When driving a truck with a maximum authorized mass of more than 3,500 kg on an interurban road with three lanes in the same direction of travel, is it permitted to use the center lane to overtake?

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Article 31(2) of the General Traffic Regulations (formerly Article 32) states that, outside built-up areas, on a roadway with three or more lanes for their direction, trucks and vans of more than 3,500 kg, special vehicles that are not required to use the shoulder and combined vehicles of more than seven meters normally drive in the lane furthest to the right and may use the adjacent one when traffic or road circumstances so advise, provided that they do not hinder the progress of another vehicle following them. Thus, the truck may occupy the center lane, for example to overtake. The article only provides for the right lane and the adjacent one: it does not provide for free use of all three lanes, nor does it require staying in the right lane at all times.

When driving a truck with a maximum authorized mass of more than 3,500 kg on an interurban road with three lanes in the same direction of travel, is it permitted to use the center lane to overtake?

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