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What should you do before you start to overtake a lorry?

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Look well ahead for uphill gradients

Check your position in the left-hand mirror

Change quickly to a higher gear

Close right up before pulling out

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Look well ahead for uphill gradientsThis was the right answer

Plan your overtaking carefully. The weight of your vehicle, combined with the restrictions imposed by a speed limiter, is likely to make your vehicle lose speed on uphill gradients. You should take this into consideration before attempting to overtake another moving vehicle.

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Allow for the load and gradient before an overtakeReviewed guidance summary · These specifically test uphill loss of speed and abandoning a pass, not merely signalling before movement.

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