of traffic, especially when there is standing traffic creating a line of cars behind them backing up to the top of the slip road
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- Crazy Harry
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Yea no problem with them joining - its when they don't adjust their speed to match the gap. Every junction will have a give way line across lane one soon rather than the end of the slip roadJembo wrote: ↑Wed Jul 17, 2019 9:18 pmIn Europe it’s the law to ‘make room’ for traffic joining from the slip road....even if this means u have to slow down!Crazy Harry wrote: ↑Wed Jul 17, 2019 9:11 pm They only look like 'give way' lines - now every one has the right to join from a slip road and screw who ever happens to be in the way. If I had a £ for every time I've changed speed (slammed on brakes) or moved out I'd be able to get someone else to type this!
Their logic is simple - if a car can’t pull out & is forced to wait, it’ll join the carriageway at a slower speed which is MUCH more dangerous for traffic behind.
- buzyg
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Dangerous places. Best to assume every one else is a moron and make space. It often takes two to crash.
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ive had people raging at me when i havent moved lanes because I cant due to traffic and they dont know how to adjust their speed to join safely.. the roads are populated by utter morons these days... and another one.. since when has cutting the corner when turning right become a thing? Apparently its normal around here to turn right into the lane of oncoming traffic.. boils my piss
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Not in Holland.
I factor in the 'idiot factor' at every given opportunity over here in The Netherlands. Lots of unecessary aggression and 'entitlement' over here.
I'm also noticing a certain, shall we say 'demographic' over here who are usually all driving sh!tboxes and driving as though it was Damascus in the rush hour! It's becoming quite unpleasant.
There's now a government-funded scheme to get people to be nicer to each other looooolz
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Couldn't agree more. I always assume the person in the car is an idiot who will do stupid things stupidly at any moment
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What you need to do is give the offending car a tap on the rear quarter and spin them out...like they do in banger racing
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3. Joining the motorway (259)
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Joining the motorway. When you join the motorway you will normally approach it from a road on the left (a slip road) or from an adjoining motorway.
You should give priority to traffic already on the motorway
check the traffic on the motorway and match your speed to fit safely into the traffic flow in the left-hand lane
not cross solid white lines that separate lanes or use the hard shoulder stay on the slip road if it continues as an extra lane on the motorway remain in the left-hand lane long enough to adjust to the speed of traffic before considering overtaking.
A lot seem to have forgotten!
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Joining the motorway. When you join the motorway you will normally approach it from a road on the left (a slip road) or from an adjoining motorway.
You should give priority to traffic already on the motorway
check the traffic on the motorway and match your speed to fit safely into the traffic flow in the left-hand lane
not cross solid white lines that separate lanes or use the hard shoulder stay on the slip road if it continues as an extra lane on the motorway remain in the left-hand lane long enough to adjust to the speed of traffic before considering overtaking.
A lot seem to have forgotten!
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- ronk
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Not in Germany and Netherlands, so which European country has the rule?
I ask as I’m also driving thro Switzerland and Italy at the end of the month. Just hope it’s neither of those two countries!
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- Mr Tidy
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That's far too kind - most don't seem to know, and couldn't give a sh*t anyway because they have no spatial awareness and are busy texting.
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