Driving Lesson - Dual Carriageways
Driving Lesson - Dual Carriageways
Speed Limits
- Cars – 70 mph Lorries – 50 mph (Unless other signs)
Joining
- Stay in left lane on slip road - unless overtaking
- Try to get up to "lorry speed" (depending on slip road)
- LADA
- Check mirrors
- Assess all other traffic
- Select a location to slot into ASAP
- Adjust speed to be able to slot into selected location
- Signal right
- Check blind spot
- Move across into left hand lane smoothly
- Do not cut across any hatch markings
Positioning
- Centre of lane
- Left lane unless overtaking
- Right lane, overtaking only
- Stay in lane if continuous slow traffic
- Always indicate before changing lane
- Change lanes to allow other vehicles to join
Speed
- Left lane 60-70 mph (where safe to do so)
- Or will slow down traffic flow and cause lorries to block right lane
- Right lane 70 mph
- Up to speed limit
- Avoid hindering other traffic
Observation
- Mirrors – Approx. every 10 seconds
Distance from other vehicles
Cats eyes
- Green – can cross
- Red – on left
- Orange – on right
Leaving
- Mirrors, Signal, Approx. 300 yards marker
- Exit straight into required lane
- Use slip road for slowing down (unless very short)
- Speeds will seem much slower than they actually are
- Check speedo – leave time to adjust
Faster Speed - Better Observation and Earlier Planning

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