When is a driver required to drive on the “hard shoulder” - where the “shoulder” is asphalt-paved and free of traffic - in order to allow another vehicle to overtake him?

1. When the vehicle drives very slowely for any reason.
2. Only when the vehicle is forced to drive slowly on a steep uphill climb, and disturbs the free traffic.
3. Correct answer: When a driver of a motor vehicle is forced to drive very slowly due to the freight he’s carrying or to the steepness of the road, and he delays the traffic behind him.
4. Never. It is prohibited to drive on the “hard shoulders”; hence, a vehicle that delays the traffic behind it should pull into the “hard shoulder” and stop, to allow the traffic congestion behind him to open up.

WhyIf the freight or a climb forces the vehicle to crawl and a queue builds up behind it, the driver must move onto a free paved shoulder. Simply driving slowly without a reason does not require it.