AH, when I first learnt to drive, about 40 years and half a million miles ago, defensive driving was in vogue so I still try and drive defensively. When driving in multiple traffic lanes I always make sure that there is a space on the inside lane next to me whenever possible. I also leave enough room in front of me for another car to dodge in if need be, OK people take...
Not me, I prefer motorway driving to any other, no roundabouts, traffic lights, nearly straight roads, (by that I mean no tight bends), put me on a motorway and I'm happy.
I can enter and leave a motorway, I am just not confident doing so. I had passed my test for about five years before I first drove on a motorway and probably haven't driven on a motorway for about 8 years (if not longer).
The roads where I am are mostly really bendy, country roads and I hate driving on them, on a motorway you only have to concentrate on the other traffic and not what might be coming around the next bend on the wrong side of the road. The visibility, on motorways, most of the time means you can see far ahead and it is much easier to anticipate what the traffic around you is going to do.
I agree, Traci, those high hedged, narrow and bendy lanes can be a test of nerves.
Potential pedestrians, cyclist,horses, cows round every corner, stone walls hidden in the hedgerow, ditches hidden underneath them.
You are right to steer clear of motorways sherrardk, they are not the place for drivers who lack confidence.....dual carriageways too as joining them from a slip road is exactly the same as joining a motorway, the cars are likely to be travelling just as fast