does anybody think that you should slow down on the inside lane of the
motorway before joining the off ramp?....if you do you are most
annoying....you should only slow down in the deceleration slip lane and not
before....

On Monday, 19 August 2019 18:15:09 UTC+1, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
does anybody think that you should slow down on the inside lane of the
motorway before joining the off ramp?....if you do you are most
annoying....you should only slow down in the deceleration slip lane and not
before....

It rather depends on what the traffic ahead is doing. Although these days I rarely need to drive in a motorway, when I do, I often see traffic stationary (or very slow) even on the carriageway simply because the junction is clogged up. 'twould be folly not to slow down...

"polygonum_on_google" wrote in message
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On Monday, 19 August 2019 18:15:09 UTC+1, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
does anybody think that you should slow down on the inside lane of the
motorway before joining the off ramp?....if you do you are most
annoying....you should only slow down in the deceleration slip lane and
not
before....

It rather depends on what the traffic ahead is doing. Although these days
I rarely need to drive in a motorway, when I do, I often see traffic
stationary (or very slow) even on the carriageway simply because the
junction is clogged up. 'twould be folly not to slow down...


I think Jim was talking about those people on a freely-running motorway with
an empty slip road, who think that they need to brake to 40 in Lane 1 before
moving onto the slip road. On a motorway with an *uphill* sliproad, I
usually come off the power as I am leaving Lane 1 and let gravity slow me
down, before starting to brake as I get closer to the roundabout. On a
*downhill* slip road, where gravity works against you, I start to brake as I
come off Lane 1.

That's assuming there is no other traffic on the slip road which may mean
having to slow down earlier or brake more.

"NY" wrote in message
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"polygonum_on_google" wrote in message
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On Monday, 19 August 2019 18:15:09 UTC+1, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
does anybody think that you should slow down on the inside lane of the
motorway before joining the off ramp?....if you do you are most
annoying....you should only slow down in the deceleration slip lane and
not
before....

It rather depends on what the traffic ahead is doing. Although these days
I rarely need to drive in a motorway, when I do, I often see traffic
stationary (or very slow) even on the carriageway simply because the
junction is clogged up. 'twould be folly not to slow down...


I think Jim was talking about those people on a freely-running motorway
with an empty slip road, who think that they need to brake to 40 in Lane 1
before moving onto the slip road. On a motorway with an *uphill* sliproad,
I usually come off the power as I am leaving Lane 1 and let gravity slow
me down, before starting to brake as I get closer to the roundabout. On a
*downhill* slip road, where gravity works against you, I start to brake as
I come off Lane 1.

That's assuming there is no other traffic on the slip road which may mean
having to slow down earlier or brake more.
yip...all the wummin drivers do it east bound at junction 26 on the M8
.....because they are heading for Primark and the Braehead shopping centre
.....and their heads are full of broken bottles .....

On 19/08/2019 18:53, NY wrote:
"polygonum_on_google" wrote in message
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On Monday, 19 August 2019 18:15:09 UTC+1, Jim GM4DHJ ...Â* wrote:
does anybody think that you should slow down on the inside lane of the
motorway before joining the off ramp?....if you do you are most
annoying....you should only slow down in the deceleration slip lane
and not
before....

It rather depends on what the traffic ahead is doing. Although these
days I rarely need to drive in a motorway, when I do, I often see
traffic stationary (or very slow) even on the carriageway simply
because the junction is clogged up. 'twould be folly not to slow down...


I think Jim was talking about those people on a freely-running motorway
with an empty slip road, who think that they need to brake to 40 in Lane
1 before moving onto the slip road. On a motorway with an *uphill*
sliproad, I usually come off the power as I am leaving Lane 1 and let
gravity slow me down, before starting to brake as I get closer to the
roundabout. On a *downhill* slip road, where gravity works against you,
I start to brake as I come off Lane 1.

That's assuming there is no other traffic on the slip road which may
mean having to slow down earlier or brake more.

We are spoiled in the UK with our relatively long slip roads. I'm sure
many of us have found ourselves having to brake quite hard on a
continental slip-road.

"Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote in message
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does anybody think that you should slow down on the inside lane of the
motorway before joining the off ramp?....if you do you are most
annoying....you should only slow down in the deceleration slip lane and
not before....

try doing that M2 J6 (and several others) and see where it gets you

tim

On 19/08/2019 18:15, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
does anybody think that you should slow down on the inside lane of the
motorway before joining the off ramp?....if you do you are most
annoying....you should only slow down in the deceleration slip lane and not
before....


It depends on the length of the slip road. Some are far to short to
decelerate from 70MPH safely.

Mike

On Tue, 20 Aug 2019 10:10:46 +0100, tim... wrote:



"Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote in message
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does anybody think that you should slow down on the inside lane of the
motorway before joining the off ramp?....if you do you are most
annoying....you should only slow down in the deceleration slip lane and
not before....

try doing that M2 J6 (and several others) and see where it gets you

I only leave at J6 in dire emergency (pile-up near J7)!



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On 20/08/2019 14:10, Muddymike wrote:
On 19/08/2019 18:15, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
does anybody think that you should slow down on the inside lane of the
motorway before joining the off ramp?....if you do you are most
annoying....you should only slow down in the deceleration slip lane
and not
before....


It depends on the length of the slip road. Some are far to short to
decelerate from 70MPH safely.


Less than 100 yards? I doubt it


Mike


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"Bob Eager" wrote in message
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On Tue, 20 Aug 2019 10:10:46 +0100, tim... wrote:



"Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote in message
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does anybody think that you should slow down on the inside lane of the
motorway before joining the off ramp?....if you do you are most
annoying....you should only slow down in the deceleration slip lane and
not before....

try doing that M2 J6 (and several others) and see where it gets you

I only leave at J6 in dire emergency

lucky you

tim

(pile-up near J7)!



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On 19/08/2019 18:15, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
does anybody think that you should slow down on the inside lane of the
motorway before joining the off ramp?..

If, as sometimes happens at the Channel Tunnel, the inside lane is full
of stationary lorries queueing to get off the motorway, I would
definitely recommend it. ;-)


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On 19/08/2019 18:15, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
does anybody think that you should slow down on the inside lane of the
motorway before joining the off ramp?....if you do you are most
annoying....you should only slow down in the deceleration slip lane and not
before....



I'm surprised you hadn't asked if people indicated left before driving
down the exit slip road.


Is this the usenet silly season, like the papers suffer from in August?.

On 19/08/2019 19:06, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:

snip
yip...all the wummin drivers do it east bound at junction 26 on the M8
....because they are heading for Primark and the Braehead shopping centre
....and their heads are full of broken bottles .....


So, spend £10 on petrol to buy some £2 teeshirts ?.