Originally posted by Cenobite
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Overtaking on a slip road
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Originally posted by SpontaneousOrder View PostI'd assumed that you were alluding to the fact that car (and bike) speedos are deliberately calibrated to OVER read speed - hence an indicated 75 is almost certainly going to be no more than a real 70.
The official police guidelines a few years back are 10% + 2. I.e. 35 in a 30.Comment
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Originally posted by vwdan View PostEh? Since when - most sliproads merge at the end and, if they don't, they're streamed into separate merge points for lane one.
You should stick to the left-hand lane pal.Comment
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Originally posted by Cenobite View PostYes but if you're in lane 2 of the slip road you have to prepare to join straight into lane 2 of the motorway. "Roadcraft", the advanced driving manual, has a diagram explaining this.
You should stick to the left-hand lane pal.
I'm happy to be wrong, but I can't figure out a safe and appropriate way to find yourself parallel to another car at the end of a merge lane. That would highlight bad planning and anticipation to me, but I guess it's easier to plan an overtake on a bike, so maybe it just never came up. That and motorways are the dullest road on a bike, so trainers tend not to head that way.
Edit: Oh jeez, just realised who I'm responding to. Never mind.Last edited by vwdan; 7 April 2014, 19:40.Comment
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There are give way markings at the end of the slip road, so it shouldn't really be that hard. If there's no space, then stop and wait until there isComment
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Originally posted by pjclarke View PostThe inaccurate speedo thing (aka you can do 10% over the limit and they won't touch you) is a myth, I'm afraid. It's illegal for a car speedo to under-report the actual speed.
Car speedometers are now subject to EU Standards, these state that:
Lower limit - They should never show less than the actual speed
Upper limit - They should never show more than 110% of actual speed + 6.25mph
What this means is, if your speedo is showing 70mph, you will not be doing more than 70mph, but you may only be actually travelling at 58mphComment
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Originally posted by Magpie252 View PostLike a lot myths, this is based on a grain of truth, the original British Standard for car speedometers was +/- 10% of actual speed, so if you’d calibrated your speedo against a measured mile, you could get away with exceeding the speed limit.
Car speedometers are now subject to EU Standards, these state that:
Lower limit - They should never show less than the actual speed
Upper limit - They should never show more than 110% of actual speed + 6.25mph
What this means is, if your speedo is showing 70mph, you will not be doing more than 70mph, but you may only be actually travelling at 58mphWork in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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