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A lorry and a motorcycle with sidecar arrive simultaneously at an unsignposted narrow passage, with no officer instructions, where they cannot pass each other and one must reverse. With no gradient determining a different priority, which passes first?

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The lorry you are driving.

The lorry, under the order in Article 62: lorries, tractor units and vans precede motorcycles with sidecar. Priority between these categories is not decided by reversing distance or an assumed lack of reverse gear on the motorcycle. Reversing distance is used for vehicles of the same type or unlisted cases. The first legal category includes special vehicles or special-transport vehicles exceeding regulatory masses or dimensions; special vehicles that do not exceed them have another position.

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  • Whichever vehicle would have to reverse the greater distance.

  • The lorry you are driving.

  • The motorcycle, since it doesn't have reverse gear.

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