Revision question · Motorway rules

Your vehicle broke down on the hard shoulder of a motorway, but has now been repaired. How should you rejoin the main carriageway?

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Move out onto the carriageway, then build up your speed

Move out onto the carriageway using your hazard warning lights

Gain speed on the hard shoulder before moving out onto the carriageway

Wait on the hard shoulder until someone flashes their headlights at you

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Gain speed on the hard shoulder before moving out onto the carriagewayThis was the right answer

Signal your intention and build up sufficient speed on the hard shoulder so that you can filter into a safe gap in the traffic. Don't push your way into a small gap or cause other traffic to alter speed or direction.

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Rejoining after a breakdownReviewed guidance summary · These prompts concern two different starting places; an emergency area does not offer the same acceleration distance as a hard shoulder.

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