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Motorway Driving ((Give way to traffic already on the motorway., You…
Motorway Driving
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You should keep to the left and only use the right-hand lane if you're passing slower moving traffic.
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SPEED LIMITS
The national speed limit for cars and motorcycles is 70 mph (112 km/h). This limit applies to all lanes. They may be signs displaying slower limits.
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A vehicle towing a trailer isn't allowed to travel in the right-hand lane of a motorway with three or more lanes, unless there are lane closures.
Towing a trailer you mustn't use the right-hand lane of a three-lane motorway with three or more lanes except in certain specified circumstances.
All traffic, whatever speed, should normally use the left-hand lane of the motorway.
Use the middle and right-hand lanes only for overtaking other vehicles and return to the left when you've finished overtaking.
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If you're travelling in the left-hand lane and the traffic is joining from a slip road, move to another if you're able to do so safely. This helps the flow of traffic joining the motorway.
You may overtake on the left if traffic is moving slowly in queues and the queue on your right is moving more slowly that the one your in.
A vehicle towing a trailer is restricted to 60 mph. For this reason, it isn't allowed in the right-hand lane.
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Exit to the motorway is indicated by countdown markers: they are positioned 90 meters (100 yards) apart, the first being 270 meters (300 yards) from the start of the slip road.
You'll see the first advance direction sign one mile from a motorway exit. If you're travelling at 60 mph in the right-hand lane, you'll only have about 50 seconds before you reach the countdown markers. They'll be another sign at the half-mile point.
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In Northern Ireland a vehicle towing a trailer shouldn't use the right-hand lane of a three-lane motorway.
Active Traffic Management (ATM) or "smart motorways" try to reduce congestion and make journey times more reliable. Where this is in use, mandatory speed limit signs will show on the gantries (road signs).
Most emergency telephones are at one-mile intervals. Marker posts at 100-meter intervals point you in the direction of the nearest phone.
After fixing your car: signal your intention to return to the traffic and build up sufficient speed on the hard shoulder so you can enter a gap in the traffic.
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Traffic officers don't have enforcement powers but are able to stop and direct people on motorways and some 'A' class roads.
It is illegal to reverse, cross the central reservation or drive against the traffic flow on a motorway.