Merging from slip roads into traffic on motorways
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From: Nick Finnigan on 28 Feb 2010 18:19 Mortimer wrote: > "Nick Finnigan" <nix(a)genie.co.uk> wrote in message > news:hlhtr9$tpo$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>> So what do you think "give way" means? Give way to traffic on the other >> >> Do not cause drivers on the other side of the line to change speed or >> direction. >> >>> side of the line. i.e. traffic on the other side of the line has >>> priority. >> >> No, you can go before them, provided they don't have to change speed >> or direction. > > Yes, but that's only the equivalent of saying that you can pull out from > a side road in front of a car on the major road, as long as you leave > sufficient gap between you and the car that is now behind you and you > accelerate up to or beyond his speed so you don't make him change speed > or direction. Yes. > On a motorway, if you see a car doing 60 in Lane 1, there's nothing to > stop you driving down the slip road at 70, overtaking him on the left > before you join Lane 1, and going ahead of him. That would not be giving priority; the HC says give priority. > If a car that is in Lane 1 *chooses* to change direction, by changing > lane, so as to create a bigger gap for you to move into, that's fine: it > was his decision to be kind to you and you haven't *made* him do it. If > on the other hand you drive down the slip road, end up dead level with > him and then barge into the lane as if he wasn't there, making him brake > hard or take evasive action by escaping into Lane 2 to avoid a > collision, that's a very different story! The HC says nothing about making other vehicles change speed or direction when joining a motorway. Just 'give priority'.
From: Nick Finnigan on 28 Feb 2010 18:21
Mr Benn wrote: > "Nick Finnigan" <nix(a)genie.co.uk> wrote in message > news:hlhtr9$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. The HC has decided to use different words. The HA have decided to use different markings. Most motorists treat them differently. They clearly don't mean the same thing. |