You’re joining a motorway from a slip road. How should you deal with traffic already on the motorway?

Question topic: Car , Motorway rules

You're joining a motorway from a slip road. How should you deal with traffic already on the motorway?

Carry on along the hard shoulder until you see a safe gap

Stop at the end of the slip road and look for a safe gap

Use the slip road to accelerate until you're moving much faster than the motorway traffic

Match your speed to traffic in the left-hand lane and filter into a safe gap

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