Revision question · Band 1 road procedure

As you drive towards a roundabout, you see a horse and rider ahead. What should you do if the rider is signalling right but keeping well to the left?

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Proceed as normal

Keep close to them

Cut in front of them

Stay well back

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At a roundabout, a horse rider wanting to turn right may feel safer keeping to the left all the way around the roundabout. Stay well back. Driving close behind or alongside could frighten the horse.

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Rule 214Highway Code rule · Pass horses slowly and widely, obey a handler’s request, and accept a safety position through a narrow section or roundabout.Rule 215Highway Code rule · Pass horses slowly and widely, obey a handler’s request, and accept a safety position through a narrow section or roundabout.

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