Revision question · Vehicle condition

You're driving at night on a very busy road when your headlights fail. What should you do if the fuse box is on the outside of the bus, on the right-hand side?

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Ask a passenger to watch for traffic

Drive on without lights

Fix the problem yourself

Wait for the breakdown services

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Wait for the breakdown servicesThis was the right answer

Stop safely and get assistance rather than stand in passing traffic to repair an outside fuse box. Follow motorway or other-road breakdown guidance as appropriate. A recovery vehicle does not guarantee protection: wait in the safest available place and follow responders’ instructions.

Reviewed reading for this question

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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