What should A have done?

[LouBlue1507]

What should car A have done?

1. Brake, slow down and pull in behind car C

1. Continue to gather speed and continue in the same lane

Any other option?

nice diagram but what actually happened ?

Did A get there from the slip road?

I would say gather speed in same lane. It would surely be dangerous to slow down on a fast paced road- you couldn't be sure what is behind you

Gather speed (within the limit) and continue.

I would think it was safer to gather speed than slow right down with a car so close behind you.
Really though the lorry and C should have moved over

Nothing really as he/she is past the hazard of cars joining the road. I think.

What is the green squiggle fir?

Love the diagram, I presume the crossed out green bit was the original car A?

Just carry on driving as it's not blocking car B entrance onto the road. I presume car A was already undertaking the lorry (tut tut) if I were in that position I would just speed up to get infront of the lorry incase he wanted to move over.

You either put your foot down and get in front of the lorry or hold back and let the lorry pull in front of you. The lorry has moved into the middle land to allow car a to enter the motorway, and it'll need to move back to lane 1 soon, so get the hell out of its way before you disappear on the side view mirror

I guess you were car A and you braked to pull in behind car C and then
B hit you?

Personally If I was Car A I would speed up.

Car A should have read the signs and known there was a slip road coming up and therefore moved into the next lane earlier! Pisses me right off when those in the slow lane force me to slow down before getting on the motorway!

sorry i'm being dim but i don't get this at all without more info, which car were you driving / in and was there an accident or is it an excuse to get a diagram on mn ?

Cars entering the road should match the speed of the road surely? So A should not undertake the lorry and B should also be aware of speed on the road it is joining and act accordingly.

But if I were A I'd probably speed up a bit to get past the lorry if I had B coming up fast behind me.

Oh I think I've read it wrong. Shit at diagrams

Car A should have speeded up

Agree with those above, gather speed and stay in lane.

Wondering if OP was car B and hit A because it braked to drop behind C

hello op ?

I was car A and I sped up to get ahead of the lorry, the however decided to start pull into my lane with me next to it! I thought it was safer to speed up than risk braking as I was already nearly at 70mph.

Yes I had joined off the slip road and the roads were empty.

The lorry may not have noticed you due to its blind spot by then - though he should have been more aware.

I would have sped up because you can go a lot faster than the lorry but then you need to be aware of cars pulling in in front of the lorry. Iyswim.

I think you are meant to go behind the lorry and car but frankly that's just redicioulous and causes problems for car B.

Because of where you were, the lorry couldn't see you I should imagine, especially if it was a right hand drive one. But was an idiot as presumably would have seen you merge on.

If it was a big articulated lorry travelling at the same speed as you then presumably speeding up was the right thing to do as if you'd slowed it could have gone into you and if you slammed on the anchors, b would have crashed into you.

Horrible thing to have happened.....hope your pulse is back to normal!

Did he actually hit you?

No luckily he didn't hit me, but it did shit myself, I have a very small car and would have been killed if I'd of been hit

He honked his horn, repeatly flashed his lights and there some lovely gestures at me which made me think IIWBU

Don't worry about it. Perhaps he thought you had undertaken and didn't realise you'd just joined, in which case he should pay more attention to the road.