Revision question · Motorway rules

How should you use the lanes on a motorway?

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Use the lane that has the least traffic

Keep to the left-hand lane unless you're overtaking

Overtake using the lane that’s clearest

Stay in one lane until you reach your exit

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Keep to the left-hand lane unless you're overtakingThis was the right answer

You should normally travel in the left-hand lane unless you're overtaking a slower-moving vehicle. When you've finished overtaking, move back into the left-hand lane, but don’t cut across in front of the vehicle that you’ve overtaken.

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Rule 264Highway Code rule · Return left when safely past; travelling at the speed limit does not justify remaining in an overtaking lane.Rule 267Highway Code rule · Return left when safely past; travelling at the speed limit does not justify remaining in an overtaking lane.

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