An ordinary rigid lorry and an animal-drawn vehicle meet at a narrow passage without signs, agents or roadworks instructions. It is not a steep-gradient section and it is uncertain who entered first. If one must reverse, which will it be?

Correct answer

The lorry in the stated situation.

The lorry. When it is uncertain who entered first, the priority order based on manoeuvring difficulty applies: animal-drawn vehicles rank ahead of ordinary lorries. The lorry’s load does not change that order. Known first entry, signs or instructions, and steep gradients require their respective rules; animal-drawn vehicles do not have universal priority at every narrow passage.