Changing lanes means

Explanation

In both cases; the definition of changing lanes covers both situations.

The rule: changing lanes covers both situations — leaving the traffic band the vehicle occupies, and leaving the occupied row within a marked area — in both cases provided the initial direction of travel is maintained. The test is neither the width of the road nor the presence of markings, but precisely this "maintaining the direction of travel".

If the direction of travel changes it is no longer a lane change: turning right or left, making a U-turn and entering an adjoining road have their own definitions and their own priority rules. The reason the legal definition covers both cases is that roads do not always have markings, or their markings have worn away; if the definition were limited to marked rows, lateral movement on unmarked roads would fall outside the rule and the driver would have no duty to signal or give way. In practice: signal before any lateral movement and give way to a vehicle already travelling in the target band; you are the obstruction, not he.

• Correct but incomplete; this describes only the case of a road or area without divided rows. • This is incomplete too and states only the case of a marked road; the legal definition covers both together.

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