Just got shunted up the rear!

floatindolphin said:
Gutted!

the car in front comes to an almost stop as they couldn’t join. I slow right down then see the guy flying up behind. I try and move to the left out of his way. BANG!! Smacked right in the back!!
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I usually hold back on the car ahead on slips so that if something like this does happen, I can brake slowly giving maximum time for the person behind to realise that there is an issue

A good example familiar to some no doubt is the A31 slip at the Guildford end of the Hogs back where it joins the A3. (Very short slip road and poor visibility with it)

I will stay well back on the approach and allow a gap to build up and only start to build up speed once I have the slip ahead entirely to myself.


floatindolphin said:
annoyingly the car that slowed right down just drove off. Guess they were the trigger but the guy bombing it up my chuff was the main issue.
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The "Trigger" IMO is the people on L1 driving too close together and failing to leave sufficient space to allow slip traffic to match speed and safely merge.

But why should he have stopped?? He wasn't involved in a Collison.

However, I do find it annoying when people on the slips, who are not only ahead of L1 traffic, but also traveling at the same speed, or even faster, randomly chicken out and screech to a halt. :/
 
Seems like there are more and more nervous drivers around. Every day I get stuck behind people going 40 in a 60, even slower when it rains.
 
Orionaut said:
I usually hold back on the car ahead on slips so that if something like this does happen, I can brake slowly giving maximum time for the person behind to realise that there is an issue

A good example familiar to some no doubt is the A31 slip at the Guildford end of the Hogs back where it joins the A3. (Very short slip road and poor visibility with it)

I will stay well back on the approach and allow a gap to build up and only start to build up speed once I have the slip ahead entirely to myself.




The "Trigger" IMO is the people on L1 driving too close together and failing to leave sufficient space to allow slip traffic to match speed and safely merge.

But why should he have stopped?? He wasn't involved in a Collison.

However, I do find it annoying when people on the slips, who are not only ahead of L1 traffic, but also traveling at the same speed, or even faster, randomly chicken out and screech to a halt. :/
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Yeah, the L1 folk who think they're hilarious by speeding up to block the gap that you could easily have merged into. Probably the same folks who queue rather than merge when a lane closes....
 
what was the car that stopped up front ?

putting the opposing point of view, the number of average power cars that roll down the slip road expecting you to make space,
who,are going to arrive adjacent, on a collision course, if you do not change your velocity;
fine, if it someone in a sufficiently powered car, and they're ready to accelerate and safely take the gap in front, but, otherwise. ...
accelerating is often the safest option, not violently, but enough to avoid a face-off. and probably whilst they are doing their trigonometry.
 
jpaul said:
what was the car that stopped up front ?

putting the opposing point of view, the number of average power cars that roll down the slip road expecting you to make space,
who,are going to arrive adjacent, on a collision course, if you do not change your velocity;
fine, if it someone in a sufficiently powered car, and they're ready to accelerate and safely take the gap in front, but, otherwise. ...
accelerating is often the safest option, not violently, but enough to avoid a face-off. and probably whilst they are doing their trigonometry.
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It was a B Class Mercedes
 
jpaul said:
putting the opposing point of view, the number of average power cars that roll down the slip road expecting you to make space,
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Why not make space? Why wasn't there space in the first place?

(EG as L1 traffic approaches an on-slip, drivers either change to L2 or open up gaps to 4 seconds so that space is available to merge into, also bearing in mind that many vehicles cant exceed 55mph, carrying on past an on-slip in L1 at more than this when people are trying to merge is unreasonable behaviour)

Lane Merging should be a cooperative activity. That way, everybody can make progress with minimum risk or inconvenience.

L1 traffic also has a much better view on the situation than slip traffic and while having priority should really have the greater legal responsibility should a collision occur.
 
Nasher said:
Seems like there are more and more nervous drivers around. Every day I get stuck behind people going 40 in a 60, even slower when it rains.
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This. The amount of people i have overtaken recently who were going stupidly slowly, who have then floored it whilst overtaking them is ridiculous. Thanks, go stupidly slowly and hold everyone up and then try and kill them when they overtake you....great,
 
OK - there is space in front, if the merger puts his foot down, and, shows a competence to merge, I'll lift off the accelerator if needed, but,
at the point I'm having to anticipate braking, I'd usually accelerate to remove uncertainty that they might cut in, in front, don't want to go into their back.
..... Might is right, for lorries.

Interesting to know how ev self-drive cars accomplish merge manouver since it is comparatively high speed, more scope for high collateral accidents, than flowing into a roundabout.

For the merger, visibility on new cars with fat B pillars, is part of the problem, roll on the honeycomb pillars volvo proposed. (passive safety)
 
jpaul said:
OK - there is space in front, if the merger puts his foot down, and, shows a competence to merge, I'll lift off the accelerator if needed, but,
at the point I'm having to anticipate braking, I'd usually accelerate to remove uncertainty that they might cut in, in front, don't want to go into their back.
..... Might is right, for lorries.

Interesting to know how ev self-drive cars accomplish merge manouver since it is comparatively high speed, more scope for high collateral accidents, than flowing into a roundabout.

For the merger, visibility on new cars with fat B pillars, is part of the problem, roll on the honeycomb pillars volvo proposed. (passive safety)
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Have you seen the one where a camera
Outside the B pillar
Projects the image to the inside of
The pillar
Making the pillar appear invisible
 
Car will have

new rear bumper
New boot lid
New metal bits behind bumper
New boot floor, as it was bent

they’ll sort a couple of tiny preexisting dints too

some lovely cars in the showroom while I waited! An orange McLaren sexy Carbon thing

blimmin lovely Ferrari 488 (I think that was the number) never really been fussed by Ferrari’s but this thing looked like something special
 
floatindolphin said:
Car will have

new rear bumper
New boot lid
New metal bits behind bumper
New boot floor, as it was bent

they’ll sort a couple of tiny preexisting dints too

some lovely cars in the showroom while I waited! An orange McLaren sexy Carbon thing

blimmin lovely Ferrari 488 (I think that was the number) never really been fussed by Ferrari’s but this thing looked like something special
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Not written off then?
 
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