Revision question · Motorway rules

What should you do if you're joining a motorway from a slip road?

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Adjust your speed to match the speed of the traffic on the motorway

Accelerate as quickly as you can and ride straight out

Ride onto the hard shoulder until a gap appears

Expect drivers on the motorway to give way to you

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Adjust your speed to match the speed of the traffic on the motorwayThis was the right answer

Give way to vehicles that are already on the motorway, and join the left-hand lane when there’s a suitable gap in the traffic. Don’t expect traffic on the motorway to give way to you, but try to avoid stopping at the end of the slip road.

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Rule 259Highway Code rule · Match the flow when safe and give priority to traffic already on the motorway.

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