An ordinary lorry and an animal-drawn cart arrive simultaneously at a narrow passage where they cannot pass each other and one must reverse. There is no steep gradient, signs or controlling instructions. Who has priority?

Correct answer

The animal-drawn vehicle.

The animal-drawn vehicle, which ranks before lorries under Article 62(1). The order does not depend on being faster or motorised. It applies here because no earlier entry, signing, instructions or steep gradient changes the case. Not all special vehicles rank before lorries: those within ordinary regulatory mass and dimension limits rank after them. On a steep gradient, Article 63 and its passing-place exception apply.