Other Vehicles

Question 1

4 tips about lorry’s

Answer 1

Keep back before overtaking (so you can see + driver can see you)

Overtaking takes longer

Lorry’s hide other vehicles

Use dipped headlights if visibility reduced

Question 2

2 tips about buses

Answer 2

Bus pulled in- keep well back, pass widely + steadily

Give way to bus indicating out

Question 3

4 tips about trams

Answer 3

Trams can’t steer

Diamond shaped signs are for tram drivers

Triangle sign indicates tram crossing

Tram lines are danger to cyclist wheels

Question 4

In windy conditions on open stretches of road, which are the most vulnerable vehicles?

Answer 4

1. High sided: lorries
2. Cyclists

Question 5

How do you overtake vulnerable road users (cyclists, pedestrians, horse riders)?

Answer 5

Wide (at least car width, min. 1.5m for cyclist)
Slow
Quiet

Question 6

If a high sided vehicle indicates one way but starts moving the other way, what do you do?

Answer 6

Give them plenty of room, slow down

Question 7

If a cyclist/ horse rider is in the left hand lane at a roundabout, where are they going?

Answer 7

Anywhere