How HGVs deal with this short slip road
Discussion
This is a motorway west of Pforzheim (which is a hour or so west of Stuttgart) and has no speed limit.
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1WtApUD20...
The westbound slip road is on a fairly steep upwards incline and seems very short. On entering the motorway here I noticed that an HGV had pre-emptively moved into lane 2 to allow me space, although I (in a car) was prepared to accelerate or brake sharply if needed.
It seems to me that this slip road is dangerously short and I guess that vehicles already on the motorway in lane 1 would worry about insufficiently alert drivers entering the motorway and panicking at the end of the slip road. Would you instinctively move to lane 2 in this scenario?
(Sorry I don't know how to make the google maps link automatically show the aerial photo without clicking the button at the bottom left)
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1WtApUD20...
The westbound slip road is on a fairly steep upwards incline and seems very short. On entering the motorway here I noticed that an HGV had pre-emptively moved into lane 2 to allow me space, although I (in a car) was prepared to accelerate or brake sharply if needed.
It seems to me that this slip road is dangerously short and I guess that vehicles already on the motorway in lane 1 would worry about insufficiently alert drivers entering the motorway and panicking at the end of the slip road. Would you instinctively move to lane 2 in this scenario?
(Sorry I don't know how to make the google maps link automatically show the aerial photo without clicking the button at the bottom left)
169m slip road. So 7.6s at 50 mph, 5.4s at 70 mph (4.7s at adivsory 130 kph).
Not much, is it! I regularly use a 100m slip road onto the A35, and that's a bit short. It's not an autobahn.
British motorway slip roads seem to be at least 140m for similar junctions.
But as for behavior regarding slip roads, I will, if possible, move out. I'm not driving a lorry, but I have been boxed in against a slip road on one occasion, and it was a frightening experience.
Not much, is it! I regularly use a 100m slip road onto the A35, and that's a bit short. It's not an autobahn.
British motorway slip roads seem to be at least 140m for similar junctions.
But as for behavior regarding slip roads, I will, if possible, move out. I'm not driving a lorry, but I have been boxed in against a slip road on one occasion, and it was a frightening experience.
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