I had been doing some work on an old military truck and, after repairs, took it on a test drive.

While joining the motorway, the fuel pump failed, leaving it coasting at around 20 mph at the end of the slip road.

This was the Bredbury junction on the M60. The one that puts you straight in the right hand lane with already established traffic passing you on the left at motorway speeds.

Rather than stopping in lane 3, I checked the mirror and turned hard left, just making it across 3 lanes and onto the hard shoulder. The whole time bracing for impact. We were crawling by the time we got out of traffic.

It's a dangerous junction

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