Revision question · Band 1 road procedure

You're on a two-lane dual carriageway. When would you use the right-hand lane?

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When overtaking slower traffic

When making normal progress

When driving at the minimum allowed speed

When driving at a constant high speed

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When overtaking slower trafficThis was the right answer

Normally, you should travel in the left-hand lane and use the right-hand lane only for overtaking or turning right. Move back into the left-hand lane as soon as it's safe, but don't cut across the path of the vehicle you've just overtaken.

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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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