The answer options
- Speed up to get ahead of them
- Sound your horn to warn them
- Not cut across their path and give them priorityCorrect
- Move closer to encourage them to move left
Why that is the answer
Under Rule H3, you should not cut across cyclists going ahead, including when changing lanes or turning. Give them priority.
How this comes up in the real test
Questions from 2024/2025 updates 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 2024/2025 updates questions
- According to the Highway Code's 'Hierarchy of Road Users', who has the greatest responsibility to reduce danger to others?
- At a collision scene, how deep should chest compressions be when performing CPR on an adult?
- At a junction, you want to turn right. A cyclist is coming from the opposite direction going straight ahead. Who has priority?
- At the scene of a road traffic collision, you find a casualty who is not breathing. What is the correct rate of chest compressions for CPR?
- Can a member of the public use an AED (defibrillator) without training?
- From April 2025, what change affects electric vehicle road tax in the UK?