Revision question · Motorway rules

Your vehicle has broken down on a motorway. What should you do if you aren't able to get onto the hard shoulder?

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Switch on your hazard warning lights

Stop the traffic behind and ask for help

Attempt to repair your vehicle quickly

Stand behind your vehicle to warn others

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Switch on your hazard warning lightsThis was the right answer

If you can’t get your vehicle onto the hard shoulder, use your hazard warning lights to warn others. Leave your vehicle only when you can safely get clear of the carriageway. Don't try to repair the vehicle or attempt to place any warning device on the carriageway.

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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