Topic: The road and its lanes · Nº 29 / 534

Un vehículo está circulando por un carril habilitado en sentido contrario. ¿Puede pasar al carril normal?

A vehicle is driving in a lane opened for traffic in the opposite direction to normal. May it move into the normal lane?

  • ASí, siempre que no derribe los conos que delimitan el carril.Yes, as long as it does not knock over the cones that mark the lane.
  • BNo, ni siquiera para adelantar.No, not even to overtake.
  • CSí, pero sólo para adelantar.Yes, but only to overtake.
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Correct answer

  • BNo, ni siquiera para adelantar.No, not even to overtake.
Explanation

A vehicle using a lane opened for traffic in the opposite direction to normal may not move sideways into the lanes for the normal direction, not even to overtake (Article 41.1 of the General Traffic Regulations). As a general rule, only motorcycles and cars may use these lanes, with dipped headlights on.

The rule · Real Decreto 1428/2003, de 21 de noviembre, Reglamento General de Circulación (RGC) · art. 41.1no podrán desplazarse lateralmente invadiendo el carril o carriles destinados al sentido normal de la circulación, ni siquiera para adelantarRead the full rule

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