Revision question · Environmental issues

You'll be waiting at a terminus for some time. How can you reduce pollution?

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By revving your engine

By switching off your engine

By leaving your engine on tick-over

By keeping your engine at high revs

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By switching off your engineThis was the right answer

If you have to wait for long periods of time, you should turn your engine off. Noise and exhaust fumes can cause annoyance as well as pollution.

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Rule 123Highway Code rule · These are prolonged waits, not instructions to turn off essential equipment at every brief stop. Apply the parking brake and switch off when safe and practical; stationary traffic is not automatically an idling offence.

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