Revision question · Motorway rules

You stop on the hard shoulder of a motorway and use the emergency telephone. Where's the best place to wait for help to arrive?

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Next to the phone

Well away from the carriageway

With your vehicle

On the hard shoulder

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Well away from the carriagewayThis was the right answer

When you're on the hard shoulder, you're at risk of being injured by motorway traffic. The safest place to wait is away from the carriageway, but near enough to see the emergency services arriving.

Reviewed reading for this question

Call for help and stay clear of trafficReviewed guidance summary · The current operator guidance covers phone posture, location, safe waiting and the crucial stay-belted emergency exception absent from some archived explanations.

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