Two ordinary lorries arrive simultaneously at an unsignalled narrow passage where they cannot pass each other and one must reverse. One is towing a trailer. There is no steep gradient or controlling instruction. Who has priority?

Correct answer

The lorry towing the trailer.

The lorry towing the trailer: it is a combination of vehicles, which ranks before a lorry without a trailer under Article 62(1). Simultaneous arrival, no signs or instructions and no steep gradient are specified so that order applies. The greater reversing-distance criterion applies to vehicles of the same type or unlisted cases; it does not replace the order between these categories. Earlier entry or a steep gradient would require the corresponding rules.