Taking a motorway exit from the middle lane

[Clarkey]

I would do it and zero ****s would be given. I don't see this being any more dangerous than merging onto the motorway into a live lane, and that isn't dangerous at all.

 

[MooMoo444]

Looks like a lot of time was spent in the diagram

I would echo the notion that it's a dick move but I would probably do it myself it saved waiting in the left lane for 10-15 mins longer. I wouldn't call it dangerous however, just takes your average check before making the maneuver.

 

[chanjy]

I do it if I'm in a hurry but do feel a bit guilty sometimes. TBH people doing this probably helps improve the traffic flow

 

[HangTime]

There is no way that you would join the left-lane queue in this scenario unless you intended to leave the motorway. Since the queue is only for the left lane on the sliproad, in this case, 99.9% of the time it's probably perfectly safe to leave from the middle lane.

The only exception I guess would be if someone who had been queuing changed their minds and moved off to continue in lane 1. Even then, I would imagine if you were driving past the queue in lane 2 you'd be going sufficiently quick enough to easily pull in front of them.

I'm not so sure, basically the problem as the OP describes is that the traffic does not all want the lefthand lane of the sliproad. Some will want the righthand lane because they are going to Park Gate or whatever rather than Whiteley so don't want to be in the lefthand lane going on to the roundabout. But they are still approaching from the lefthand motorway lane.

 

[K.C. Leblanc]

Two things to think about,

One, if everyone did it you'd end up with cues in lanes 1 & 2. That would really be an impressive mess.

Two, although it would be an odd thing to do, there's not reason why someone in the cue couldn't reach the junction then decide to just carry on in lane 1. It's not impossible, if you get a timid driver who's realised they're cueing for the wrong junction but isn't brave enough to pull out into much faster traffic.

EDIT: So yes I do think the OP is a bit of an Audi driver.

 

[Fuzz]

Thankfully the people who queue up on my junction to work, do so on the hard shoulder, so due to the fact I'm going right, it is perfect for me rocking up lane one and onto the right lane of the slip.
If I can't do this safely ( some queue on the hard shoulder and then cross the first lane of the slip at it's entrance) then I don't carve anyone up, I just go up one junction and then come back and get off the other side straight into the road I want.

 

[Richie]

Thankfully the people who queue up on my junction to work, do so on the hard shoulder,

What would happen if someone suddenly broke down in lane 1 and there is a queue of traffic on the hard shoulder?

 

[Fuzz]

In a perfect world he'd roll to a stop and a queue would form behind him.

In reality he would be punted off the motorway by some unobservant pillock ending in massive carnage and death