When travelling slower than the other traffic, you should
- keep well to the left-hand side of the roadway.
- keep well to the right-hand side of the roadway. ✓
- signal other drivers to pass you.
- drive in the middle of the roadway.
Answer: B. keep well to the right-hand side of the roadway.
When you are travelling slower than the flow of traffic, keep well to the right-hand side of the roadway.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says that driving slower than the traffic flow raises your chance of a collision with vehicles behind or beside you, because other drivers get impatient, follow too closely or try to overtake, and may cut in after passing. When you can't keep up with the flow, you must travel in the right lane. Staying to the right keeps slower vehicles out of the way of faster traffic and matches that rule.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. keep well to the left-hand side of the roadway. — Keeping to the left side puts you in the path of faster traffic, which is the opposite of the handbook rule to travel in the right lane when you can't keep up.
- C. signal other drivers to pass you. — The handbook does not tell slow drivers to signal others to pass; it tells them to move to the right lane so faster traffic can get by.
- D. drive in the middle of the roadway. — Driving in the middle of the roadway blocks faster vehicles on both sides and does not follow the instruction to travel in the right lane when moving slower than traffic.
Remember it
Think of it this way: slow traffic belongs on the right, so faster drivers pass you on the left.