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Your planned route is covered by floodwater. What should you do?

Revision material from the imported DVSA bank includes source-checked Lanekind learning corrections. These corrections are not newly issued official examination questions, and practice does not reproduce a live test paper.

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Do not enter the floodwater; find a safe alternative route or wait in a safe place

Slowly, in a high gear, with engine speed low

As quickly as possible to cause the least delay

At normal speed when you have spray reducers fitted

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Do not enter the floodwater; find a safe alternative route or wait in a safe placeThis was the right answer

Current government guidance says not to drive through floodwater. It can hide broken surfaces, displaced covers and debris, and can move or trap a vehicle. Low gear and high revs do not make it safe. Check warnings and traffic information; call 999 for immediate danger.

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Do not drive into floodwaterReviewed guidance summary · The editorial replacement teaches the current government safety instruction rather than an unsafe high-revs crossing technique.

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