Topic: Traffic signs, markings and signals · Nº 149 / 1397

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El triángulo blanco pintado en la calzada, ¿qué significa?

What does the white triangle painted on the carriageway mean?

  • AQue los conductores tienen preferencia de paso al cambiar de carril.That drivers have right of way when changing lanes.
  • BQue es obligatorio ceder el paso a los vehículos que se aproximen por el carril derecho cuando cambie de carril.That, when changing lanes, you must give way to vehicles approaching in the right-hand lane.
  • CQue el conductor está obligado a detener el vehículo en todo caso.That the driver must stop the vehicle in all cases.
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Correct answer

  • BQue es obligatorio ceder el paso a los vehículos que se aproximen por el carril derecho cuando cambie de carril.That, when changing lanes, you must give way to vehicles approaching in the right-hand lane.
Explanation

A triangle marked on the carriageway, with the point opposite its short side directed towards the approaching vehicle, tells its driver that they must give way to other vehicles at the next junction.

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