Other road users: bus & PCV theory test questions

1. They have the most training
2. They always have priority
3. They're the most experienced road users
4. Their vehicles can cause the greatest harm in a collision ✓

Answer: Their vehicles can cause the greatest harm in a collision. Those in charge of vehicles that can cause the greatest harm have the greatest responsibility to take care. This applies most strongly to drivers of large goods and passenger vehicles.

The Highway Code: rule H1

1. Half a vehicle width
2. 0.5 metres
3. 1 metre
4. 1.5 metres ✓

Answer: 1.5 metres. Leave at least 1.5 metres when overtaking cyclists at speeds up to 30 mph, and more at higher speeds. Large vehicles should give even more room.

The Highway Code: rule 163

1. 5 mph
2. 10 mph ✓
3. 15 mph
4. 20 mph

Answer: 10 mph. Slow down to a maximum of 10 mph and pass wide and slow, leaving at least 2 metres. Don't sound your horn or rev your engine.

The Highway Code: rule 215

1. Vehicles parked on the hard shoulder
2. Trains at level crossings
3. Motorcyclists filtering between lanes ✓
4. Pedestrians on the motorway

Answer: Motorcyclists filtering between lanes. Motorcyclists and cyclists may filter through slow traffic and can be hard to see. Check your mirrors before changing lanes.

The Highway Code: rule 160

1. Turn quickly before they step out
2. Give way to the pedestrian ✓
3. Sound your horn to warn them
4. Flash your headlights to wave them across

Answer: Give way to the pedestrian. At a junction you should give way to pedestrians crossing or waiting to cross the road you're turning into.

The Highway Code: rule H2

1. Be patient and let them cross in their own time ✓
2. Edge forward to hurry them
3. Rev your engine so they know you're waiting
4. Sound your horn

Answer: Be patient and let them cross in their own time. Older pedestrians may need more time. Don't hurry them by revving your engine or edging forward.

The Highway Code: rule 207

1. Brake sharply wherever you are
2. Mount the pavement to make room
3. Speed up to keep ahead of it
4. Consider its route and let it pass safely, while obeying traffic signs ✓

Answer: Consider its route and let it pass safely, while obeying traffic signs. Don't panic. Think about where it's going and let it pass, without breaking traffic rules or stopping in a dangerous place.

The Highway Code: rule 219

1. Sound your horn to move them on
2. Drive slowly through them
3. Stop and switch off your engine until they've left the road ✓
4. Rev your engine to get their attention

Answer: Stop and switch off your engine until they've left the road. Stop and switch off your engine until the animals have cleared the road. Noise can frighten them.

The Highway Code: rule 214

1. To deliberately hold you up
2. For their own safety, to be seen and stop unsafe overtaking ✓
3. Because they're about to stop
4. Because cyclists must always ride there

Answer: For their own safety, to be seen and stop unsafe overtaking. Cyclists may ride in the centre of the lane on narrow or quiet roads and at junctions to be seen. Be patient and overtake only when it's safe.

The Highway Code: rule 213

1. They move quickly and quietly and can't steer to avoid you ✓
2. They always give way to large vehicles
3. They only run at night
4. They're not allowed to carry passengers

Answer: They move quickly and quietly and can't steer to avoid you. Trams can't steer round you and are quiet. Never enter a route reserved for trams.

The Highway Code: rule 224

1. Cyclists ✓
2. Drivers of oncoming lorries
3. Car drivers following behind
4. Pedestrians ✓

Answer: Cyclists; Pedestrians. Cyclists and pedestrians on your nearside can be hidden from view and may be in the path of your rear wheels as you turn.

The Highway Code: rule 182

1. Pull out straight away as buses have priority
2. Sound your horn and pull out
3. Move off only when it's safe, as other drivers may not give way ✓
4. Pull out slowly and make others stop

Answer: Move off only when it's safe, as other drivers may not give way. Other drivers should give way to buses when it's safe, but they don't always. Check your mirrors and blind spot and move off only when it's safe.

The Highway Code: rule 223

1. No one, as it's for buses only
2. Cyclists, and other vehicles if signs allow ✓
3. Only emergency vehicles
4. Only pedestrians

Answer: Cyclists, and other vehicles if signs allow. Most bus lanes can be used by cyclists, and signs may allow taxis or motorcycles too. Watch out for them.

The Highway Code: rule 141

1. People stepping out from in front of or behind the bus ✓
2. Traffic lights changing
3. Cyclists on the pavement
4. Your mirrors misting up

Answer: People stepping out from in front of or behind the bus. People often cross close to a bus after getting off. Look carefully all round before moving off.

The Highway Code: rule 32

1. Only taxis may use the bus lane
2. The bus lane is closed
3. Cyclists must not use the road
4. Cyclists and taxis may also use the bus lane ✓

Answer: Cyclists and taxis may also use the bus lane. The sign shows which vehicles can share the bus lane. Expect cyclists and taxis in it.

The Highway Code: Traffic signs