The answer options
- Overtake slowly
- Keep sounding your horn
- Pass closely
- Pass widely allowing extra roomCorrect
Why that is the answer
Strong gusts of wind can easily blow a cyclist off course or cause them to wobble unexpectedly. Giving them plenty of room ensures that if they are blown sideways into your path, you will not hit them. The Highway Code advises giving cyclists extra space in bad weather. Passing closely is extremely dangerous, while continuously sounding your horn might startle the cyclist, causing them to lose control.
How this comes up in the real test
Questions from other types of vehicle 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 other types of vehicle questions
- It is harder to overtake a large vehicle than a car. Why is this?
- There is a lot of wind. If you're following a motorbike rider who is passing a car with a high side, what should you do?
- What should be your biggest concern when a bus pulls up at a bus stop in front of you?
- What should you do if there is a bus pulled into a bus stop on the road ahead of you?
- What should you do if you see this lorry?
- What should you do in this situation?