motorway/dual carriageway slip roads.

[driveclub]

Hi everyone.
I'm a inexperienced driver looking for advise and tips

I can tell already by reading other topics that there is some good information about. so I wanted to go in to something that's bothering me a lot.... slip roads!

to be honest it scares me to death knowing I have to travel down one in a few weeks for the first time is causing some major anxiety.

What is bugging me is, if I'm coming down this slip road and there are not gaps big enough for me to enter. say I have to slow quite a bit down to get to a gap big enough to safely move over. will this cause an obstruction to say the following car behind.

I've been told to either speed up or slow down if there is a car or two beside me on the motorway.

I have to give way but stopping is the most dangerous thing of all.

I'm so worried about this. Can anyone help??

[driveclub]

Yes I do.

[driveclub]

Thanks for all your positive replies. really really appreciate. see I have made this whole slip road issue or into such a big deal that it has become a phobia. I do suffer from a bit of anxiety and I'm trying to overcome my fears without say killing myself lol.

Ive got the idea with the slip roads though. I guess it's more of a practice makes perfect.

Another thing is i obviously want to be a helpful driver. so when I'm on the motorway and I come up to slip road would braking be to much to widen the gap for a vehicle joining or with the foot off the throttle be a better idea?.. If L2 is full obviously

[driveclub]

Some brilliant advice thank you.. All this helps. see I've said before I'm very un confident and suffer anxiety issues. things like what if the gap I chose is taken up by the person behind me on slip road.. is that being too rational?