idiot drivers going straight to outside lane!
17-10-2010, 10:29 AM
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It just seems to be the way people drive these days, its all about themselves!
I joined the A2 coast bound from the M25 on Friday, now this slip has 2 lanes, the righthand one joins the A2 much nearer then the other lane, im in the RH one.
As im about to merge into the A2, there is one of those Retro looking Nissan things beeping its horn and having to go out into the middle lane!
WTF
Did not see it in my mirrors, guess she was in my blind spot as you merge at an angle.
Why did she not anticipate that we would both reach the same spot at the same time and either adjust her speed accordingly to avoid such a situation, or, seeing as the middle lane was empty, move into that lane, which I think is the preferable option?
Well, I guess because she is female she does not think like that?
Was day dreaming about shopping at Lakeside? as that is where she then turned off.
Maybe she thought I had seen her and would avoid the situation, but alas I could not see her, plus it's not a give way at the end of the slip road!
Another big moan is people that do not bloody accelerate up the slip road, then once they have joined they boot it away!
I joined the A2 coast bound from the M25 on Friday, now this slip has 2 lanes, the righthand one joins the A2 much nearer then the other lane, im in the RH one.
As im about to merge into the A2, there is one of those Retro looking Nissan things beeping its horn and having to go out into the middle lane!
WTF
Did not see it in my mirrors, guess she was in my blind spot as you merge at an angle.
Why did she not anticipate that we would both reach the same spot at the same time and either adjust her speed accordingly to avoid such a situation, or, seeing as the middle lane was empty, move into that lane, which I think is the preferable option?
Well, I guess because she is female she does not think like that?
Was day dreaming about shopping at Lakeside? as that is where she then turned off.
Maybe she thought I had seen her and would avoid the situation, but alas I could not see her, plus it's not a give way at the end of the slip road!
Another big moan is people that do not bloody accelerate up the slip road, then once they have joined they boot it away!
Last edited by Icurus; 17-10-2010 at 10:31 AM.
17-10-2010, 02:18 PM
#42
It just seems to be the way people drive these days, its all about themselves!
I joined the A2 coast bound from the M25 on Friday, now this slip has 2 lanes, the righthand one joins the A2 much nearer then the other lane, im in the RH one.
As im about to merge into the A2, there is one of those Retro looking Nissan things beeping its horn and having to go out into the middle lane!
WTF
Did not see it in my mirrors, guess she was in my blind spot as you merge at an angle.
Why did she not anticipate that we would both reach the same spot at the same time and either adjust her speed accordingly to avoid such a situation, or, seeing as the middle lane was empty, move into that lane, which I think is the preferable option?
Well, I guess because she is female she does not think like that?
Was day dreaming about shopping at Lakeside? as that is where she then turned off.
Maybe she thought I had seen her and would avoid the situation, but alas I could not see her, plus it's not a give way at the end of the slip road!
Another big moan is people that do not bloody accelerate up the slip road, then once they have joined they boot it away!
I joined the A2 coast bound from the M25 on Friday, now this slip has 2 lanes, the righthand one joins the A2 much nearer then the other lane, im in the RH one.
As im about to merge into the A2, there is one of those Retro looking Nissan things beeping its horn and having to go out into the middle lane!
WTF
Did not see it in my mirrors, guess she was in my blind spot as you merge at an angle.
Why did she not anticipate that we would both reach the same spot at the same time and either adjust her speed accordingly to avoid such a situation, or, seeing as the middle lane was empty, move into that lane, which I think is the preferable option?
Well, I guess because she is female she does not think like that?
Was day dreaming about shopping at Lakeside? as that is where she then turned off.
Maybe she thought I had seen her and would avoid the situation, but alas I could not see her, plus it's not a give way at the end of the slip road!
Another big moan is people that do not bloody accelerate up the slip road, then once they have joined they boot it away!
unless of course this particular slip road has a different set of rules ?
17-10-2010, 04:39 PM
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Bit hard to do in a van! Its not possible for me to look back and see whats coming up the nearside lane on that junction! I could of course wind the window down and lookout backwards, that would be ok.......
