*Sonic*

Are they for


A: To slowly build up speed to match the traffic flow, to ease your way onto the motorway

or are they


B: to slow down to as slow as you can get, for the purpose of sticking V up to oncoming traffic !!!!!!!


Fookin idiots out there today

NotoriousREV

definately B

NotoriousREV

Actually, if there's oncoming traffic once you've gone down the slip road there's a slim chance you *may* have taken a wrong turn

Iwan

C. They're for crawling down at 30mph so you have plenty of time to stop at the T-junction at the bottom where it meets the carriageway. Then you sit there patiently untill there's a gap to pull out into, it doesn't need to be a big gap - everyone else will slam on their brakes and/or swerve out of the way for you if there isn't enough space.

Well that's how everyone seems to do it round here....

NotoriousREV

My preferred usage is:

D) Accelerate to about 100mph, then slam on to slow down to the flow of traffic on the motorway itself

_Meridian_

iTrader: (1)

As far as I can tell, most people seem to treat them as a sort of map, showing them which way to drive. As soon as they've found the right slip road, they then turn their brain off - assuming it was ever on - and just drive down it as some randomly chosen speed. People using slip roads wrongly annoys me even more than tailgaiters and BMW drivers.


M

stevebt

iTrader: (8)

that works for me

r32

Rekon you need to be doing at least 60 at the bottom for safe joining, but the number of times I have been forced to join a fast flowing M'way at 40 or less, crazy ....

unclebuck

The slip road onto the M4 from the A329 heading west is a beautiful sweeping banked lefthander with two lanes that you can nail comfortably at around the 90 mark.

IWatkins

UB,

I know that bend. Most people tend do about 40mph and actually brake as they approach the motoway itself.

Me ? Always about 90 off the A329 and hold it all the way through. I've always done this route in hire cars so the big bump as you straighten up for the motorway itself is always a good test of the cars suspension.

I'm also in the group that gets as fast as possible, then slows to match traffic for joining. My attitude is that you can remove speed by braking a lot quicker than you can speed up.

Ian

misty

That's because you don't drive an evo mate
dave

rr_ww

Apart from the obvious fools who decide to slow down faar to much. My other favourite are the people that indicate "right" before joining the dual carriageway.

I mean, really, where else are you likely to be going

King RA

Doesn't everybody indicate right??? You must be one of the 'special' few that doesn't need to.

DEEDEE

I remember, North A1 Doncaster slip road, a woman stopped waiting for a gap in the traffic, cars queued behind her, then some idiot stopped on the A1 to let her out. A couple of minor taps bumps happened, bloody lucky it wasnt a pile up. She drove off never to be seen again, but caused chaos.

washer

or a scooby

juan

Could always just match the speed of the lane you're joining and merge nice and simply?

NotoriousREV

Where's the fun in that?

AndyC_772

iTrader: (2)

A 'right' signal is useful, it shows other drivers that YOU realise the traffic already on the motorway has right of way and that you have to find a gap and give way to it.

Those that don't signal are usually those who think the slip road and motorway just merge into one and that it's OK to drive down the slip at whatever speed they like regardless of what the traffic already on the motorway is doing.

Kieran_Burns

iTrader: (1)

I wouldn't think the woman who stopped on the slip road caused choas but the muppet who stopped on the motorway did...

The rule is that if you are unable to join you are MEANT to stop and wait for a gap - which is why these people who bully their way onto the road and cause the people in the inside lane to swerve out of the way are a REAL menace...

Dracoro

Well, if you think about it, why do people indicate right when in actual fact they are turning LEFT! If you turned right upon joining a motorway, you'd be driving down the wrong way!

Leslie

Kieran is right. You do not have right of way over the traffic already on the main road and if there is no gap you must wait until there is one. You should also make allowances for the driver in the left hand lane who is unable to pull into the right hand lane because he is being overtaken on his right. If you force your way onto the road it can cause an extremely dangerous incident for that very reason.

Whatever speed you approach down the slip road, you must be prepared to give way to the traffic already established on the road. It is only in America that joining traffic has priority.

Les

Ubik

Bit conservative isnt it? 120mph surely?

*Sonic*

depends on how long the slip road is, but usually flat out unitl its time to brake

unless the joining lane is clear

jowl

I hate people who don't move over to the middle lane when you're trying to join. OKay, sometime it isn't possible but it always seems to be the old grandads who just potter along at 40 without even looking at the sliproad.

And, I also idicate before joining

rr_ww

Touche sir

Leslie

Yes it is only reasonable to move to the right when approaching a slip road to allow people to join easily. The danger is if people joining assume that will happen when the guy in the inside lane is being overtaken by another car on his right and pulling straight on to the main road forcing him to stand on the brakes. I often find people trying to force their way onto the motorway dangerously in this situation or jumping up and down and gesticulating when it is not my fault.

The fact remains, the car on the motorway has right of way and joining traffic should be prepared to slow down or stop if necessary! The guy in the inside lane is entitled to stay there if he chooses. He is not required to slow down to allow others to join unless he wishes and it is safe to do so, whether he is a grandad or whatever.

Les