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Advice how would you emerge from here

Postby cooper1203 » Sat Aug 06, 2022 11:45 am

Had a collection last night off the a13....https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.53136 ... 384!8i8192

to be fair to myself where the cone is on the right was a post and the petrol station had closed off the right had pumps so couldnt get out through the station. (i did ask if i could move the cones as it would make it easier they said no).

I ended up waiting untill 2 lanes of the a13 was clear and even then i took up some of the 3rd lane with the headboard.
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Re: Advice how would you emerge from here

Postby msgyorkie » Sat Aug 06, 2022 1:42 pm

cooper1203 wrote:H

I ended up waiting untill 2 lanes of the a13 was clear and even then i took up some of the 3rd lane with the headboard.


Is the correct answer!
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Re: Advice how would you emerge from here

Postby Neetsneets » Sat Aug 06, 2022 6:10 pm

I knew exactly which part of A13 would be without even clicking. Yes you need to wait until there's enough room on two lanes. Lorries there usually wait for another lorry to slow down the traffic for them
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Re: Advice how would you emerge from here

Postby Carryfast » Sat Aug 06, 2022 7:15 pm

Looks like a statement by the road planners artics not welcome.
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Re: Advice how would you emerge from here

Postby Winseer » Sun Aug 07, 2022 12:27 am

Quit working the day treadmill, and pull out easy peasy on the far-quieter roads on the night shift.....
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Re: Advice how would you emerge from here

Postby cooper1203 » Sun Aug 07, 2022 12:29 am

Winseer wrote:Quit working the day treadmill, and pull out easy peasy on the far-quieter roads on the night shift.....

i was there at just gone 8pm and it was still busy
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Re: Advice how would you emerge from here

Postby peterm » Sun Aug 07, 2022 12:49 am

I can't really see a problem there. Without being a smartarse, all you have to do is be patient. When I was driving for a living (retired now) I didn't care about being held up; I was getting paid for it.
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Re: Advice how would you emerge from here

Postby jakethesnake » Sun Aug 07, 2022 9:52 am

peterm wrote:I can't really see a problem there. Without being a smartarse, all you have to do is be patient. When I was driving for a living (retired now) I didn't care about being held up; I was getting paid for it.


I would agree with that 100%.

Impatient drivers cause many of the problems on today's roads. All in a big rush to save what. :roll:

End result = accidents, road rage and heart attacks.
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Re: Advice how would you emerge from here

Postby Shrek » Sun Aug 07, 2022 10:58 am

jakethesnake wrote:
peterm wrote:I can't really see a problem there. Without being a smartarse, all you have to do is be patient. When I was driving for a living (retired now) I didn't care about being held up; I was getting paid for it.


I would agree with that 100%.

Impatient drivers cause many of the problems on today's roads. All in a big rush to save what. :roll:

End result = accidents, road rage and heart attacks.


Me too
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Re: Advice how would you emerge from here

Postby cooper1203 » Sun Aug 07, 2022 11:28 am

jakethesnake wrote:
peterm wrote:I can't really see a problem there. Without being a smartarse, all you have to do is be patient. When I was driving for a living (retired now) I didn't care about being held up; I was getting paid for it.


I would agree with that 100%.

Impatient drivers cause many of the problems on today's roads. All in a big rush to save what. :roll:

End result = accidents, road rage and heart attacks.

in all seriousnmess i was quite happy to wait and i did get a gap that i could pull out into without upsetting anyone. My question was more along the lines of did i judge the situation correctly as it seemed silly to build and design somthing like that when they could of easily removed a bit of fence and had the exit through the petrol station as the canopy was 5 m
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Re: Advice how would you emerge from here

Postby jakethesnake » Sun Aug 07, 2022 11:42 am

cooper1203 wrote:
jakethesnake wrote:
peterm wrote:I can't really see a problem there. Without being a smartarse, all you have to do is be patient. When I was driving for a living (retired now) I didn't care about being held up; I was getting paid for it.


I would agree with that 100%.

Impatient drivers cause many of the problems on today's roads. All in a big rush to save what. :roll:

End result = accidents, road rage and heart attacks.

in all seriousnmess i was quite happy to wait and i did get a gap that i could pull out into without upsetting anyone. My question was more along the lines of did i judge the situation correctly as it seemed silly to build and design somthing like that when they could of easily removed a bit of fence and had the exit through the petrol station as the canopy was 5 m


It seems you did judge things perfectly. It's good to ask like you did though. You are new to artics I believe. Don't let your patience slip as time goes by as many do unfortunately.
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Re: Advice how would you emerge from here

Postby ezydriver » Sun Aug 07, 2022 3:18 pm

cooper1203 wrote:in all seriousnmess i was quite happy to wait and i did get a gap that i could pull out into without upsetting anyone. My question was more along the lines of did i judge the situation correctly as it seemed silly to build and design somthing like that when they could of easily removed a bit of fence and had the exit through the petrol station as the canopy was 5 m


What else could you have done? You had only one option: wait for a gap, which you did.

You'll find over the years there will be certain roundabouts which pose the same problem, where it's nigh on impossible to pull out without blocking someone, unless you wait for a long time. It is what it is. You did the right thing by waiting on the A13.
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Re: Advice how would you emerge from here

Postby njl » Sun Aug 07, 2022 4:34 pm

cooper1203 wrote:seemed silly to build and design somthing like that when they could of easily removed a bit of fence and had the exit through the petrol station as the canopy was 5 m


I don't own a petrol station but if I did and next door wanted to use my forecourt as a slip road I don't think I would.

AFAIK the new BP(?) by Seven Bridges / Calcutt on the A419 was completed but couldn't open over the slip road to rejoin - didn't meet new requirements and they didn't own the adjoining land to increase it. Not sure how it was resolved in the end and its all 2nd hand info so may be wrong.
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Re: Advice how would you emerge from here

Postby robthedog » Sun Aug 07, 2022 6:13 pm

cooper1203 wrote:Had a collection last night off the a13....https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.53136 ... 384!8i8192

to be fair to myself where the cone is on the right was a post and the petrol station had closed off the right had pumps so couldnt get out through the station. (i did ask if i could move the cones as it would make it easier they said no).

I ended up waiting untill 2 lanes of the a13 was clear and even then i took up some of the 3rd lane with the headboard.

Nothing else you can do is there
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Re: Advice how would you emerge from here

Postby DGSA2 » Sun Aug 07, 2022 9:38 pm

cooper1203 wrote:Had a collection last night off the a13....https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.53136 ... 384!8i8192

to be fair to myself where the cone is on the right was a post and the petrol station had closed off the right had pumps so couldnt get out through the station. (i did ask if i could move the cones as it would make it easier they said no).

I ended up waiting untill 2 lanes of the a13 was clear and even then i took up some of the 3rd lane with the headboard.


For whatever reason (and no I don't understand why) there was a post where the cone was and I'm willing to bet £1 that a previous driver has wiped the post out.

It is not a good layout and the only thing you can do in that situation is what you did.
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Re: Advice how would you emerge from here

Postby Carryfast » Sun Aug 07, 2022 9:55 pm

DGSA2 wrote:
It is not a good layout and the only thing you can do in that situation is what you did.


Wondering if they've done it to stop conflict between entering and exiting vehicles.
It might explain the logic of it.They don't want exiting trucks going wide into the line of the entry slip road.
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Re: Advice how would you emerge from here

Postby adam277 » Mon Aug 08, 2022 1:55 am

There is a few other ones like this a little further along the A13 that are even worse.

Patience is the key but it can be a bitch for sure.
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