Ian wrote:
"GB" wrote in message
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Neil Williams wrote:
On Feb 17, 7:34 pm, McKevvy wrote:

Don't take any evasive action. Maintain your speed.

While you are in terms of road traffic law completely in the right,
I would suggest that "defensive driving" would suggest that if they
do that and it is safe for you to do so that you should move to the
right or back off slightly to let them in.

It's all very well there being an accident and it being someone
else's fault, but I would prefer to accommodate the muppets and not
have to deal with the admin or worse of an accident I could have
avoided. I once heard it said: "Don't just drive as if everyone else on
the
road is an idiot. Drive as if they are actively out to kill you."


My wife finds joining the motorway a very fraught experience.

A couple of times, I have ended up on the hard shoulder when the
traffic in the nearside lane refuses to leave a gap, but that's the
worst that can happen.

Please do not take this as a facetious remark - it isn't.

I suggest a lesson or two from a decent driving school would help, no
matter how long she has held her licence. The lessons to be
specifically aimed at her problem. (motorway driving, specifically
the first bit... getting onto them!).

Actually, I was talking about my own experiences. I just don't see what you
do if the guys in the nearside lane are nose to tail at 70 mph, other than
decelerate gently in the hard shoulder. I wish that you experts would come
up with a solution.