Using lanes — Massachusetts Permit Test

On roadways with two or more lanes in your direction, use the right lane for driving unless you are passing, turning left, or the right lane is blocked.

The left lane is for getting past somebody. Sitting in it is what makes everybody else pass on the right.

On roadways with two or more lanes in your travel direction, use the right lane for driving unless... • You are passing another vehicle.

Never change lanes in the middle of an intersection, which is both illegal and dangerous.

An intersection is where traffic arrives from directions you are not watching. Changing lanes there adds one more thing nobody expects.

Never change lanes in the middle of an intersection. It is illegal and dangerous.

As a general rule, do not use a highway breakdown lane for travel or passing, though on some highways it may be used during specific times.

The hours are posted clearly. Outside them the lane holds broken-down cars and the people standing beside them.

On some highways, however, you may use the breakdown lane for travel during specific times.

Always use traffic lanes as they are defined by pavement markings and road signs.

The markings are the only agreement every driver on the road has signed up to. Ignoring them makes your car unpredictable.

Always use traffic lanes as they are defined by pavement markings and road signs.

You must not drive in a lane posted as restricted, except when preparing for a turn.

Bus lanes and carpool lanes exist because the road cannot carry everybody. Using one to skip traffic is the offense.

You must not drive in lanes posted as restricted, except when preparing for a turn.

A motorcycle may be ridden no more than two abreast.

Two side by side fills the lane. A third makes the group wider than the road allows for.

Ride no more than two abreast (side-by-side).

Unless a motorcycle can safely drive at minimum posted speeds, it may not travel on highways or expressways.

A machine that cannot keep up is an obstruction on a fast road, and everybody else has to change lanes around it.

Unless your motorcycle can safely drive at minimum posted speeds, do not travel on highways or expressways.

Which lane is for ordinary driving on a road with two or more lanes in your direction?

The right lane. The left lane is for getting past somebody. Sitting in it is what makes everybody else pass on the right. Massachusetts Driver's Manual, p.94: “On roadways with two or more lanes in your travel direction, use the right lane for driving unless... • You are passing another vehicle.”