Topic: The road and its lanes · Nº 448 / 534

Un conjunto de vehículos de 7,50 metros de longitud, ¿por dónde debe de circular en una vía interurbana con 3 carriles para su sentido?

Where must a 7.50-metre-long combination of vehicles drive on a road outside built-up areas with 3 lanes in its direction?

  • APor cualquiera de ellos.In any of them.
  • BSolamente por el de la derecha.Only in the right-hand lane.
  • CPor el de la derecha, pudiendo utilizar el inmediato cuando las circunstancias del tráfico lo aconsejen.In the right-hand lane, and it may use the next lane when traffic conditions make it advisable.
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Correct answer

  • CPor el de la derecha, pudiendo utilizar el inmediato cuando las circunstancias del tráfico lo aconsejen.In the right-hand lane, and it may use the next lane when traffic conditions make it advisable.
Explanation

On carriageways outside built-up areas with more than one lane for your direction, you normally drive in the lane furthest to your right, although you may use the other lanes in that direction when traffic or road conditions make it advisable, as long as you do not obstruct a vehicle behind you. When such a carriageway has three or more lanes in your direction, drivers of lorries with a maximum authorised mass of more than 3,500 kg, special vehicles that are not required to use the hard shoulder, and combinations of vehicles more than 7 metres long must normally drive in the lane furthest to the right. They may use the next lane to overtake or when traffic or road conditions make it advisable, as long as they do not obstruct a vehicle behind them. The other lanes are prohibited for them.

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