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You should be aware that a motorway lane is closed when indicted by a red X on an overhead gantry or other sign (usually the left lane) – what you might not be aware of is when that closed left lane passes a junction, you are not permitted leave the motorway at that junction (since doing so would involve transgressing the closed left lane).
(See Rule 258)
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.No they are not, the HC is quite clear, they are committing and offence just entering the lane so it should be obvious that the slip road is unavailable. The idea is that the control room can close lanes, it defeats the object if they also have to send the wombles out to cone off slip roads because eejits don't know the rules.
it's obvious that if the inside lane is closed then so are any slip roads. TBH most red X transgression are gotten away with anyway so they'll probably get away with using it. The red X can close the lane for a matter of minutes it's not practical to send out the wombles to cone off the slip roads. That's why the system is how it is.
"A National Highways spokesperson said: 'A Red X signal is there to increase the safety of everyone using the road by highlighting an issue ahead.
'Above 90% of drivers observe Red X signals, but ignoring Red X signals is an offence and puts themselves and others at risk.'" [emphasis added]
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13668089/drivers-fine-common-motorway-rule.html
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