Revision question · Band 1 road procedure

You're parked in a busy high street. What's the safest way to turn your vehicle around?

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Find a quiet side road where you can turn around

Drive into a side road and reverse out onto the main road

Get someone to stop the traffic

Make a U-turn on the main road

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Find a quiet side road where you can turn aroundThis was the right answer

Don't turn your vehicle around on a busy main road. It's safer to find a quiet side road where you can turn around and then rejoin the main road.

Reviewed reading for this question

Rule 159Highway Code rule · Choose a quiet legal place for a turn, check all around and do not turn across a busy main-road flow.Rule 201Highway Code rule · Choose a quiet legal place for a turn, check all around and do not turn across a busy main-road flow.

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