Revision question · Motorway rules

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

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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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Match your speed to traffic in the left-hand lane and filter into a safe gapThis was the right answer

You should give way to traffic already on the motorway. Where possible, traffic may move over to let you in, but don’t force your way into the traffic stream. Traffic could be travelling at high speed, so try to match your speed to filter in without affecting the traffic flow.

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Rule 259Highway Code rule · Match the left-lane traffic where possible, give priority to traffic already there and settle in the left lane before overtaking.

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