Ahead of you, traffic in the left-hand lane is slowing. What should you do?

Slow down, keeping a safe separation distance

Accelerate past the vehicles in the left-hand lane

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Pull up on the left-hand verge

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Move across and continue in the right-hand lane

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Hint

Allow the traffic to merge into the left-hand lane. Leave enough room so that you can maintain a safe separation distance, even if vehicles pull in ahead of you.

Ahead of you, traffic in the left-hand lane is slowing. What should you do?

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Ahead of you, traffic in the left-hand lane is slowing. What should you do?

You may also be interested in these theory test questions

When driving a car fitted with automatic transmission, what would you use ‘kick down’ for?

Why should you be cautious when going past this stationary bus?

You’re about to drive home from holiday when you become ill. A doctor prescribes drugs that are likely to affect your driving. What should you do?

You want to turn left at this junction. Your view of the main road is restricted. What should you do?

Some two-way roads are divided into three lanes. Why are these particularly dangerous?

Which road user has caused a hazard?