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MotorwaysQuestion 210 of 424

You are not overtaking on a motorway with three lanes. Which lane should you use?

  1. The middle lane
  2. Whichever lane is empty
  3. The right-hand lane
  4. The left lane
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Correct answer: The left lane

Keep in the left lane unless you are overtaking. Return to it when it is safe.

Source: The Highway Code (Department for Transport, GOV.UK), Motorways (253 to 274), Rule 264

Practice motorways

Questions last reviewed: 18 October 2026