Revision question · Band 1 road procedure

You're driving along a three-lane motorway. When may you overtake on the left?

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If you're within 1 mile of your exit

If the driver ahead is hogging the right-hand lane

If you're driving in a slow-moving traffic queue

If you're in stationary traffic but the hard shoulder is clear

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If you're driving in a slow-moving traffic queueThis was the right answer

If traffic is moving slowly in queues on a motorway, stay in your lane. If the queue on your right is moving more slowly than the queue you're in, you may pass on the left.

Reviewed reading for this question

Rule 264Highway Code rule · Keep left except while overtaking or directed otherwise; passing a slower queue on the left is not weaving through freely flowing traffic.Rule 268Highway Code rule · Keep left except while overtaking or directed otherwise; passing a slower queue on the left is not weaving through freely flowing traffic.

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