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Driving Theory: The Highway Code
Questions and Answers (Expert Solutions)
Q: when should you take a break when driving
ANS 🗹🗹: 15 minutes every 2 hours
Q: distance to be able to read number plate
ANS 🗹🗹: 20 metres
Q: in England and Wales the breath/blood alcohol limit is...
ANS 🗹🗹: 35 microgrammes/100 millilitres
Q: in Scotland the breath/blood alcohol limit is...
ANS 🗹🗹: 22 microgrammes/100 millilitres of breath or more than 50
milligrammes/100 millilitres of blood
Q: traffic officers on motorways and A class roads will
ANS 🗹🗹: flash amber lights from behind
Q: driver and vehicle standards agency officers will
ANS 🗹🗹: flash amber lights from in front and request you follow them to a safe
place
Q: police will
ANS 🗹🗹: flash blue lights and sound siren
Q: don't use your horn when
ANS 🗹🗹: stationary on the road or between the hours of 11:30 pm and 7:00 am in a
built up area unless another vehicle poses a danger
Q: use dipped headlights when
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ANS 🗹🗹: in dull daytime weather or at night in built up areas
Q: you must keep your headlights dipped when
ANS 🗹🗹: overtaking until you are level with another vehicle and then change to
main beam if necessary
Q: if skidding occurs due to harsh braking, accelerating or steering
ANS 🗹🗹: turn the steering wheel in the direction of the skid and remove foot from
the pedal that caused it
Q: ABS (anti lock brakes) in an emergency
ANS 🗹🗹: apply the footbrake firmly and do not release the pressure until the
vehicle slows to the desired speed
Q: pelican crossing
ANS 🗹🗹: flashing amber light means cars can go if no pedestrians
Q: puffin crossing
ANS 🗹🗹: has a camera to detect pedestrians so can hold the red light for longer
Q: coasting
ANS 🗹🗹: travelling in neutral or with the clutch pressed down
Q: coasting can reduce driver control because
ANS 🗹🗹: engine braking is eliminated, vehicle speed downhill can increase quickly,
increased use of footbreak can limit its effectiveness, steering response will be
affected, difficult to select the appropriate gear
Q: speed limit in built up areas/presence of street lights
ANS 🗹🗹: 30 mph
Q: speed limit on single carriage-ways
ANS 🗹🗹: 60mph
Driving Theory: The Highway Code
Questions and Answers (Expert Solutions)
Q: when should you take a break when driving
ANS 🗹🗹: 15 minutes every 2 hours
Q: distance to be able to read number plate
ANS 🗹🗹: 20 metres
Q: in England and Wales the breath/blood alcohol limit is...
ANS 🗹🗹: 35 microgrammes/100 millilitres
Q: in Scotland the breath/blood alcohol limit is...
ANS 🗹🗹: 22 microgrammes/100 millilitres of breath or more than 50
milligrammes/100 millilitres of blood
Q: traffic officers on motorways and A class roads will
ANS 🗹🗹: flash amber lights from behind
Q: driver and vehicle standards agency officers will
ANS 🗹🗹: flash amber lights from in front and request you follow them to a safe
place
Q: police will
ANS 🗹🗹: flash blue lights and sound siren
Q: don't use your horn when
ANS 🗹🗹: stationary on the road or between the hours of 11:30 pm and 7:00 am in a
built up area unless another vehicle poses a danger
Q: use dipped headlights when
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ANS 🗹🗹: in dull daytime weather or at night in built up areas
Q: you must keep your headlights dipped when
ANS 🗹🗹: overtaking until you are level with another vehicle and then change to
main beam if necessary
Q: if skidding occurs due to harsh braking, accelerating or steering
ANS 🗹🗹: turn the steering wheel in the direction of the skid and remove foot from
the pedal that caused it
Q: ABS (anti lock brakes) in an emergency
ANS 🗹🗹: apply the footbrake firmly and do not release the pressure until the
vehicle slows to the desired speed
Q: pelican crossing
ANS 🗹🗹: flashing amber light means cars can go if no pedestrians
Q: puffin crossing
ANS 🗹🗹: has a camera to detect pedestrians so can hold the red light for longer
Q: coasting
ANS 🗹🗹: travelling in neutral or with the clutch pressed down
Q: coasting can reduce driver control because
ANS 🗹🗹: engine braking is eliminated, vehicle speed downhill can increase quickly,
increased use of footbreak can limit its effectiveness, steering response will be
affected, difficult to select the appropriate gear
Q: speed limit in built up areas/presence of street lights
ANS 🗹🗹: 30 mph
Q: speed limit on single carriage-ways
ANS 🗹🗹: 60mph
