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may travel two abreast, using the minimum necessary part of the carriageway.
The Traffic Regulations provide that drivers of cycles and mopeds, animal-drawn vehicles, special vehicles with a maximum authorised mass not exceeding 3,500 kilograms, and vehicles for people with reduced mobility, where there is no road or part of a road specifically intended for them, must travel on the right-hand hard shoulder if it is passable and sufficient for each of them; if it is not, they must use the minimum necessary part of the carriageway.
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may travel two abreast, using the minimum necessary part of the carriageway.
may travel on a dual carriageway.
must travel on the hard shoulder of the road, if it is passable and sufficient.
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Moped
Two or three-wheeled vehicle with engine displacement ≤50 cc and a top design speed of 45 km/h.
Dual carriageway
Fast road with separated carriageways per direction and at least two lanes each way, no at-grade intersections.
Hard shoulder
Longitudinal strip of the road outside and alongside the carriageway. It is not an ordinary lane, and its use depends on the vehicle, road and signs.
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