Revision question · Vehicle weights and dimensions

You're driving a lorry with a maximum authorised mass of more than 7.5 tonnes along a three-lane motorway. When may you use the right-hand lane?

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To overtake slower lorries

When the left-hand lane is closed

If you drive at more than 60 mph

If you're travelling unladen

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When the left-hand lane is closedThis was the right answer

Use of the right-hand lane on motorways with three or more lanes isn't normally allowed for

• vehicles over 7.5 tonnes maximum authorised mass

• vehicles required to be fitted with a speed limiter

• vehicles towing a trailer.

This rule does not apply in special circumstances, such as when the left-hand lane is closed.

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Rule 265Highway Code rule · The over-7.5-tonne vehicle normally cannot use the right-hand lane of a motorway with three or more lanes; the offered closure exception is not ordinary overtaking.

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