Revision question · Vehicle condition

Your vehicle handbook specifies a separate brake-warning test switch. Where should you look for it before setting off?

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Look for a check switch on the dashboard

Get someone behind to check your brake lights

Check them at the end of your journey

Pump the brake pedal a number of times

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Look for a check switch on the dashboardThis was the right answer

Use the actual vehicle’s stated warning-test procedure. Some systems test automatically, while others use a dedicated dashboard switch. Confirm proper warning operation and resolve faults before travel; do not pump the brakes as a substitute for the instructed test.

Reviewed reading for this question

Do not move with unsafe brake-air pressureReviewed guidance summary · The corrected warning prompts specify a brake-air warning or an unresolved fault, not every harmless dashboard indicator.

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