Revision question · Vehicle condition

You're driving a lorry along a motorway. You notice that you're losing tread from one of your tyres. What should you do?

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Stop safely in a place of relative safety and call for assistance

Stop on the hard shoulder and change the wheel

Continue driving to the next service station

Continue driving and leave by the next exit

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Stop safely in a place of relative safety and call for assistanceThis was the right answer

Tyre tread separating is a dangerous defect. Keep control, slow smoothly and stop safely. On a motorway use a place of relative safety where possible; there may be no hard shoulder. Do not try an exposed roadside wheel change. If stranded in a live lane and unable to get out safely, keep seat belts and hazards on and call 999.

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Rule 275Highway Code rule · The corrected answers accommodate motorways without a hard shoulder and avoid promising a guaranteed brake-air reserve or protection from a recovery vehicle.Rule 277Highway Code rule · The corrected answers accommodate motorways without a hard shoulder and avoid promising a guaranteed brake-air reserve or protection from a recovery vehicle.

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