About Traffic-jam behaviour and breakdowns: clearing space and getting yourself to safety: which statement is correct?
- ✓ The rule is: do not change lanes in a traffic jam, regardless of an apparently faster neighbouring lane.
- Once you are in a traffic jam, you keep the hazard lights on for as long as you are stationary.
- In case of a breakdown on the motorway, it is best to stay in the car until roadside assistance arrives, just as in a traffic jam.
- In a traffic jam you must always make room for emergency services according to a fixed formation, the far-left lane moving left, the rest moving right.
Correct answer: The rule is: do not change lanes in a traffic jam, regardless of an apparently faster neighbouring lane.
Explanation
The rule is: do not change lanes in a traffic jam, regardless of an apparently faster neighbouring lane
Why learners get this wrong
- The hazard lights go on when you come to a stop in the jam and go OFF again once the vehicles behind have slowed or noticed — not for the whole jam
- In a breakdown you do get out: on the right, wearing a safety vest, waiting behind the crash barrier. 'Stay in the car' applies to stationary traffic-jam traffic, not to a breakdown on or next to the hard shoulder
- The book only requires that you make room for emergency services when there is no hard shoulder; a fixed left/right formation is not part of this teaching material
Topic: Traffic-jam behaviour and breakdowns: clearing space and getting yourself to safety
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