Normally thats what would happen, I can see whats what on the motorway and drive accordingly, but not at this particular junction, its not a very good design.
Give way is indicated by double hatched lines, is it not? Would be chaos if we all had to stop at the end of the slip road before joining?
And this from the .GOV site
The above bold statement is not always easy to comply with. It is a 2 way thing though, and can be greatly helped by those already on the motorway. So maybe my situation was 70-30 against me 
Now if I was in my car, I would have seen this situation developing and just floored it and be out of trouble
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAn...code/DG_069862
Normally thats what would happen, I can see whats what on the motorway and drive accordingly, but not at this particular junction, its not a very good design.
Give way is indicated by double hatched lines, is it not? Would be chaos if we all had to stop at the end of the slip road before joining?
When joining a motorway you usually join from a roundabout or a main road by means of a slip road. This leads to an acceleration lane. The rule here is not to interfere with the traffic already on the motorway. Make sure your speed is the same as the traffic already on the motorway. Vehicles already on the motorway usually realise you need to join the main carriageway and they try and move over to the other lane. (This is not always possible if the traffic is busy). This makes room for you to join the first lane of the motorway. Mirrors and signals must be used correctly to avoid interfering with the following traffic. Full and proper observation as you enter usually involves looking over your right shoulder as well as using your door mirrors. Don't rely on mirrors alone.
Driving on the motorway
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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
check the traffic on the motorway and match your speed to fit safely into the traffic flow in the left-hand lane
not cross solid white lines that separate lanes or use the hard shoulder
stay on the slip road if it continues as an extra lane on the motorway
remain in the left-hand lane long enough to adjust to the speed of traffic before considering overtaking
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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
check the traffic on the motorway and match your speed to fit safely into the traffic flow in the left-hand lane
not cross solid white lines that separate lanes or use the hard shoulder
stay on the slip road if it continues as an extra lane on the motorway
remain in the left-hand lane long enough to adjust to the speed of traffic before considering overtaking
Now if I was in my car, I would have seen this situation developing and just floored it and be out of trouble
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAn...code/DG_069862
Last edited by Icurus; 17-10-2010 at 04:50 PM.
17-10-2010, 05:22 PM
#45
if the traffic police spent more of their time focusing on antisocial and just plain poor driving our roads would flow much better, less accidents and people would be forced to drive properly.
but it wouldnt earn so much revenue
although a few law changes could be made to hand out fixed penalty notices for a range of poor driving thus making money and teaching people who drive like cunts an expensive lesson. yep so when inevitably some fucking prick crashes into me, ive got evidence to back my side of the story up as too often the police and insurers are biased against the "young driver in a performance car" and assume your at fault. and id rather not have a claim going 50-50 when its the other cunts fault for jumping a give way line, crashing into you by not looking in blind spot etc. Plus it gives the insurers less excuse to split the claim for "ease" as i would have evidence to stop them doing it.
I think the point Warren is making is that the fella in his video pulled accross 2 lanes, was going ridiculously slow and didnt have any need to be in that lane because lane 1 was empty !! Complete disregard for other road users and probably didn't use his mirrors/completely misjudged Warrens speed before he moved over !
17-10-2010, 05:48 PM
#46
check out this cheeky cooont..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8STA...eature=related
normally I would say fair enough, hate people leaving huge gaps in lines of traffic becuase they cant be bothered to move up, but the gap was for a junction!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8STA...eature=related
normally I would say fair enough, hate people leaving huge gaps in lines of traffic becuase they cant be bothered to move up, but the gap was for a junction!!
17-10-2010, 07:26 PM
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the thing that pisses me off the most is ppl driving up the slip road at -60 you should be up to traffic speed on the slip then you will have no problem joining the motorway
alot of the time i go straight accross but for 1) i check my mirrors 2) i like to cruise at 85/90 so its not an issue
ive seen this type of thing plenty of times just over the years plenty of idots on the roads
alot of the time i go straight accross but for 1) i check my mirrors 2) i like to cruise at 85/90 so its not an issue
ive seen this type of thing plenty of times just over the years plenty of idots on the roads
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