The answer options
- Road gritter
- Ambulance
- Fire engine
- Doctor's carCorrect
Why that is the answer
A green flashing beacon indicates a vehicle being used by a doctor on an emergency call. The Highway Code asks drivers to give way to these vehicles when it is safe to do so. Standard emergency vehicles like ambulances and fire engines use blue flashing lights, while slow-moving maintenance vehicles such as road gritters display amber flashing beacons.
How this comes up in the real test
Questions from attitude appear throughout the 50-question multiple-choice section, and the wording changes between versions. Learn the rule rather than the sentence: the DVSA can ask the same point from the opposite direction, and a memorised answer falls over the moment the phrasing moves.
The pass mark is 43 out of 50, so seven wrong answers is your entire margin. If a whole category is shaky, run the topic practice below until you are getting every question right for the right reason, then go back to full mocks under the clock.
More attitude questions
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- How can you avoid dazzling drivers behind you when waiting in a queue of traffic at night?