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As a general rule, an ordinary lorry with a MAM of 5,000 kg, not carrying dangerous goods, travels on a paved conventional road outside a built-up area. Without a justified reason, below what general minimum speed must it not travel?

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40 km/h, half the applicable general maximum.

40 km/h: half this lorry’s general maximum of 80 km/h on that road under Articles 48 and 49. The 50 km/h answer is not that half. Travel below the minimum is allowed when traffic, vehicle or road conditions prevent maintaining it safely, among other regulatory cases; do not accelerate to an unsafe speed to reach the minimum.

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  • 50 km/h.

  • 60 km/h.

  • 40 km/h, half the applicable general maximum.

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