About Indicating, brake lights and hazard lights: which statement is WRONG?
- Only to avert imminent danger may you give an acoustic or light signal.
- The rule of thumb is explicitly three-part, tied to road type: 300 metres (motorway), 200 metres (outside built-up area), 100 metres (inside built-up area).
- ✓ You always indicate about 30 metres, or roughly 3 seconds, before the turn — that is THE rule of thumb.
- That gives other road users no time to react; the rule of thumb is about 100 metres in advance, not at the last moment.
Correct answer: You always indicate about 30 metres, or roughly 3 seconds, before the turn — that is THE rule of thumb.
Explanation
There is no '30 metres' and no 'seconds' in the book. The real rule of thumb has three branches by road type: about 300 metres on motorways, about 200 metres outside built-up areas, about 100 metres inside built-up areas
Why learners get this wrong
- Only to avert imminent danger may you give an acoustic or light signal. Alerting others to your presence without danger is not covered by that
- The rule of thumb is explicitly three-part, tied to road type: 300 metres (motorway), 200 metres (outside built-up area), 100 metres (inside built-up area). One distance for all roads is not what the book teaches
- That gives other road users no time to react; the rule of thumb is about 100 metres in advance, not at the last moment
Topic: Indicating, brake lights and hazard lights
Read the rule: Core: Indicating, brake lights and hazard lights
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- Core: Indicating, brake lights and hazard lights
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