When can you pass on the left?

[ian3mith]

My instructor asked me that i wasnt to sure of the answer. any help? thanks.

[Llama-Farmer]

When traffic is in a slow moving queue.

Define slow moving or queue though... its open to interpretation
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[ian3mith]

yh i had that one but theres 3 more i think.

[Hetzer]

When the vehicle in front is turning right?

And any other time you want to and there's no poncing copper watching, ready to give you his golden advice on how you were endangering civilisation. And kittens.
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[HotdogMcDraw]

One way road.
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[stinkwheel]

1) If traffic is moving slowly in queues and the left queue is going faster.

2) On a one-way street with multiple lanes.

3) When a vehicle ahead is signaling to turn right.

Those are the three specifically mentioned in the highway code which you ought to have read.

It is not a specific offence to pass on the left elsewhere (providing it would also be legal to pass on the right) but it is certainly frowned upon and (depending on how you do it and who sees) could lead to a charge of driving without due care. This would of course, have to be proven, in court if necessary.
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[HotdogMcDraw]

Those are the three specifically mentioned in the highway code which you ought to have read.[/quote]

That told him!
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[Rogerborg]

163 Overtaking.
only overtake on the left if the vehicle in front is signalling to turn right, and there is room to do so

stay in your lane if traffic is moving slowly in queues[*]. If the queue on your right is moving more slowly than you are, you may pass on the left

143 One-way streets.
Remember – traffic could be passing on both sides.

[*] Stay in your lane? Surely some mistake. Ahhh...

151 In slow-moving traffic.
be aware of cyclists and motorcyclists who may be passing on either side.

Now, that one I'd not noticed before.
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[Commuter_Tim]

If your instructor posed you a question and didn't make sure you knew the answer at the end, then what use is he?

Sack him.
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[gbrand42]

Slip road joining a motorway? Although you could class traffic already on motorway as being a different road.
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[Nobby the Bastard]

When a stupid cunt is daydreaming on the RH lane....
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[Rogerborg]

[janner_10]

They probably didn't want to pull into the path of the motorcycle undertaking them.
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[Rogerborg]

[yen_powell]

Lane 1 on most of London's motorways is the only one that's empty. That's why I use it to overtake most of the time.
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[tbourner]

I tend to just overtake in whichever lane is most appropriate at the time, but avoiding changing lanes specifically to overtake on the left.
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[ijmok]

When on the Continent?

[Groovebird]

as someone from Belgium I'm thinking the entire time reading this "don't you always overtake on the left side???".
Then I remembered...uk forum

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[Nobby the Bastard]

[Rogerborg]

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