Revision question · Band 1 road procedure

You're driving at 70 mph on a two-lane motorway. You're overtaking vehicles on your left. What should you do if a vehicle approaches fast from behind?

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Maintain your speed and position

Move over when it's safe and let the other vehicle overtake

Increase your speed to avoid holding up the other vehicle

Flash your brake lights to alert the other driver

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Move over when it's safe and let the other vehicle overtakeThis was the right answer

When you're overtaking on a motorway, you'll sometimes find faster vehicles approaching from behind. When it's safe to do so, you should move over and let them pass. Don't try to enforce the legal speed limit.

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Rule 264Highway Code rule · Keep left except while overtaking or directed otherwise; passing a slower queue on the left is not weaving through freely flowing traffic.Rule 268Highway Code rule · Keep left except while overtaking or directed otherwise; passing a slower queue on the left is not weaving through freely flowing traffic.

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