Topic: The road and its lanes · Nº 505 / 534
En caso de avería en una autopista, ¿se puede circular por el arcén izquierdo?
If you break down on a motorway (autopista), may you drive on the left-hand hard shoulder?
- ASí, si la avería se produce circulando por el carril izquierdo.Yes, if the breakdown happens while you are driving in the left-hand lane.
- BSí, siempre que no haya tráfico.Yes, as long as there is no traffic.
- CNo, se debe circular únicamente por el carril o arcén derecho.No, you may only drive in the right-hand lane or on the right-hand hard shoulder.
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- CNo, se debe circular únicamente por el carril o arcén derecho.No, you may only drive in the right-hand lane or on the right-hand hard shoulder.
If the vehicle needs help because of a breakdown, it must leave the lanes as soon as possible and head for the first exit using the right-hand hard shoulder; if this is not possible, it must stop on the right-hand hard shoulder or where it causes the least obstruction (Article 130.2 of the General Traffic Regulations). The left-hand hard shoulder is not used for driving.
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