Traffic on a slip road is legally obliged to yield if it can't merge safely. Granted, traffic on the carriageway should show consideration - but if you're doing a stately, and perfectly legal 70mph in the left-hand lane, you can guarantee other people will be passing you. You don't always have the option to simply move over, and slowing to a crawl increases the risk that you will get rear-ended. But don't let that spoil a perfectly good sanctimonious rant...
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Tue 15 Nov 2011, 16:58, 1 reply)

RIP
Here Lies Happy Phantom
1947 - 2011
“It was my right of way and I was within the speed limit”
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( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Tue 15 Nov 2011, 18:54, closed)

Next time you're queuing on a sliproad and see an artic hauling ass up the near-side lane, you just pull right out, then.
"Physics turned out to be more immutable than my stubborn refusal to listen to either logic or law. Who knew..."

I don't suppose the road system is perfectly designed, by any means - but it's probably not helped by those amongst us who feel entitled to strike their own bold path, in contradiction to both the law and other road users' expectations.
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Tue 15 Nov 2011, 20:00, closed)