Question 8224
Due to a breakdown, a vehicle is obstructing traffic on a high-capacity divided highway (autovía). What must its driver do?
- Move it off the roadway, complying with the parking rules whenever possible.
- Leave it in the median, because it is always the safest place.
- Tow it with any other vehicle to a safe place.
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Correct answer: Move it off the roadway, complying with the parking rules whenever possible.
If a breakdown leaves your vehicle obstructing the roadway of a high-capacity divided highway (autovía), you must warn others and move it off the roadway as soon as possible, following parking rules whenever you can. The median is used only as an exception, when reaching the right side is more dangerous, and towing it with another vehicle is not allowed. In the image, the passenger car is already on the shoulder, with the V-16 on its roof.