Near Aagtekerke your lane ends in 300 metres. Traffic in the lane next to you is slow and close together. What do you do?
- Drive on to the very last bit and claim my space there
- Merge at once as soon as I see that my lane is going to end
- ✓ Adjust my speed and merge into a gap shortly before the narrowing
Correct answer: Adjust my speed and merge into a gap shortly before the narrowing
Explanation
False — you overdo driving on. Use the space up to the narrowing, but going too far and then claiming space irritates others; merge smoothly at about 50 metres
Why learners get this wrong
- Wrong: you overdo driving on. Use the space up to the narrowing, but going too far and then claiming space irritates others; merge smoothly at about 50 metres
- Wrong: you merge too early. In zip merging you adjust speed at about 300 metres and only merge at about 50 metres before the narrowing
Topic: Weaving and zip merging: who yields to whom, and the 300/50-metre rule
Read the rule: Core: Weaving and zip merging: who yields to whom, and the 300/50-metre rule
Sections
- Challenge: Weaving and zip merging: who yields to whom, and the 300/50-metre rule
- The model: Weaving and zip merging: who yields to whom, and the 300/50-metre rule
- Core: Weaving and zip merging: who yields to whom, and the 300/50-metre rule
- Why it matters: Weaving and zip merging: who yields to whom, and the 300/50-metre rule
- Active recall: Weaving and zip merging: who yields to whom, and the 300/50-metre rule
- Teach back: Weaving and zip merging: who yields to whom, and the 300/50-metre rule
- Memory hook: Weaving and zip merging: who yields to whom, and the 300/50-metre rule