Your motorway journey is boring and you feel drowsy. What should you do?

Stop on the hard shoulder for a sleep

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Open a window and stop as soon as it’s safe and legal

Speed up to arrive at your destination sooner

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Slow down and let other drivers overtake

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Hint

Never stop on the hard shoulder to rest. If there’s no service area for several miles, leave the motorway at the next exit and find somewhere safe and legal to pull over.

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Your motorway journey is boring and you feel drowsy. What should you do?

You may also be interested in these theory test questions

You’re approaching a crossroads. The traffic lights have failed. What should you do?

You think the driver of the vehicle in front has forgotten to cancel their right indicator. What should you do?

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How would age affect an elderly person’s driving ability?

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What does the solid white line at the side of the road indicate?