M65 / M61 Jct. Despite loads of time to get in lane, driver cuts across hatching 🤷‍♂️

M65 / M61 Junction. Driver obviously not concentrating, had loads of time to get into correct lane, instead of coming off and just rejoining motorway driver thinks it’s ok to cut across hatching 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@WayneTulip-zm9gw]

As per rule 130 of the Highway Code, you must not cross a solid white line to enter hatched markings or chevron markings except for in an emergency.

[@jugglerjim01]

Someone wasnt paying attention and didnt realise the motorway split rather than there be a slip road off, and i can almost guarantee they were watching the vehicles in the middle lane and chunter about lane hoggers 🤣🤣🤣

[@pineapplepenumbra]

They might be lost, but leaving a safety gap between themselves and the van in front might have helped. As it's a van and blocks their view more than a car, a 3 second gap would be better than the 2 second gap usually recommended. Apparently the 3 second gap is recommended in the US, but it doesn't seem to help. Many of the videos I see show US drivers way too close, and they have a far higher death rate, (12.4 per 100K people and 14.2 more per 100K cars,, last time I read the stats) per capita than we do, despite us having far narrower, winding roads.

[@kakhaval]

I don't see anything wrong here if it took some time for the driver to decide or realise.