Revision question · Motorway rules

You're on a three-lane motorway. Which lane are you in if there are red reflective studs on your left and white ones to your right?

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In the right-hand lane

In the middle lane

On the hard shoulder

In the left-hand lane

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The colours of the reflective studs on the motorway and their locations are

• red – between the hard shoulder and the carriageway

• white – between lanes

• amber – between the carriageway and the central reservation

• green – along slip-road exits and entrances

• bright green/yellow – at roadworks and contraflow systems.

Reviewed reading for this question

Rule 132Highway Code rule · Apply the colour-location relationships: white between lanes, red left edge, amber central reservation and green slip-road boundary.

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