On a motorway outside a built-up area with three or more lanes per direction, which vehicle is subject to the rule of normally using the right-hand lane and being allowed to use only the immediately adjacent lane under the prescribed conditions?

Correct answer

Special vehicles over 3,500 kg MAM not required to use the shoulder.

A special vehicle not required to use the shoulder, such as one over 3,500 kg MAM. Article 31.2 also applies to lorries and vans over 3,500 kg and combinations longer than seven metres. It does not require staying permanently in the right-hand lane, but limits use to that lane and the immediately adjacent one. Motorway access requirements also apply.