CERAD EXAM 3 - Driving on single and dual carriagways and motorways

Question 1

Motorway specific features

Answer 1

• Slip Road
• Hard SHoulder Dangers
• Lack of hard shoulder dangers
• Legal restrictions on some vehicles

Question 2

Types of motorways

Answer 2

Traditional
ALR - All lane running (no hard shoulder)
Controlled - Hard shoulder with variable speed
Dynamic - Hard shoulder that can be used as a live lane

Question 3

Frequency of driver info displays maximum

Answer 3

1500m

Question 4

Smart motorway, what lanes are closed for access if an RTC is in lane 1 and 2

Answer 4

Lane 1

Question 5

Smart motorway, what lanes are closed for access if an RTC is in lane 2 and 3

Answer 5

lane 1

Question 6

Smart motorway, what lanes are closed for access if an RTC is in lane 3 and 4

Answer 6

Lane 4

Question 7

Reverse Access?

Answer 7

access incident further back down thr carriageway
join on the on slip road, proceed down thr offside of the carriageway to incident. Return on the nearside

Question 8

Rearward Relief?

Answer 8

Responsibility of Police and HWE.
use the same carraigeway to release stuck vehicles, proceeding back up the offside

Question 9

Approaching from the opposite carriageway?

Answer 9

Only to be used in execptional circumstances
Employ a rolling roadblock
Not to be used by ambulance or fire unless police directed us to do so

Question 10

Motorway prohibited Vehicles

Answer 10

Peds
Prov MC licence holders
MCs under 50cc
Cyclists
Horses
Agric vehicles
Mobility scooters
Oversized loads

Question 11

What can’t use the 3rd lane on motorways?(5)

Answer 11

• Any vehcile with a trailer
• Any goods vehicle 3.5-7.5 tonnes with speed limited
• Any goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes plus
• Pax vehicle exceeding 7.5 tons designed to carry 8+ pax
• Above but under 7.5 with a speed limited

Question 12

Places of relative saftey

Answer 12

• Lay-bys
• Emergency areas
• Hard Shoulder

Question 13

How far behind your vehicle should the warning triangle be placed?

Answer 13

45m

Question 14

What are the regular blue rectangular signs on motorways and how often are they?

Answer 14

Driver location signs every 500m

Question 15

Freq of marker posts and accuracy of distance

Answer 15

every 100m, acurate to 100m from start of motorway

Question 16

Reflective road studs colours

Answer 16

Lanes - White
Central Reservation - Amber
Left edge - red
Slip roads and lay-bys - Green
Roadworks - Green/Yellow