Using sliproads to avoid red lights

[Chicken Boo]

Only possible at intersections that have sliproads obviously, and which don't have much traffic on the perpendicular road. The act entails taking the slip off the direction you were traveling and then swinging right into the slip that rejoins that direction. It's a favourite trick of taxi drivers. My question - is this act illegal? What law is being broken?

 

[gifs]

You will probably have to cross a solid line to do this, which would be illegal.

 

[satanboy]

Not illegal afaik.

Just do it.

 

[biena]

Avoiding traffic calming measures. It is actually a fine to avoid it which is what this driver is doing.

 

[satanboy]

Avoiding traffic calming measures. It is actually a fine to avoid it which is what this driver is doing.

So driving a parallel road to avoid speedbumps would also fall under this. Ridiculous.

 

[Chevron]

I have this one intersection where turning right is extremely congested. Even though there isn't a slip way I rather turn left, pull into a driveway and drive back to the intersection at a now green robot.

Works awesomely

 

[HavocXphere]

Only possible at intersections that have sliproads obviously, and which don't have much traffic on the perpendicular road. The act entails taking the slip off the direction you were traveling and then swinging right into the slip that rejoins that direction. It's a favourite trick of taxi drivers. My question - is this act illegal? What law is being broken?

This usually involves some variation of an illegal u-turn/crossing solid line.

 

[McGuywer]

Not illegal afaik.

Just do it.

Lol, from Satanboy!

 

[Shellyb1]

Illegal. Seems that taxi's have taken quite a liking to it lately - and oncoming traffic in the perpendicular lane is not necessarily a deterrent for them.

Motorists are also following now....happens all the time at the intersection by the sasol on Bowling road (before South Road) and then further down by one of the complexes (Espirit I think).