Motorway Rules Flashcards
What is a crawler lane?
A seperate lane on a motorway where there is steep uphill for slow vehicles to use
What do traffic officers do?
Are able to stop and direct anyone on motorway or an ‘A’ road, and respond to calls made on roadside emergency telephones
Where are red reflective studs
bet5ween the jhard shoulder and carrigeway
Where are amber reflective studsb
between the edge of the carrigeway and the central reservation
Where are white refelctive studs
Between lanes
Where are green reflective studs
between the carigeway and slip roads
Where are flurescent green/yellow reflective studs?
At contraflow sysems and roadworks
When can you only stop on the hard shoulder?
An emergency
Where are emegency telephones foujd?
At 1 mile intervals along the hard shoulder
How to use an emegency telephone?
face oncoming traffic to see any hazards, check location number and giv3e it to the emergency services
How to join road from hard shoyulder?
gain speed and move out in a gap
If cant get onto hard shoulder when broken down what to do?
swithc on hazards and leave your vehicle only when youcan get clear of the carrigeway safely
What vehicles arent allowed on motorways?
pedestrains, horses, bikes, motobikes under 50cc, most powered wheelchairs or mobility scooters, agrictultural behicles, certain slow moving vehicles
