Answers to Highway Code quiz

1. If you're driving behind a slow moving (less than 10mph) road maintenance vehicle and the road has a double white line running through it, where the line nearest to you is solid (unbroken)...

a) You MUST stay behind the vehicle until the solid white line changes to a broken white line

b) You can overtake, provided you have checked the road ahead and it is safe to do so

c) You can only pass if the road maintenance vehicle pulls over and stops to let you pass

Answer b) - Rule 129

2. You should only use front or rear foglights...

a) When driving in fog

b) When driving in fog, snow or rain

c) When visibility is seriously reduced (i.e. when you cannot see for more than 100 metres)

Answer c) - Rule 226

3. You can park partially or wholly on a pavement...

a) In London

b) If signs permit it

c) On residential streets to leave room for emergency vehicles

Answer b) - Rule 244

4. You MUST NOT...

a) Reverse your vehicle further than necessary

b) Reverse your vehicle from your driveway

c) Reverse from a main road onto a side street, even if it safe to do so

Answer a) - Rule 203

5. Amber reflective road studs (cat's eyes) mark...

a) The left edge of the road

b) The edge of the main carriageway at lay-bys and slip-roads

c) The central reservation of a dual carriageway or motorway

Answer c) - Rule 132

6. According to the Highway Code, the typical stopping distance at 50mph is...

a) 53 metres (13 car lengths)

b) 65 metres (16 car lengths)

c) 73 metres (18 car lengths)

Answer a) - Rule 126