Revision question · Band 1 road procedure

What should you do immediately after joining a motorway?

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Try to overtake

Adjust your mirrors

Position your vehicle in the centre lane

Keep in the left-hand lane

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Keep in the left-hand laneThis was the right answer

Once you've joined a motorway, you need to stay in the left-hand lane for long enough to give yourself time to judge, and adjust to, the speed of motorway traffic.

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Rule 259Highway Code rule · Give way on entry, use the slip road to match the left-lane flow and move right only when a safe optional courtesy helps joining traffic.Rule 264Highway Code rule · Give way on entry, use the slip road to match the left-lane flow and move right only when a safe optional courtesy helps joining traffic.

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