The answer options
- Use the footbrake.
- Use the footbrake and parking brake.
- Balance the clutch and accelerator.
- Release the footbrake and use the parking brake alone.Correct
Why that is the answer
When waiting in stationary traffic at night, keeping your foot on the brake pedal keeps your high-intensity brake lights lit. This can easily dazzle drivers stopped behind you. Releasing the footbrake and applying the parking brake alone holds your vehicle securely while turning off the brake lights, reducing glare. Balancing the clutch or holding the footbrake maintains this glare and causes unnecessary mechanical wear. The Highway Code advises using the parking brake when stationary.
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.
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