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Old 23-05-2006, 06:55   #23
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Re: Traffic Lights on the Motorway?

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Originally Posted by Neil
I can't agree with that Kate. I don't see how you can recommend a speed, it depends on the conditions on the motorway as you enter it. What are "normal conditions"? You should be entering lane 1 at the same speed as traffic in that lane. If you enter at a slower speed you will cause the vehicles in lane one to have to move to lane 2 at every junction. I know this is not always possible for all vehicles.

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Course you are quite correct Neil, just when I have been pulled over onto the
hard shoulder by our traffice police, when they have decided they can let me go they always advise me to proceed slowly on the hard shoulder until I reach a speed of 45 m.p.h. .. conditions usually being normal ....
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