Anything can happen?

arleitiss

Hey, just wondering, I am glad I asked this question before: "What to do if I ended up on motorway by accident" well...

I did end up on motorway today, I had GPS set but didn't had set it to avoid motorways, so i ended up on like M50 I think or some other motorway, it was a motorway that leads to ballymun, first I thought I am on National road or something, then noticed how there is no other learners and speed signs increase speeds and has like 3 lanes, only then my heartbeat increased and I went really nervous but then I remembered what others said here, drove for about 2-3 km and took first exit off and ended up in ballymun (Where I had to go anyways), I spent on motorway literally like 2 minutes maybe. All I did really was just kept speed with others, stayed in very right lane where everyone was then then when I saw exit I like 5 times checked if no one is behind me and moved across lanes checking all the time and indicating. It was sure scary. So my question is: Will garda do something if I wasn't pulled over or anything? I mean is there no cameras or something that can send me a fine in mail for dangerous driving or something (though I followed all required rules I think and no one even beeped me once).

What i learned? :
Double check where to turn even if it's GPS saying something.

When I got out of motorway all safe and no problem and not stopped by garda I felt like I landed a plane or something, such a relief.

refusetolose

be grand

im invisible

arleitiss wrote: »

All I did really was just kept speed with others, stayed in very right lane where everyone was then then when I saw exit I like 5 times checked if no one is behind me and moved across lanes checking all the time and indicating.

hmmm

arleitiss

im invisible wrote: »

hmmm

well for some reason it's the lane where traffic was going within speed limit, on others I saw a huge trucks and other heavy vehicles.
Just realized I was in overtaking lane, damn **** that gps

**Timbuk2**

You definitely can't blame the GPS in this case, there are a lot of very telltale signs that you are about to enter a motorway - for example the big blue signs that say Motorway Ahead... No learners, no vehicles less than 50cc, etc. etc.

If the GPS is routing you somewhere you don't think you should be going, you can just turn somewhere different and it'll reroute automatically!

And for future reference, on any multi-lane road (not just motorways), you stay in the leftmost available lane unless overtaking. So on 3 lane roads (e.g. N7, M50, M1 etc) you use the left lane for normal driving, the middle (2nd) lane for overtaking traffic in the left (driving) lane, and the rightmost (3rd) lane for overtaking traffic in the middle lane. There is often an auxiliary lane to the left of the driving lane, which is marked with a thick dashed line, and this is used for traffic intending to take the next exit.

As a rough rule of thumb, if you are being undertaken by cars (as in they pass you on your left side), then you are likely in the wrong lane. This isn't always the case though, but most of the time it is.

Chris_Heilong

I ended up on the motorway once by accident, I was heading up the old swords road and into Donabate and I was following my GPS also, there where loads of roundabouts and on the 4th or 5th one the GPS said take the 2nd exist, problem was there was road works and some construction going on at the last roundabout and one or two lanes where closed so before I knew it I had passed a large fence which was blocking the blue sign and I ended up heading on to the Motorway, best thing to do is keep left and move at the correct speed until you reach the next exit and use the GPS to get you back onto the National roads, its not too hard.

MascotDec85

I love the OP's threads

Alanstrainor

Seriously OP forget the GPS, plan your route in advance, or ask your accompany driver for directions. You got yourself onto that motorway, not the GPS.

Motorways have one golden rule...keep LEFT. Especially in your situation.

arleitiss

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Seriously OP forget the GPS, plan your route in advance, or ask your accompany driver for directions. You got yourself onto that motorway, not the GPS.

Motorways have one golden rule...keep LEFT. Especially in your situation.

Yeah I realized that now, signs are 100% right, I barely use gps but this was new area to me.

concernman

I have two questions. Are you a learner driver? if so was there a passenger with you that has held a full driving licence for at least 2 years.