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No; being slower is insufficient. In saturated traffic, moving faster without changing lanes may not count as overtaking.
No. A slower vehicle in the left lane does not itself authorise overtaking on the right. When traffic fills the carriageway and each vehicle can only travel at the speed of the one ahead in its lane, one lane moving faster is not considered overtaking; changing lanes to overtake is not allowed in that situation. This differs from right-overtaking exceptions, such as a vehicle clearly signalling a left turn or stop on the left, or specified cases inside built-up areas.
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Yes; the lower speed of the vehicle on the left always permits overtaking it on the right.
No; being slower is insufficient. In saturated traffic, moving faster without changing lanes may not count as overtaking.
No; in saturated traffic all lanes must move at exactly the same speed.
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