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Question 6516

If, due to an emergency, a driver is forced to stop their vehicle on a freeway, may they do so on the median?

  1. Only if necessary and exceptionally, so as not to obstruct traffic.
  2. No, the vehicle must always be left stopped on the right shoulder.
  3. No, in no case should the vehicle be left stopped on the median.
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Correct answer: Only if necessary and exceptionally, so as not to obstruct traffic.

Yes, as an exception. Normally, you stop on the right shoulder. When reaching it is more dangerous, for example because of the lanes you would have to cross, you may stop in the median or on the left shoulder to avoid staying in a traffic lane. You must never use the median to stop or park by choice. In the image, a passenger car with its hood open has stopped next to the median.

Real Decreto 1428/2003, de 21 de noviembre, por el que se aprueba el Reglamento General de Circulación · Cuestiones de Seguridad Vial. Manual II