Motorway Rules Flashcards
Your vehicle has broken down on the motorway, which direction should you walk to an emergency telephone?
In the direction shown on the marker posts.
Which vehicles should use the left-hand lane on a three lane motorway?
Any vehicle that isn’t overtaking.
What should you do while you’re driving or riding along a motorway?
Look much further ahead than you would on other roads.
When should you use the left-hand lane of the motorway?
When the road is clear.
You’re travelling in the left - hand lane of a three lane motorway, how should you react to traffic joining from a slip road?
Adjust your speed or change lanes if you can.
You’re towing a trailer on a three lane motorway, when may you use the right-hand lane?
When there are lane closures.
What must you do if there is a Red Cross above each lane on the motorway?
Stop and wait.
How should you use the lanes on a motorway?
Keep to the left-hand lane unless you’re overtaking.
How do motorways prevent traffic bunching?
By using variable speed limits.
What should you do immediately after joining the motorway?
Stay in the left-hand lane.
What should you do when going through a contraflow system on a motorway?
Keep a good distance from the vehicle ahead.
What would your expect to find at a contraflow system on a motorway?
Lower speed limits.
On a three lane motorway, which lane should you use if the road is cheap?
Left.
Traffic officers operate on motorways, what are they authorised to do?
Stop and direct anyone on a motorway.
What helps traffic bunching on a motorway?
Variable speed limits.
