Slip road near miss.

[R_U_LOCAL]

In situations like this, I find it's useful to have in excess of 300bhp.

Seriously though, I'm currently penning an article on safe motorway driving, including how to enter a motorway correctly. I'll include something on how to deal with this very situation, so keep an eye on this forum for the next few days.

[pistol pete]

If someone wants past that bad, let them, then they will crash into the back of someone else, not you.

When joining an dual carrageway from a slip that narrows like that, surely it is safest to find yourself in a position with nothing on your right on the sliproad long before you can legaly join -if someone wants passed, let them go asap, if other people are hanging about in your blind spot then get in a position to see that it is safe, and move slightly right yourself so they can not get alongside you as you join. Do not leave yourself in a position where you can not join at the same speed as other vehicles already on the DC (having to brake/accelerate to fit into/wait for a small gap).

Observer2 said:

In my experience, truck drivers will generally use all of the available slip road before joining the main carriageway. This exposes them to the risk of a vehicle behind joining L1 of the main c/way behind them then drawing alongside or close behind so preventing the truck from joining before the slip road 'runs out'. This is obviously very inconsiderate driving on the part of the vehicle behind, but I suspect it happens quite often.

In a truck with restricted vision it is prudent to travel parallel with the traffic you are joining for long enough to ensure that there is nothing along side (below) you that you will flatten when you pull out. It also gives greater oppertunity for the truck to get up to a safe speed to join at. Yes, it is possible that someone will intentionally try to block you, but it is better to see that happen very occationally than drive over a car that you didn't see.

Pete

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R_U_LOCAL said:

In situations like this, I find it's useful to have in excess of 300bhp.

So your E36 M3 is an Evo, then, Reg? (E36 M3 286 bhp, Evo 321 bhp, E46 343 bhp, E92 414 bhp - I think).

And seriously it is much easier to join a DC in a more powerful vehicle. I will look for opportunities to make progress without inconveniencing others as I join - this may result in an early move to the running lane possibly with a view to an immediate move to lane 2 either to overtake or to make room for others to join, or it may result in acceleration towards the end of the slip in order to pass vehicles in the running lane 1 before joining. The one situation I will be careful to avoid is being alongside another vehicle where a lane disappears.

It is all based on the normal sequence of observation, anticipation and planning.

(BTW I drive a silver BMW - with consideration!!)

[superviggen]

i dont think yung man will become owd man if he keeps trying to teach folk a lesson.
he may find himself on the wrong end of a bmw toolkit's screwdriver.

[Holst]

[quote]Another trick is to hold back a bit on the slip road (if something ahead) to get a bit of space, which can then be used to accelerate into, of course this only works if you can match a gap on the main carriage way, but usually has the advantage of pulling away from anyone behind so that they aren't near you to cause you a problem.
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This is what I allways do when joining from a sliproad.

Only works if you have a bit of power though. In my old fiesta this wasnt usually an option.