Motorways Flashcards
Which signs will indicate you are going onto a motorway?
Blue + White
How do you join a motorway?
Use slip road to build up speed to join with flow of traffic
RED motorway studs
LEFT
WHITE motorway studs
LANES
AMBER motorway studs
RIGHT
GREEN motorway studs
SLIP road
BLUE motorway studs
Police access point
GREEN + YELLOW motorway studs
Temporary adjustment to lane layout
How should you drive on the motorway?
Keep LEFT unless overtaking
If something falls from a vehicle on a motorway and you need to brake sharply, what should you do?
Use HAZARD lights
At next emergency telephone, pull up on hard shoulder, call about obstruction
If someone is tailgating you on the motorway, what should you do?
Ease off accelerator
Increase gap between you + vehicle infront
Which lanes should you use on the motorway if your towing something?
1+2
(may be filtered through lane 3 if roadworks)
What is the purpose of crawler lanes?
Aid traffic flow on uphill gradient
Lorries/ vehicles towing move slower
What do you do when there is contraflow?
Slow down
Stay in lane
What should you do if you breakdown on the motorway?
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
What should you do once on the hard shoulder in a broken down vehicle?
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
If breakdown recovery fix vehicle on hard shoulder, how do you rejoin the motorway?
Use hard shoulder as slip road
Accelerate + blend in with traffic flow
What is ERA?
Emergency refuge area
On motorway, what are the signs or flashing lights on the central reservation for?
ALL lanes
On ‘smart’ motorways, what will signs and flashing lights be displayed on? Where can you pull over into if you breakdown?
Overhead gantry
Emergency refuge area
If vehicle fixed, use ERA phone- they will stop people on hard shoulder to allow re-joining
What do the active traffic management overhead gantries use?
Variable speed limits to prevent traffic bunching
Can warn you of accidents/ weather
Can close lanes
If crosses across all lanes, STOP
What is the roll of highway patrol officers on the motorway?
Put cones out, clear debris
Help keep traffic moving
No enforcement power- NOT police
RED + AMBER flashing lights
