Hazard awareness: car theory test questions

1. The road is about to become one-way
2. You may now overtake if it's clear
3. There's a hazard ahead ✓
4. The speed limit is about to change

Answer: There's a hazard ahead. When the centre line lengthens and the gaps shorten, it warns of a hazard ahead. Don't cross it unless you can see the road is clear.

Highway Code rule 127

1. Keep your speed and move to the centre of the road
2. Speed up so you pass the van quickly
3. Sound your horn as you pass the van
4. Slow down, as children may run into the road ✓

Answer: Slow down, as children may run into the road. Children are more interested in ice cream than traffic and may run out without looking. Drive slowly and be ready to stop.

Highway Code rule 206

1. People stepping out from in front of the bus ✓
2. The bus reversing away from the stop
3. Speed cameras mounted on the bus shelter
4. Traffic lights hidden behind the bus

Answer: People stepping out from in front of the bus. Passengers getting off a bus may cross the road in front of it, where you can't easily see them. Pass slowly and be ready to stop.

Highway Code rules 206 and 223

1. Car doors opening ✓
2. Trains crossing at a level crossing
3. Children running out between parked cars ✓
4. Fast traffic joining from a slip road
5. Lorries overtaking you on the left

Answer: Car doors opening; Children running out between parked cars. On residential streets look out for car doors opening, vehicles moving off, people stepping out and children appearing from between parked cars.

Highway Code rule 152

1. All country roads have a speed limit of 30 mph
2. Bends on country roads usually have temporary traffic lights
3. Speed cameras are usually placed just after sharp bends
4. Bends can be sharper than they look, and hazards may be hidden ✓

Answer: Bends can be sharper than they look, and hazards may be hidden. Bends can be sharper than they appear and junctions may be partly hidden. Make sure you can stop within the distance you can see to be clear.

Highway Code rule 154

1. Nobody, so approach with care ✓
2. Whoever is on the wider road
3. The larger of the two vehicles
4. Traffic coming from the right

Answer: Nobody, so approach with care. At unmarked junctions nobody has priority. Slow down, look carefully and be prepared to give way.

Highway Code rule 146

1. Keep your speed, as they're on the pavement
2. Slow down and be ready to stop in case they step out ✓
3. Flash your headlights to make them look
4. Sound your horn all the way past them

Answer: Slow down and be ready to stop in case they step out. If pedestrians, especially children, are looking the other way, they may step into the road without seeing you. Try to anticipate what they might do.

Highway Code rule 146

1. The school is closed for the day
2. A speed camera is operating nearby
3. The school zone has ended
4. Children may be crossing the road ahead ✓

Answer: Children may be crossing the road ahead. A flashing amber signal below the school sign means children may be crossing. Drive very slowly until you're clear of the area.

Highway Code rule 208

1. Your sat nav for a quicker route
2. The road workers and their machinery
3. The road ahead, rather than the work going on ✓
4. Overtaking the queue to get through faster

Answer: The road ahead, rather than the work going on. Looking at the works takes your attention away from the traffic. Concentrate on the road ahead and keep a safe distance.

Highway Code rule 288

1. Overtake, as the signal was probably left on
2. Stay behind until its intentions are clear ✓
3. Flash your headlights and pass quickly
4. Sound your horn and then pass on the right

Answer: Stay behind until its intentions are clear. Don't overtake a road user who is indicating right, even if you think the signal should have been cancelled. Don't take the risk.

Highway Code rule 167

1. It only affects you once you're over the limit
2. It improves your vision at night
3. It gives you false confidence and slows your reactions ✓
4. It sharpens your concentration

Answer: It gives you false confidence and slows your reactions. Alcohol reduces co-ordination, slows reactions and affects your judgement of speed, distance and risk, even below the legal limit.

Highway Code rule 95

1. Alcohol takes time to leave your body ✓
2. Eating breakfast cancels its effects
3. A strong coffee will clear it
4. A night's sleep removes all of it

Answer: Alcohol takes time to leave your body. You may still be unfit to drive the morning after drinking the previous evening. Only time clears alcohol from your body.

