Revision question · Road and traffic signs

When can you travel on the hard shoulder of a motorway?

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When taking the next exit

When traffic has stopped

When signs show that you can

When traffic is moving slowly

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Ordinarily a hard shoulder is for emergencies, not for bypassing queues or reaching an exit. You may use it when police, traffic officers or traffic signs direct you. On a dynamic hard shoulder, a speed limit above it opens it as a running lane; a red X or blank display does not.

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Rule 269Highway Code rule · These are explicitly dynamic hard-shoulder examples. A red X or blank sign closes that shoulder to ordinary driving; a speed limit above it opens it, subject to any lower vehicle limit.Rule 261Highway Code rule · These are explicitly dynamic hard-shoulder examples. A red X or blank sign closes that shoulder to ordinary driving; a speed limit above it opens it, subject to any lower vehicle limit.

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