dcbwhaley wrote:
But. I think that Courtesy and Consideration should include waiving your priority occasionally to ease congestion. It is extremely frustrating waiting for several minutes to join a busy main road and that lack of C&C by every driver on the main road forces one to "bully" ones way on to the road
Ah but then we are talking about having the confidence to behave appropriately
Being able to 'be ready to go' and to pull out takes a manner of appearance of 'ready to go' not I am stopped and thinking about it.
Some difficult slip ways and esp short one's can be hard to judge the speed and approach correctly especially when busy - and if traffic is in front then you have a balancing act to control. When this happens I'd leave more space in front of me, be int eh appropriate gear and then 'in the paused state' prepare - checking all lines of sight and gaps, traffic flow, movement flow and potential opportunities then with plan one can proceed and slip into the flowing traffic with least effort or upset to close moving traffic flow.
If this road is busy then I'd gauge and look and deliberately catch the eye of the traffic and even open the window and indicate ... a smile helps too
- as does having all the appearance of ready for the agreed 'let in' sign ...