You’re travelling along a motorway. When are you allowed to overtake on the left?

Question topic: Car , Motorway rules

You're travelling along a motorway. When are you allowed to overtake on the left?

When you can see well ahead that the hard shoulder is clear

When the traffic in the right-hand lane is signalling right

When you warn drivers behind by signalling left

When in queues and traffic to your right is moving more slowly than you are

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Never overtake on the left, unless the traffic is moving in queues and the queue on your right is moving more slowly than the one you’re in.

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