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Topic: The road and its lanes · Nº 121 / 534

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En una autopista, ¿cuándo se puede circular por el arcén?

On a motorway (autopista), when may you drive on the hard shoulder?

  • ACuando hay muchos vehículos circulando.When there are a lot of vehicles on the road.
  • BNunca.Never.
  • CCuando por emergencia o avería se circule a velocidad anormalmente reducida.When, because of an emergency or a breakdown, you are driving at an abnormally low speed.
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  • CCuando por emergencia o avería se circule a velocidad anormalmente reducida.When, because of an emergency or a breakdown, you are driving at an abnormally low speed.
Explanation

Drivers of vehicles with a maximum authorised mass of no more than 3,500 kg who, for emergency reasons, are driving at an abnormally low speed and seriously disrupting traffic must drive on the right-hand hard shoulder, or on the smallest necessary part of the carriageway. If they are not disrupting traffic, they must drive in the right-hand lane. When these drivers are on a motorway or dual carriageway, they must leave it at the first exit.

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