The answer options
- MotorcyclesCorrect
- Buses
- Lorries
- Coaches
Why that is the answer
Windscreen pillars create blind spots that can easily hide smaller road users. Because motorcycles are narrow, an entire bike and rider can remain completely obscured by the pillar while you wait at a junction. Larger vehicles like buses, lorries, and coaches are much easier to see. Always lean forward and look around the windscreen pillars to ensure the road is completely clear before emerging.
How this comes up in the real test
Questions from alertness 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 alertness questions
- Before making a U-turn, what should you do?
- Before slowing or stopping your vehicle, what is something you must do?
- How can you make sure that a satellite navigation (satnav) system doesn’t distract you when you’re driving?
- How should you pass the cyclists?
- Something is hanging from your rearview mirror. Why might this pose a risk?
- There is a hazard ahead. Why should you use your mirrors?