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Topic: Speed and distances · Nº 794 / 961

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Si por densidad de tráfico circulamos a velocidad inferior a la mínima en una autopista, ¿cómo lo haremos?

If heavy traffic means we are driving below the minimum speed on a motorway (autopista), how should we drive?

  • ACircularemos por el arcén.We drive on the hard shoulder.
  • BCircularemos por el arcén hasta la próxima salida.We drive on the hard shoulder until the next exit.
  • CCircularemos por la calzada.We drive on the carriageway.
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Correct answer

  • CCircularemos por la calzada.We drive on the carriageway.
Explanation

Any driver who, for emergency reasons, has to drive on a motorway (autopista) or dual carriageway (autovía) at an abnormally low speed, seriously disrupting traffic, must use the right-hand hard shoulder and leave at the first exit. That is not the case in this question: we are driving below the minimum speed because of heavy traffic, not because of an emergency, so we carry on driving on the carriageway.

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