Is using a dedicated lane leaving a motorway undertaking?

[omegac]

ie the type with thick, short, but broken lines, before they become solid?

[omegac]

Anyone know for sure, just settling an argument here, my take is they're broken, so the traffic in the main carriageway can still cross it up to the point it becomes solid, so it would be undertaking.

[omegac]

B'stard Child said:

My arguement would be there are already exemptions for traffic to pass on the left (undertaking) and this would fall into one of those exemptions

Exemptions as in queuing traffic? If you mean queuing, surely if Lane 1 is doing 60, going past them nearside at 70 in the dedicated lane isn't within the spirit of the "exemption"

Edited by omegac on Monday 4th July 17:32

[omegac]

Thanks erdnase, but then this seems to say it is ok, but doesn't stipulate any speeds that would be deemed acceptable, my emphasis:

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Hig...

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Do not overtake on the left or move to a lane on your left to overtake. In congested conditions, where adjacent lanes of traffic are moving at similar speeds, traffic in left-hand lanes may sometimes be moving faster than traffic to the right. In these conditions you may keep up with the traffic in your lane even if this means passing traffic in the lane to your right. Do not weave in and out of lanes to overtake.

[omegac]

Thanks pontoneer, any reference I can quote for this please?

[omegac]

bob parr said:

No it's not, as you're not moving back into the lane of the slower moving vehicle you have passed on your offside

Devils advocate, so if I drove between two junctions in L2 passing vehicles, and never went back into L3, that wouldn't be undertaking?