Topic: Manoeuvres · Nº 919 / 982

En esta situación de la fotografía, el conductor del camión, ¿está obligado a apartarse al arcén para facilitar el adelantamiento a otros vehículos?
In the situation in the photograph, must the lorry driver move onto the hard shoulder to make it easier for other vehicles to overtake?
- AComo norma general, no.As a general rule, no.
- BSí, cuando el camión circule a menos de 70 km/h.Yes, when the lorry is travelling at less than 70 km/h.
- CSí, cuando el camión es un vehículo pesado.Yes, when the lorry is a heavy vehicle.
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- AComo norma general, no.As a general rule, no.
The driver of any vehicle being overtaken must allow overtaking and make it easier. For this purpose, as soon as they notice that a vehicle behind intends to overtake, they must keep close to the right-hand edge of the carriageway, without moving onto walkways, pavements, platforms, hard shoulders, lanes or areas closed to them or reserved for other vehicles or users, so as to leave enough space to be passed comfortably. Drivers of heavy vehicles, large vehicles or vehicles that must keep to a specific speed limit must slow down or move onto the hard shoulder as soon as possible, if it is usable, to let the vehicles behind them pass, when oncoming traffic, a carriageway that is too narrow, or its layout or condition do not allow them to be overtaken easily and without danger. The road in the picture does not meet these conditions, so the lorry driver does not have to move onto the hard shoulder.
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