Motorway Rules

Question 1

What should you do before starting a long journey on a motorway?

Answer 1

Check your vehicle thoroughly, continuous high speeds increase your risk of breaking down

Question 2

What should you do when you join the motorway from a slip road?

Answer 2

Adjust your speed to match the speed of the traffic already on the motorway
Always give way to traffic already on the motorway

Question 3

What should you do once you’ve joined the motorway?

Answer 3

Keep in the left hand lane while you get used to the higher speeds of motorway traffic

Question 4

What is the middle and right hand lanes used for?

Answer 4

Overtaking other vehicles

Question 5

What should you do when you overtake?

Answer 5

Overtake on the right

Question 6

What should you do when you overtake?

Answer 6

Overtake on the right

Question 7

When is it ok to overtake on the left?

Answer 7

If traffic is moving slowly in queues and the queue on your right is moving more slowly than the one you’re in

Question 8

What markers indicate the next exit?

Answer 8

Countdown makers on the left hand verge

Question 9

What lane do you exit the motorway in

Answer 9

The left hand lane

Question 10

If traffic is joining from a slip road and you are travelling in the left hand lane what should you do?

Answer 10

Move to another lane if you are able to help the flow of traffic

Question 11

What is the speed limit for cars on a motorway?

Answer 11

70 mph

Question 12

What is the limit for a vehicle towing a trailer?

Answer 12

60 mph

Question 13

What can’t a vehicle towing a trailer do?

Answer 13

Travel in the right hand lane of a three lane motorway unless there are lane closures

Question 14

What should you do if you’re approaching traffic ahead and need to slow down/stop suddenly?

Answer 14

Use hazard lights, switch them off as soon as a queue forms behind you

Question 15

What should you do when approaching roadworks on a motorway?

Answer 15

Take extra care
Obey all speed limits
Keep a good distance from the vehicle in front

Question 16

Where are red reflective studs?

Answer 16

Between the hard shoulder and the carriageway

Question 17

Where are amber reflective studs?

Answer 17

Between the edge of the carriageway and the central reservation

Question 18

Where are white reflective studs?

Answer 18

Between the lanes

Question 19

Where are green reflective studs?

Answer 19

Between the carriageway and slip roads

Question 20

Where are fluorescent green/yellow reflective studs?

Answer 20

At contraflow systems and roadworks