Lane priority has changed for access to the M18 when traveling north on the M1.
Now you must be in Lane 1 because just after the exit slip for J31 Lane 1 is separated off and anyone in Lanes 2 & 3 will not be able to cut across to the M18.
Stan
Stanley Knife:
Lane priority has changed for access to the M18 when traveling north on the M1.Now you must be in Lane 1 because just after the exit slip for J31 Lane 1 is separated off and anyone in Lanes 2 & 3 will not be able to cut across to the M18.
Stan
what is it seperated by - paint or concrete?
ROG:
what is it seperated by - paint or concrete?
No, just cones - though you could stay in Lane 2, just to prove me wrong 
Stan
Bet J31 now gets well stuffed 
Stanley Knife:
No, just cones - though you could stay in Lane 2, just to prove me wrong
Stan
due to the numpties in lane 1 I decided to stay in lane 2, and pass the M18 exit, go down to the exit for the Sheffield parkway and double back for the M18 …much quicker
peirre:
Stanley Knife:
No, just cones - though you could stay in Lane 2, just to prove me wrong
Standue to the numpties in lane 1 I decided to stay in lane 2, and pass the M18 exit, go down to the exit for the Sheffield parkway and double back for the M18 …much quicker
Shame on you Peirre, that’s called common sense - and it’s not allowed now
Stan
PS: When I came past this afternoon they were queuing to the top of the hill. Roll on Friday afternoon.
Lol … tbh stan i don`t have much choice of using the M18, as i have the misfortune of living down the road from the stockyard
Stanley Knife:
…and anyone in Lanes 2 & 3 will not be able to cut across to the M18.
Wrong 
Last night, a hundred yards or so from where lane 1 jumps onto the M18 a car went through the cones from lane 2, down the ramp, up the ramp and through the other set of cones to get into lane 1 
theres always some numpty who`ll try to prove otherwise
Came past this afternoon at 1400 and queued from the services. It took me 20 minutes to get through and I was in lane 2.
Ohhh tomorrow aft is gonna be fun.
Stan
Saxon786:
Stanley Knife:
…and anyone in Lanes 2 & 3 will not be able to cut across to the M18.Wrong
And why does that not surprise me!!!
Stan
Stan, you must have been right on my back door, apart from the traffic getting on Northbound from the A57 I can’t see what the hold up is, bloody snooker ball effect from Skateboards is the pain!! Lanes 2 and 3 should flow IMO, whadaya think?
why dont they just close the n/bound entry from j 31 during the road works
the diversion is not massive and they only need to close it at peak times
this would cure all the problems
or is that too easy?
mezzzz1211:
why dont they just close the n/bound entry from j 31 during the road works
the diversion is not massive and they only need to close it at peak times
this would cure all the problemsor is that too easy?
You got that right Mezzzzzzzzzz
mezzzz1211:
why dont they just close the n/bound entry from j 31 during the road works
the diversion is not massive and they only need to close it at peak times
this would cure all the problemsor is that too easy?
Not you as well mezzzz,
we cannot allow two lots of common sence in one thread!!!
first pierre, now you.
carry on like this and people will think lorry drivers are intelligent 
Semtex, you took the words right out of my mouth.
Who the bloody hell do they think they are using common sense 
Stan
JamesC:
Stan, you must have been right on my back door, apart from the traffic getting on Northbound from the A57 I can’t see what the hold up is, bloody snooker ball effect from Skateboards is the pain!! Lanes 2 and 3 should flow IMO, whadaya think?
Lane 3 does tend to flow but lane 2 is stop start at best. As others have suggested closing the access from J31 would be useful, but it’ll never happen.
Stan
(Thankfully today I was local, never touched the M1. In fact I spent more time sat waiting to un/load than driving).
hit the queue at 14.05 about 6 miles South of services…on the viaduct at 15.45
1 hour 40 for about 12 miles
I love fridays
finished up 20 mins over my 4.30 driving after hitting the bottle neck on the M62 as well 
came off at 24 and went up the 614 (after the ring road) then a1 took 21/2 hours
usually takes 3- 4 hours up the m1 fri aft