Topic: The road and its lanes · Nº 140 / 534
En una glorieta con tres carriles de circulación, ¿desde qué carril debe situarse un conductor para abandonarla?
On a roundabout with three lanes, which lane must a driver be in to leave it?
- AEn el carril derecho.The right-hand lane.
- BEn el carril central.The central lane.
- CEn cualquier carril, siempre que no interfiera en la trayectoria de otros vehículos.Any lane, as long as they do not get in the way of other vehicles.
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- AEn el carril derecho.The right-hand lane.
On a roundabout with several lanes, you must leave from the outer, or right-hand, lane. This makes the manoeuvre safer and more orderly and avoids needlessly crossing other vehicles' paths. A driver in one of the inner lanes must gradually move out to the outer lane before leaving the roundabout. Leaving from another lane could get in the way of other road users and create risky situations. So the general rule is to be in the right-hand lane to leave, unless the signs or the road layout specifically allow the manoeuvre to be done another way.
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