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    Sometimes you may need to increase your tyre pressure to above the normal value. When would this be necessary?

    DVSA-style practice question · Vehicle Loading

    The answer options

    • When carrying or towing a heavy loadCorrect
    • When the road conditions are slippery
    • When the tyre tread is less than 2mm
    • When the vehicle has an anti-lock brake system

    Why that is the answer

    Carrying heavy loads or towing adds significant extra weight to your vehicle, putting additional strain on the tyres. Increasing the tyre pressure, as advised in your vehicle handbook, compensates for this extra weight and helps maintain safe handling, stability, and braking performance. Changing tyre pressures will not improve worn tread or compensate for slippery road conditions, while anti-lock braking systems operate independently of tyre inflation levels.

    How this comes up in the real test

    Questions from vehicle loading 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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