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Dangerous blind spot, made worse by cars overtaking

Reported via desktop in the Road markings (NH) category anonymously at 18:59, Sat 11 February 2023

Sent to National Highways less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 4224168.

On the slip road, from the roundabout with the A4, down to the A404M, heading towards the M4: as you merge with the dual carriageway, there is a blind spot, owing to the curve in the main carriageway. The blind spot is made worse when other cars, speeding usually, try to overtake on the slip road, taking the right hand of the two lanes on the slip road, even trying to overtake as close as the end, and try to cut in, and in doing so also block your view of the oncoming traffic, making you have to stop. This bad driving makes a dangerous point even more so. A solution would be to amend the road markings, to make the two lanes on the slip road merge into one, and then also curve in a particular way, so as to bring you more parallel to the main traffic, to assist mirror vision. This happens more than you'd think, as fast drivers want to speed, after having to go to a limit on the A4.

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  • Thank you for your report concerning road markings.

    Our inspector has reviewed this. Currently this isn’t causing any safety concerns, we will continue to monitor this and will arrange any required work if the situation changes.

    If you require any further update on this issue our Customer Contact Centre is available 24 hours a day at:

    • 0300 123 5000

    • info@nationalhighways.co.uk

    Kind regards

    National Highways

    State changed to: Closed

    Posted by National Highways at 14:48, Fri 17 February 2023

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