Revision question · Band 1 road procedure

You want to turn right onto a dual carriageway. What should you do if the central reservation is too small for your vehicle?

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When it's safe, move to the centre of the road and wait

Wait until the road is clear in both directions

Stop in the first lane, so that other vehicles give way

Emerge slightly to show your intentions

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Wait until the road is clear in both directionsThis was the right answer

When your vehicle is too big to fit into the central reservation, you should treat a dual carriageway as one road and wait until the road is clear in both directions before emerging to turn right. If you try to treat it as two separate roads and wait in the middle, your vehicle will overhang the central reservation and could cause a collision.

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Rule 173Highway Code rule · Use a central reservation as two stages only when it protects the entire vehicle; otherwise wait for both carriageways.

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