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Hi, great question. With signals (not just on slip roads) always ask yourself “Who is the signal for?” Generally on a slip road the point of the signal is to attract the attention of the person already on the motorway, to “wake them up” to the fact that you are planning to merge into their lane to give them the chance to consider moving over to lane 2 etc. Then ask yourself “is there a risk that somebody else could be confused by my signal?” If there is then the risk generally outweighs the benefit and we don’t give the signal. In the case you’ve described it depends on whether the person in lane 2 of the slip road will join the motorway before you or after you. If they will join before you, then give your signal after they have joined the motorway - to let that driver know that you also need to merge. The signal to join is of most use in the dark when it’s harder to tell which lane people are in and the signal gives early co formation to drivers on the motorway that you are indeed planning to merge into their lane.

dont forget a signal tells people what you want to do, it dont give your the right to do it

Stop. Thats what giveway signs are.

This is exactly what puts me off, always i get muppets who make it difficult for me to join and it puts me right off. i do notice the flashier yr motor the nicer ppl are to you which is soooo unfair😢

Position yourself just in front of the car beside you. Make sure you are matching speed and you’re just far enough ahead that the other driver can see your signal. Then slowly but surely move into position. Basically, make the space.

Maybe always leave a decent gap in front of you just for this reason. Unfortunately some people joining a major road, A roads included, not just Motorways think they can just barge in, even though it’s impossible to move over.

@@red2 You should not stop on a sliproad unless in an emergency and there is no other option. Remember drivers use slip roads to build speed, and it's particularly dangerous to come across a stopped car at the end of a sliproad when others are accelerating to merge. The answer to @monkeydust100 is that there should always be a gap between cars as if they are travelling at between 60-70mph there should always be a safe gap between them to move into. You need to adjust your speed in order to either slip gently ahead or behind a car. If you are matching a car's speed coming on to the motorway and they are beside you doing the same speed, you must slow down slightly(!) to slip in behind them. If they are a particularly rude driver and try to block you coming on, it's always best to slow slightly and merge behind them and then overtake them if you like further on up the motorway. As the video shows, your speed should be close to the motorway speed exiting a slip road. Being significantly slower (which is often what nervous or inexperienced drivers do) or being significantly faster (what arrogant and reckless drivers tend to do) is the ingredient for accidents.

You have to abandon that gap and go for the next one, or the one after that. Basically you plan early to take a particular gap and match your speed to the traffic. If the person at the back of the gap speeds up and closes the gap then the gap behind them will ow be bigger, so abandon the firs5 gap by easing off just a touch then matching speed again to take the new gap. So,done will usually let you in but you need to keep monitoring and be ready to take the gap positively or to drop back and take the next gap. Ultimately though the traffic on the motorway has priority so if you can’t find a gap then as a last resort you will have to give way before the end of the slip road, leaving yourself a bit of space to accelerate when someone eventually takes pity on you and lets you out. This really needs to be a last resort though as it can cause massive problems for people behind you on the slip road. I would recommend lots of practice on longer slip roads first to build confidence in slip roads generally - where to look, when to look, when to take the gap, when to drop back. Then practice on the shorter slip road but at quieter times of day - so you know how long yo7 have and when you need to make your decisions so as to not run out of road. Only then tackle the.short slip at busy times when you are confident with it.

@@DrivingLessonsnet Thank you for your reply and useful info, very much appreciated.

that's what your brakes are for

If you run out of space yhen you treat it as if you're pulling out from a parallel parking space..