Revision question · Band 1 road procedure

After a motorway puncture, you have stopped safely on the hard shoulder or in an emergency area and can safely reach an emergency telephone. What should you do?

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Change the wheel yourself

Use the emergency telephone to call for assistance

Try to wave down another vehicle for help

Only change the wheel if you have a passenger to help you

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Use the emergency telephone to call for assistanceThis was the right answer

Call for assistance from the safely reachable emergency telephone; do not try to change the wheel beside motorway traffic. Leave on the side away from traffic only if safe, and wait well away from the vehicle and moving traffic, behind a barrier if available. If you cannot reach relative safety and exit safely, stay belted with hazards on and call 999 or use the in-vehicle SOS system. Do not walk across live lanes.

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Rule 275Highway Code rule · Reach relative safety and call for assistance instead of changing a wheel beside motorway traffic. Exit away from traffic only if safe; otherwise stay belted with hazards on and call 999.Rule 277Highway Code rule · Reach relative safety and call for assistance instead of changing a wheel beside motorway traffic. Exit away from traffic only if safe; otherwise stay belted with hazards on and call 999.

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