On the A29 near Numansdorp your engine cuts out. You just manage to roll onto the hard shoulder; traffic is racing past next to you. What do you do now?
- Get out on the right, vest on, call roadside assistance from behind the barrier and only name the motorway
- ✓ Get out on the right, vest on, call roadside assistance from behind the barrier using the hectometre marker
- Stay in the car with my seatbelt on and call roadside assistance from my seat until they arrive
Correct answer: Get out on the right, vest on, call roadside assistance from behind the barrier using the hectometre marker
Explanation
False — You only give the road. Also give the number on the hectometre marker beside the hard shoulder, so roadside assistance knows exactly where you are
Why learners get this wrong
- You only give the road. Also give the number on the hectometre marker beside the hard shoulder, so roadside assistance knows exactly where you are
- You apply the traffic-jam rule to a breakdown. In a jam you stay seated, but with a breakdown you get out on the right wearing a safety vest and wait behind the crash barrier
Topic: Traffic-jam behaviour and breakdowns: clearing space and getting yourself to safety
Read the rule: Core: Traffic-jam behaviour and breakdowns: clearing space and getting yourself to safety
Sections
- Challenge: Traffic-jam behaviour and breakdowns: clearing space and getting yourself to safety
- The model: Traffic-jam behaviour and breakdowns: clearing space and getting yourself to safety
- Core: Traffic-jam behaviour and breakdowns: clearing space and getting yourself to safety
- Why it matters: Traffic-jam behaviour and breakdowns: clearing space and getting yourself to safety
- Active recall: Traffic-jam behaviour and breakdowns: clearing space and getting yourself to safety
- Teach back: Traffic-jam behaviour and breakdowns: clearing space and getting yourself to safety
- Memory hook: Traffic-jam behaviour and breakdowns: clearing space and getting yourself to safety