Attitude Flashcards
When passing horses, you should…
1) Keep your SPEED right DOWN
2) Give them plenty of ROOM
When there are animals on thr road…
Stop and switch off your engine if necessary / if youre asked to do so.
If youre driving a slow moving vehicle,
consider the other drivers behind you.
If there’s a long queue…
1) Pull over as soon as you can do SAFELY
2) LET the traffic pass
A badly positioned vehicle could…
prevent vehicles from proceeding
If you wanna turn right, turn to the
right - hand lane.
Help others by…
1) SIGNALLING CORRECTLY
2) taking up CORRECT POSITIONS at JUNCTIONS/ ONE-WAY SYSTEMS.
Leave a two-second gap in (what conditions)
in good, dry conditions
Leave a four-second gap in (what conditions)
in wet weather conditions
WHy is tailgating bad
1) Very dangerous
2) intimidating for the driver in front
What do you do when the driver behind is following too closely?
GRADUALLY INCREASE the GAP between you and vehicle in front. This gives you a greater safety margin
What do you do when another driver cuts in front of you?
DROP BACK to maintain CORRECT SEPERATION DISTANCE
Only sound your horn when…
1) there’s danger
2) Need to let others know youre there
Dip lights when…
1) FOLLOWING another vehicle
2) MEETING another vehicle
Use your handbrake when queueing in…
in TRAFFIC at NIGHT.
Keeping your foot on the break when queueing at night could…
Dazzle the drivers behind
Priority: when letting emergency vehicles pass, you must
PULL OVER to let them thru as soon as you can do safely
Other services also use the blue flashing light. EG:
1) Blood transfusion
2) Mountain rescue
3) Bomb disposal
4) Coastguard
The place where no one has priority?
At UNMARKED CROSSROADS
slow down and lookk both ways before oulling out of a unmarked crossroad
Approaching a zebra crossing/pedestrians
1) be PREPARED to slow down and stop
2) be PATIENT
3) DONT ENCOURAGE them to cross - there may be another vehicle coming.
If youre apporaching a pelican crossing with an amber light:
1) GIVE WAY to pedestrians crossing
2) DONT move until crossing is clear
