The answer options
- If you have an emergency or breakdownCorrect
- If you wish to make a phone call
- To check where you are
- If you are about to be involved in a road rage incident
Why that is the answer
Emergency refuge areas on smart motorways are strictly for genuine emergencies or vehicle breakdowns when you cannot safely reach the next exit or service area. They provide a safe place off the live carriageway and feature an emergency landline to contact National Highways. The Highway Code states you must never use these areas for routine stops, such as making phone calls or checking map directions, as this puts yourself and others at risk.
How this comes up in the real test
Questions from motorway rules 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 motorway rules questions
- Before making a journey on the motorway it is important to check your vehicle fully. Why is this?
- Following a breakdown on the hard shoulder, how should you rejoin the motorway?
- How do smart motorways avoid traffic clustering?
- How should you deal with traffic already on the motorway when joining from a slip road?
- In England and Wales, traffic officers work on motorways as well as some secondary routes. What powers do they have?
- On a motorway, how are the lanes to be used?