Highway Code rule 95

1. 22 microgrammes per 100 millilitres
2. 35 microgrammes per 100 millilitres ✓
3. 50 microgrammes per 100 millilitres
4. 80 microgrammes per 100 millilitres

Answer: 35 microgrammes per 100 millilitres. In England and Wales the breath limit is 35 microgrammes per 100 millilitres. The best advice is not to drink at all if you plan to drive.

Highway Code rule 95

1. It only applies to drivers under 21
2. It's higher than the limit in England and Wales
3. It's the same as the limit in England and Wales
4. It's lower than the limit in England and Wales ✓

Answer: It's lower than the limit in England and Wales. Scotland has lower legal alcohol limits than England and Wales. Any alcohol affects your ability to drive safely.

Highway Code rule 95

1. Drive only on short journeys that you know well
2. Check with your doctor or pharmacist before you drive ✓
3. Drive as normal but keep a window open for fresh air
4. Drive as normal as long as you feel alert enough

Answer: Check with your doctor or pharmacist before you drive. You must not drive under the influence of medicine that impairs you. Always check and follow the advice you're given.

Highway Code rule 96

1. 10 metres
2. 20 metres ✓
3. 30 metres
4. 40 metres

Answer: 20 metres. You must be able to read a vehicle number plate from 20 metres in good daylight (20.5 metres for old-style plates).

Highway Code rule 92

1. At all times while driving ✓
2. Only in poor weather
3. Only when driving at night
4. Only when driving on motorways

Answer: At all times while driving. If you need glasses or contact lenses to meet the eyesight standard, you must wear them every time you drive.

Highway Code rule 92

1. The DVSA
2. Your local council
3. The DVLA ✓
4. Your local police station

Answer: The DVLA. You must report to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) any health condition likely to affect your driving.

Highway Code rule 90

1. As if you must wait one minute before going
2. As if the lights were showing green
3. As if traffic on the main road must give way
4. As an unmarked junction, going ahead with great care ✓

Answer: As an unmarked junction, going ahead with great care. If the traffic lights aren't working, nobody has priority. Treat the junction as unmarked and proceed with great care.

Highway Code rule 176

1. You can't see far enough ahead to be sure it's safe ✓
2. Overtaking uphill always uses too much fuel
3. Speed limits always change at the top of hills
4. Your engine may stall on the climb

Answer: You can't see far enough ahead to be sure it's safe. Don't overtake where you can't see far enough ahead, such as near a bend, a hump bridge or the brow of a hill.

Highway Code rule 166

1. Cyclists riding along the zig-zag lines beside it
2. Pedestrians crossing between the stationary vehicles ✓
3. Traffic lights changing on the crossing
4. Vehicles parked on the zig-zag lines

Answer: Pedestrians crossing between the stationary vehicles. When your view of a crossing is blocked, pedestrians may appear from between stationary vehicles. Take extra care.

Highway Code rule 193

1. Any vehicle that is parked at the side of the road ahead
2. Any pedestrian walking on the pavement
3. Any road sign that warns of a bend
4. Something that would make you change your speed or direction ✓

Answer: Something that would make you change your speed or direction. A developing hazard needs you to take action, such as slowing down or changing direction. A parked car becomes one when it signals and starts to pull out.

GOV.UK: Theory test – hazard perception test

1. Tractors and farm vehicles
2. Buses using the bus lane only
3. Cyclists and motorcyclists ✓
4. Learner drivers with an instructor

Answer: Cyclists and motorcyclists. In slow-moving traffic, be aware of cyclists and motorcyclists who may be filtering past on either side.

Highway Code rule 151

1. A slow-moving farm vehicle pulling out ✓
2. A speed camera hidden in the hedge
3. A level crossing just after the bend
4. Children leaving a nearby school

Answer: A slow-moving farm vehicle pulling out. On country roads be prepared for slow-moving farm vehicles and mud on the road surface, which can also reduce grip.

Highway Code rule 154

1. Having your seat correctly adjusted
2. Some medicines you can buy over the counter ✓
3. Wearing comfortable, flat shoes
4. Feeling tired ✓
5. Having your mirrors properly set

Answer: Some medicines you can buy over the counter; Feeling tired. Even over-the-counter medicines can affect your driving, and tiredness greatly increases the risk of a collision. Correct shoes, seat and mirrors help you drive safely.

Highway Code rule 91 and Annex 8