Revision question · Other types of vehicle

You're following a long vehicle as it approaches a crossroads. What should you do if it signals left but moves out to the right?

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Get closer in order to pass it quickly

Stay well back and give it room

Assume the signal is wrong and that it's turning right

Overtake it as it starts to slow down

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Stay well back and give it roomThis was the right answer

A long vehicle may need to swing out in the opposite direction as it approaches a turn, to allow the rear wheels to clear the kerb. Don’t try to filter through if you see a gap; as the lorry turns, the gap will close.

Reviewed reading for this question

Rule 221Highway Code rule · The left and right turn prompts and both inspected lorry pictures require waiting for the vehicle’s wide path, not assuming its indicator is wrong.

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