During a check-up in Venray, an instructor explains: 'treat a yellow warning light exactly like a red warning light.' Is this statement true?

Explanation

False

Why learners get this wrong

• Only red requires stopping immediately and switching off the engine (Book p.214); yellow allows continued driving, not longer than necessary

Topic: Dashboard warning lights: red, yellow and green

Read the rule: Core: Dashboard warning lights: red, yellow and green

Sections

• Challenge: Dashboard warning lights: red, yellow and green
• The model: Dashboard warning lights: red, yellow and green
• Core: Dashboard warning lights: red, yellow and green
• Why it matters: Dashboard warning lights: red, yellow and green
• Active recall: Dashboard warning lights: red, yellow and green
• Teach back: Dashboard warning lights: red, yellow and green
• Memory hook: Dashboard warning lights: red, yellow and green

Terms

• Warning-light colours and severity
• Lampjes functioneringslampjes kleuren groen geel blauw
• Lampjes geel niet direct stoppen niet langer dan nodig
• Lampjes rood ernstige storing stop direct
• Lampjes twee categorieen functie waarschuwing

Related questions

• About Dashboard warning lights
• At the garage in Venray
• Early in the morning near Ermelo

Related topics

• Risk compensation: why knowledge of ADAS is often overestimated
• The 12 ADAS systems: what belongs and what does not
• Checks before driving off: seat, headrest, wheel, mirrors and seatbelt