There are pedestrians on a puffin crossing ahead, and the crossing shows a red light. When will this light change?

When you begin to edge onto the crossing

When the pedestrians push the button

When a driver coming the other way reaches the crossing

There are pedestri… — When the pedestrians ha…

The answer options

When you begin to edge onto the crossing
When the pedestrians push the button
When a driver coming the other way reaches the crossing
When the pedestrians have cleared the crossingCorrect

Why the other options are wrong

“When you begin to edge onto the crossing” is a distractor. It does not meet the standard the question is testing, which when the pedestrians have cleared the crossing does. Picking it in the real test costs a mark you cannot get back, and with a pass mark of 43 out of 50 you only have seven to spare.
“When the pedestrians push the button” is a distractor. It does not meet the standard the question is testing, which when the pedestrians have cleared the crossing does. Picking it in the real test costs a mark you cannot get back, and with a pass mark of 43 out of 50 you only have seven to spare.
“When a driver coming the other way reaches the crossing” is a distractor. It does not meet the standard the question is testing, which when the pedestrians have cleared the crossing does. Picking it in the real test costs a mark you cannot get back, and with a pass mark of 43 out of 50 you only have seven to spare.

Why that is the answer

Puffin crossings use smart electronic sensors to monitor people on the crossing. The traffic lights will stay red for drivers until these sensors detect that all pedestrians have safely cleared the road. Unlike older pelican crossings, puffin crossings do not have a flashing amber phase or a fixed timer. You must wait patiently behind the stop line and never edge forward while the light remains red.

What attitude covers

· Safe following distances and what to do when tailgated
· Reacting to aggressive, hesitant or inconsiderate drivers
· Emergency and slow-moving vehicles and how to let them pass
· Use of the horn and headlight flashes as warnings, not invitations

Mistakes learners repeat on this topic

· Flashing headlights to tell another driver to proceed
· Braking sharply to discourage a tailgater
· Sounding the horn in a built-up area at night out of frustration
· Speeding up when a driver tries to overtake you

Instructor tip: When two answers are both polite, choose the one that increases the gap rather than the one that communicates.

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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