Ahead of you, traffic in the left-hand lane is slowing. What should you do?

A: Slow down, keeping a safe separation distance

B: Accelerate past the vehicles in the left-hand lane

C: Pull up on the left-hand verge

D: Move across and continue in the right-hand lane

Allow the traffic to merge into the left-hand lane. Leave enough room so that you can maintain a safe separation distance, even if vehicles pull in ahead of you.

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