Road rules / 🇬🇧 giveway
When joining a motorway from a slip road, you should:
✓ ANSWER
Give way to traffic already on the motorway and adjust your speed to merge safely
Traffic already on the motorway has priority, so use the slip road to match its speed and merge when safe.
All the options
- ✓Give way to traffic already on the motorway and adjust your speed to merge safely
- ✗Force your way into the left-hand lane because joining traffic has priority
- ✗Stop at the end of the slip road and wait for a large gap
- ✗Drive along the hard shoulder until a gap appears in the traffic
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