Topic: The road and its lanes · Nº 490 / 534
Circula con su coche por el arcén detrás de un tractor para facilitar que un camión lo adelante. ¿Es correcto?
You are driving your car on the hard shoulder behind a tractor to make it easier for a lorry to overtake you. Is this correct?
- ASí, si el arcén fuera más ancho.Yes, if the hard shoulder were wider.
- BNo.No.
- CSí, pero solo durante el tiempo imprescindible.Yes, but only for as long as strictly necessary.
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Correct answer
- BNo.No.
No. The driver of a motor car must drive on the carriageway and not on the hard shoulder, except for emergencies (Article 30.1 of the General Traffic Regulations). Helping a lorry to overtake is not an emergency: it is enough to stay on the carriageway and leave enough distance from the vehicle in front.
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