Motorways

Question 1

Which signs will indicate you are going onto a motorway?

Answer 1

Blue + White

Question 2

How do you join a motorway?

Answer 2

Use slip road to build up speed to join with flow of traffic

Question 3

RED motorway studs

Answer 3

LEFT

Question 4

WHITE motorway studs

Answer 4

LANES

Question 5

AMBER motorway studs

Answer 5

RIGHT

Question 6

GREEN motorway studs

Answer 6

SLIP road

Question 7

BLUE motorway studs

Answer 7

Police access point

Question 8

GREEN + YELLOW motorway studs

Answer 8

Temporary adjustment to lane layout

Question 9

How should you drive on the motorway?

Answer 9

Keep LEFT unless overtaking

Question 10

If something falls from a vehicle on a motorway and you need to brake sharply, what should you do?

Answer 10

Use HAZARD lights
At next emergency telephone, pull up on hard shoulder, call about obstruction

Question 11

If someone is tailgating you on the motorway, what should you do?

Answer 11

Ease off accelerator
Increase gap between you + vehicle infront

Question 12

Which lanes should you use on the motorway if your towing something?

Answer 12

1+2
(may be filtered through lane 3 if roadworks)

Question 13

What is the purpose of crawler lanes?

Answer 13

Aid traffic flow on uphill gradient
Lorries/ vehicles towing move slower

Question 14

What do you do when there is contraflow?

Answer 14

Slow down
Stay in lane

Question 15

What should you do if you breakdown on the motorway?

Answer 15

Pull over to the LEFT (HARD shoulder)
For EMERGENCIES only or when instructed to do so

If you can’t make it to the hard shoulder, put hazard lights on immediately + very carefully get out + across to hard shoulder

Question 16

What should you do once on the hard shoulder in a broken down vehicle?

Answer 16

Get out via passenger side
Do NOT attempt to fix anything
Walk in direction of marker posters to telephone (code for location)
Face ONCOMING traffic
Call breakdown recovery

Question 17

If breakdown recovery fix vehicle on hard shoulder, how do you rejoin the motorway?

Answer 17

Use hard shoulder as slip road
Accelerate + blend in with traffic flow

Question 18

What is ERA?

Answer 18

Emergency refuge area

Question 19

On motorway, what are the signs or flashing lights on the central reservation for?

Answer 19

ALL lanes

Question 20

On ‘smart’ motorways, what will signs and flashing lights be displayed on? Where can you pull over into if you breakdown?

Answer 20

Overhead gantry
Emergency refuge area
If vehicle fixed, use ERA phone- they will stop people on hard shoulder to allow re-joining

Question 21

What do the active traffic management overhead gantries use?

Answer 21

Variable speed limits to prevent traffic bunching
Can warn you of accidents/ weather
Can close lanes
If crosses across all lanes, STOP

Question 22

What is the roll of highway patrol officers on the motorway?

Answer 22

Put cones out, clear debris
Help keep traffic moving
No enforcement power- NOT police
RED + AMBER flashing lights