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A private car driver misses a motorway exit. May they reverse to reach it?

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No, continue to a permitted exit.

No. Continue to a permitted exit. Reversing on motorways and dual carriageways is prohibited in this situation. Other-road statutory exceptions include limited supplementary manoeuvres and cases where forward travel or a change of direction is impossible; they do not authorise reversing to recover this exit.

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  • No, continue to a permitted exit.

  • Yes, if reversing less than 15 metres.

  • Yes, if the hazard lights are on.

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