Merging from slip roads into traffic on motorways
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From: DavidR on 17 Feb 2010 18:10 "Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > "DavidR" <curedham(a)4bidden.org.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like > they were saying: > >> My first car was made in 1969, weighed 1000kg and had a 1500 engine with >> 95bhp. Things haven't moved on very much (apart from fuel consumption). > > There's not many 95bhp cars as light as 1000kg these days. ....there aren't many cars as light as 1000kg. Which probably means the majority of cars sold still come under the 80bhp/t mark.
From: Nick Finnigan on 17 Feb 2010 18:24 Mr Benn wrote: > "Nick Finnigan" <nix(a)genie.co.uk> wrote in message > news:hlelkr$tqe$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> Mr Benn wrote: >>> Why are so many drivers getting this wrong? The broken line separating >>> the slip road from lane 1 means "give way". >> It doesn't, it is not a give-way line, and the HC reads: >> >> 259 >> Joining the motorway. When you join the motorway you will normally >> approach it from a road on the left (a slip road) or from an adjoining >> motorway. You should >> >> give priority to traffic already on the motorway > > So what do you think "give way" means? Give way to traffic on the other Do not cause drivers on the other side of the line to change speed or direction. > side of the line. i.e. traffic on the other side of the line has priority. No, you can go before them, provided they don't have to change speed or direction.
From: Mortimer on 17 Feb 2010 18:59 "Nick Finnigan" <nix(a)genie.co.uk> wrote in message news:hlhtr9$tpo$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> So what do you think "give way" means? Give way to traffic on the other > > Do not cause drivers on the other side of the line to change speed or > direction. > >> side of the line. i.e. traffic on the other side of the line has >> priority. > > No, you can go before them, provided they don't have to change speed or > direction. Yes, but that's only the equivalent of saying that you can pull out from a side road in front of a car on the major road, as long as you leave sufficient gap between you and the car that is now behind you and you accelerate up to or beyond his speed so you don't make him change speed or direction. On a motorway, if you see a car doing 60 in Lane 1, there's nothing to stop you driving down the slip road at 70, overtaking him on the left before you join Lane 1, and going ahead of him. If a car that is in Lane 1 *chooses* to change direction, by changing lane, so as to create a bigger gap for you to move into, that's fine: it was his decision to be kind to you and you haven't *made* him do it. If on the other hand you drive down the slip road, end up dead level with him and then barge into the lane as if he wasn't there, making him brake hard or take evasive action by escaping into Lane 2 to avoid a collision, that's a very different story!
From: Mr Benn on 18 Feb 2010 04:59 "Nick Finnigan" <nix(a)genie.co.uk> wrote in message news:hlhtr9$tpo$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Mr Benn wrote: >> "Nick Finnigan" <nix(a)genie.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:hlelkr$tqe$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>> Mr Benn wrote: >>>> Why are so many drivers getting this wrong? The broken line separating >>>> the slip road from lane 1 means "give way". >>> It doesn't, it is not a give-way line, and the HC reads: >>> >>> 259 >>> Joining the motorway. When you join the motorway you will normally >>> approach it from a road on the left (a slip road) or from an adjoining >>> motorway. You should >>> >>> give priority to traffic already on the motorway >> >> So what do you think "give way" means? Give way to traffic on the other > > Do not cause drivers on the other side of the line to change speed or > direction. > >> side of the line. i.e. traffic on the other side of the line has >> priority. > > No, you can go before them, provided they don't have to change speed or > direction. I think you're just mincing words. We both mean the same thing.
From: DavidR on 21 Feb 2010 12:55
"Harry Bloomfield" <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote > > Lotus Cortinas, Austin 1100's, original Mini's, Ventura's, A40's, E-types > and etc.. Some of those seemed to be scarily powerful in their day. It must have been the go-faster apostrophes. A friend had an Austin 1100. We thought the brakes were rubbish until an MoT man complemented him on how good they were for that model. That was scary. |