zadocbrown wrote:This problem should really never arise. Aim to join the motorway sooner rather than leaving it to the last minute and you will have time to change your plans without getting into difficulty. In fast moving traffic there will always be a gap, it just needs a bit of spacial awareness and confidence to manoeuvre into it.
jont wrote:zadocbrown wrote:This problem should really never arise. Aim to join the motorway sooner rather than leaving it to the last minute and you will have time to change your plans without getting into difficulty. In fast moving traffic there will always be a gap, it just needs a bit of spacial awareness and confidence to manoeuvre into it.
A decent amount of power helps too
TheInsanity1234 wrote:accelerating into a gap from 30 is far better than trying to accelerate into a gap from standstill.
Gareth wrote:TheInsanity1234 wrote:accelerating into a gap from 30 is far better than trying to accelerate into a gap from standstill.
Neither are good; you need to be traveling at close to the speed of your chosen gap before slotting into it.
If speed adjustment is needed, easier to slow.
waremark wrote:One of the most important aspects is to plan so that you are never alongside another vehicle on the slip road when your lane merges with another. Often the right lane of the slip road merges quite abruptly, whereas the left lane merges over a much longer distance. You must not come to the end of the right lane alongside a vehicle in the left lane unless you can see for certain sure that there is room for you to join the main motorway - and even then it is not the best situation to be in.
TheInsanity1234 wrote:If you're doing 30, and you see a clear gap approaching, you can accelerate to match the speed of the gap, which is probably about 60 in L1
TheInsanity1234 wrote:Do you stop at the end of the slip-road, or do you slow down and treat the hard shoulder as an extension of the slip-road if it's clear?
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