Slip lane

Blue vehicle in slip lane must give way to the green and red vehicles even though the latter is at a give way control.

A slip lane is a road traffic lane provided at an intersection to allow vehicles to turn at the intersection without actually entering it and interfering with through traffic. It therefore is not controlled by any traffic signals at that intersection. There are two types of slip lane - those where the lane continues into its own lane in the road which it turns into and those where the lane terminates at the point where it enters the road turned into.[1]

Slip lanes may need to be removed if considerations such as pedestrian safety grow to a point where they over-ride the desire to facilitate free passage for cars.[2][3]

In Australia cars exiting a slip lane must give way to all other traffic even when that traffic is faced with a give-way or other traffic controls.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Pedestrians crossing slip lanes" (PDF). Main Roads Western Australia. September 2002. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "City Road Draft Master Plan" (PDF). Melbourne City Council. July 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Slip Lanes be gone". Matt L. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  4. ↑ http://www.cota-act.org.au/Livedrive/road_rules.html


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