Revision question · The driver

What should you do if you're driving along a motorway and become tired?

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Stop on the hard shoulder at a safe place to rest

Leave the motorway at the next exit and take a rest

Close your windows and turn up the radio volume

Close your windows and set the heating to warm

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Leave the motorway at the next exit and take a restThis was the right answer

If you feel the onset of tiredness, you need to take a break. This might be at a motorway service station, but if there isn't one nearby you'll need to leave at the next exit and find a safe place to stop and rest.

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Rule 91Highway Code rule · The danger is impaired concentration or sleep, especially overnight. Find a safe rest place; the corrected fresh-air option now requires that action. Hours compliance does not prove alertness.

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