Topic: The road and its lanes · Nº 429 / 534
¿Se permite usar los pasos en la mediana de una autopista para dar la vuelta?
Are you allowed to use the gaps in the central reservation of a motorway (autopista) to turn round?
- ANo, está prohibido.No, it is forbidden.
- BSí, cuando estén abiertos.Yes, when they are open.
- CSí, a menos que una señal lo prohíba expresamente.Yes, unless a sign expressly forbids it.
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Correct answer
- ANo, está prohibido.No, it is forbidden.
On motorways (autopistas) and dual carriageways (autovías), the traffic rules forbid making a U-turn on any stretch where traffic runs in one direction only, except at places provided for it. The gaps in the central reservation are designed as guidance features, pedestrian refuges or diversion lanes, and they are not considered to be provided for turning round; unless there are specific signs that allow it, using them to make a U-turn is forbidden. So the correct answer is «No, it is forbidden».
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