What does this sign mean?
- A Leave motorway at next exit
- B Lane for heavy and slow vehicles
- C All lorries use the hard shoulder
- D Rest area for lorries
Why this is the answer
Where there's a long, steep, uphill gradient on a motorway, a crawler lane may be provided. This helps the traffic to flow by diverting the slower heavy vehicles into a dedicated lane on the left.
Why the other answers don't fit
- A
- Leave motorway at next exit — That instruction is given in quite a different way.
- C
- All lorries use the hard shoulder — The hard shoulder is not a lane for lorries.
- D
- Rest area for lorries — Rest areas are signed as services.
Where this comes from
- Driving: the essential skills — section 6, section 11
- The Highway Code — rule 139
Rule numbers link to The Highway Code on gov.uk.
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