You are in a queue of traffic waiting to turn right into a side road. As you reach the front of the queue, why is it important to check your right mirror just before turning?

Why that is the answer

Highway Code guidance stresses checking your right mirror before turning right to ensure no other road user is overtaking the queue. Motorcyclists and cyclists frequently filter past queued vehicles on the right. If you turn without checking, you risk cutting directly into their path. While you must also look ahead into the side road for pedestrians, your right mirror specifically checks for hazards approaching from behind on your right side.

How this comes up in the real test

Questions from vulnerable road users 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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