Revision question · Motorway rules

Your vehicle has broken down on a motorway. In which direction should you walk to find the nearest emergency telephone?

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With the traffic flow

Facing oncoming traffic

In the direction shown on the marker posts

In the direction of the nearest exit

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In the direction shown on the marker postsThis was the right answer

Along the hard shoulder there are marker posts at 100-metre intervals. These will direct you to the nearest emergency telephone.

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Locate an emergency telephone safelyReviewed guidance summary · The breakdown provider describes the actual marker-post arrows and fixed-phone location benefit; this is not advice that a mobile never works.

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