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Outside a built-up area, a car uses the left lane of a motorway. The right lane is usable and no overtaking, signs or other road or traffic conditions justify the left lane. Is it driving correctly?

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No, because it must drive in the right-hand lane.

No. Article 31 requires normally using the rightmost lane. Other lanes in the same direction may be used when traffic or road conditions justify it, without obstructing a following vehicle. Not overtaking alone does not prove another lane is being used incorrectly; this scenario excludes other reasons that could justify it. Not obstructing another vehicle does not permit arbitrary use of the left lane.

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  • Yes, because it does not obstruct other vehicles.

  • Yes, because it may use any lane.

  • No, because it must drive in the right-hand lane.

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