Near Hoorn a service bus is lawfully driving on a bus lane. Where that bus lane merges with the ordinary carriageway, there is a gore area. You are on the ordinary carriageway and see the bus come across that area towards your lane. May the bus drive over the gore area there?
- ✓ Yes, because here the bus is lawfully following a bus lane that merges
- Yes, because in busy traffic the area is an extra lane for traffic
- No, the bus too must drive around the gore area here
Correct answer: Yes, because here the bus is lawfully following a bus lane that merges
Explanation
False — an exception applies here. A gore area is off limits to ordinary traffic, but anyone lawfully following a bus lane or peak-hour lane that runs across such an area at a merge may follow it. (VekaBest p.51-52 (Hoofdstuk 3 §3.2 Verkeerstekens op het wegdek))
Why learners get this wrong
- Wrong: a gore area is not a lane, not even in busy traffic. The bus may only cross it because it is lawfully following a bus lane that merges there; ordinary traffic may not use the area.
- Wrong: an exception applies here. A gore area is off limits to ordinary traffic, but anyone lawfully following a bus lane or peak-hour lane that runs across such an area at a merge may follow it.
Topic: Solid line: main rule, two exceptions, and the gore area
Read the rule: Core: Solid line: main rule, two exceptions, and the gore area
Sections
- Challenge: Solid line: main rule, two exceptions, and the gore area
- The model: Solid line: main rule, two exceptions, and the gore area
- Core: Solid line: main rule, two exceptions, and the gore area
- Why it matters: Solid line: main rule, two exceptions, and the gore area
- Active recall: Solid line: main rule, two exceptions, and the gore area
- Teach back: Solid line: main rule, two exceptions, and the gore area
- Memory hook: Solid line: main rule, two exceptions, and the gore area