Red flashing lights.  If red lights flash on a signal in the central reservation or on the side of the road and lane closed sign is showing, you MUST NOT go beyond the signal in any lane. 

Laws RTA 1988 sect 36 & TSRGD regs 10 & sch15 

## 3.Joining the motorway 

259. Joining the motorway.  When you join the motorway you will normally approach it from a road on the left (a slip road) or from an adjoining motorway. You should 

● give priority to traffic already on the motorway 

● check the traffic on the motorway and match your speed to fit safely into the traffic flow in the left-hand lane 

● not cross solid white lines that separate lanes or use the hard shoulder 

● stay on the slip road if it continues as an extra lane on the motorway 

● remain in the left-hand lane long enough to adjust to the speed of traffic before considering overtaking. 

## 4.On the motorway 

260. When you can see well ahead and the road conditions are good, you should 

● drive at a steady cruising speed which you and your vehicle can handle safely and is within the speed limit (see 

