Almost had a crash yesterday

Of course, if someone is joining from the slip road, right of way doesn't mean you should stay in L1, if L2 is clear common sense should prevail unless you're an idiot that wants to cause an accident
 
In Cheshire they have traffic lights on the slipways to alleviate this problem.

In Cornwall people seem to think slip road is right of way so you get not one car doing it buy 4-5 cars in a row causing the left hand lane guy to sometimes come to a full stop on the motorway as cars will barge people off the road if they have to.

But then again this is Cornwall where people think roundabouts are straight roads.
 
86JR said:
In Cheshire they have traffic lights on the slipways to alleviate this problem.

In Cornwall people seem to think slip road is right of way so you get not one car doing it buy 4-5 cars in a row causing the left hand lane guy to sometimes come to a full stop on the motorway as cars will barge people off the road if they have to.

But then again this is Cornwall where people think roundabouts are straight roads.
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and that waist height water is for driving through.....twice

....sorry couldn't resist :p
 
If you know there's a slip road ahead, why not move over just before so you avoid any danger at all?

Really not a big deal moving over.
 
SilverTongue said:
:rolleyes: So you are the **** that pulls out in front of me who is just about to overtake you then?
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I find it hard to believe that he couldn't find time to move over before a sliproad to avoid such problems happening?

I have been driving 5 years and have always managed to move, it's really not hard to do.
 
Conscript said:
How do you propose he does that? Just barge the traffic in the outer lane out of the way?
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What's the matter with some drivers? Can't you move into another lane or something?

As long as your matching the speed or going faster, you can move over safely.
 
were you there, no I think not? Well unless you were the person on the slip road. As such you don't know what the traffic conditions were like, though going by what the OP has said he had traffic overtaking him and hadn't long finished overtaking somebody else, so there is a good chance that no he didn't have enough room to move in without being a lane hog for a distance.

Clov!s said:
What's the matter with some drivers? Can't you move into another lane or something?

As long as your matching the speed or going faster, you can move over safely.
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This only works if those in the other lane are leaving a sufficient gap for you to pull into safely without causing them to react by adjusting there speed to increase the gap. Which you'll find that if this was the case you could receive a ticket for driving without due care and attention
 
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Clov!s said:
I find it hard to believe that he couldn't find time to move over before a sliproad to avoid such problems happening?

I have been driving 5 years and have always managed to move, it's really not hard to do.
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In 5 years of driving, youve never driven on a dual carriageway busy enough to make moving over difficult? Lucky you.

I will usually move over if there's an opportunity, but at rush hour, I'm not going to start switching lanes to make life a bit easier for joining traffic. That's why the highway code places the responsibility to give way on those joining, otherwise every dual carriageway would be chaos wherever a sliproad joined, with people pulling over and holding up the overtaking lanes.
 
SilverTongue said:
were you there, no I think not? Well unless you were the person on the slip road. As such you don't know what the traffic conditions were like, though going by what the OP has said he had traffic overtaking him and hadn't long finished overtaking somebody else, so there is a good chance that no he didn't have enough room to move in without being a lane hog for a distance.
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Which is why i said why didn't he move over before the slip road?

Fair enough if the slip road was blind, and he really didn't have enough time, but you have enough warnings on the road telling you how far away they are.
 
Conscript said:
In 5 years of driving, youve never driven on a dual carriageway busy enough to make moving over difficult? Lucky you.

I will usually move over if theres an opportunity, but at rush hour,mI'm not going to start switching lanes to make life a bit easier for joining traffic. Thats why the highway code places the responsibility to give way on those joining, otherwise every dual carriageway would be chaos wherever a sliproad joined, with people pulling over and holding up the overtaking lanes.
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That and in heavy traffic you are supposed to stay in lane anyway
 
Clov!s said:
What's the matter with some drivers? Can't you move into another lane or something?

As long as your matching the speed or going faster, you can move over safely.
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By definition, if you are in the left hand lane, you aren't matching speed, or going faster - you are being overtaken by the traffic on your right. Even if you can match the speed, it takes time to ensure you can find a suitable gap to move out without cutting up other drivers or forcing them to brake - not something you can do when bearing down on a slip road.

Or are you seriously suggesting that everyone in the left hand lane should immediately move into the right hand lane every time they approach a sliproad?
 
[TW]Fox;25597652 said:
But there were cars in the outside lane, how did you sweve without colliding with them? Are you saying there was a gap available for you to move into after all? :p
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Evidently there was...whether it was a safe gap is another matter :p
 
[TW]Fox;25597652 said:
But there were cars in the outside lane, how did you sweve without colliding with them? Are you saying there was a gap available for you to move into after all? :p
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A gap and a SAFE gap are two entirely different things
 
Conscript said:
By definition, if you are in the left hand lane, you aren't matching speed, or going faster - you are being overtaken by the traffic on your right. Even if you can match the speed, it takes time to ensure you can find a suitable gap to move out without cutting up other drivers or forcing them to brake - not something you can do when bearing down on a slip road.

Or are you seriously suggesting that everyone in the left hand lane should immediately move into the right hand lane every time they approach a sliproad?
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If you come up to a slip road and there's 3 or 4 cars trying to get on, then yes move over.

If it's safe to slow down a touch and let the car in front then do that.

But coming down past a slip road and not moving over to let a car that can't get behind or in front of you is just being stupid.

Why put both of you at risk?
 
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