Other types of vehicle theory test questions

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  1. Other types of vehicle

    You are stopped at a red traffic light when an ambulance using blue lights approaches from behind. Moving across the stop line would break the signal. How should you respond?

    • Move across the line because blue lights override your red signal
    • Drive onto the pavement to create a route past your car
    • Enter the junction slowly if other drivers appear to be waiting
    • Keep obeying the signal while assessing a safe way to help Right

    The right answer is D: Keep obeying the signal while assessing a safe way to help

    WhyLet emergency vehicles pass safely while continuing to comply with traffic signs and signals.

    Source: The Highway Code, rule 219, The Highway Code, rule 109

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    A tram ahead stops to pick up passengers at a stop without a platform. There is space between it and the left-hand kerb, but no alternative route is signed. What should you do?

    • Pass on the left if passengers have yet to step into the road
    • Overtake on the right after checking for approaching traffic
    • Wait behind the tram until it moves off Right
    • Drive slowly through the gap while warning passengers with your horn

    The right answer is C: Wait behind the tram until it moves off

    WhyAt a platform-free tram stop, wait until the tram moves off if no alternative route is signed.

    Source: The Highway Code, rule 303

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    Your lane is queuing beside an empty bus lane. Its operating period is in force, and the signs give your car no permission to use it. You want to continue along the road. What should you do?

    • Stay out of the bus lane Right
    • Use the bus lane until a bus appears
    • Use the bus lane while traffic is queuing
    • Enter the bus lane if you keep moving

    The right answer is A: Stay out of the bus lane

    WhyUnless indicated otherwise, you should stay out of a bus lane during its operating period.

    Source: The Highway Code, rule 141

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This topic looks at sharing the road with different kinds of vehicle. The questions ask you to consider other drivers’ needs and how your choices fit around them.

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  1. The Highway Code: General rules, techniques and advice for all drivers and riders (103 to 158), GOV.UK
  2. The Highway Code: Road users requiring extra care (204 to 225), GOV.UK
  3. The Highway Code: Road works, level crossings and tramways (288 to 307), GOV.UK

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