The answer options
- Keep back to allow a clear view of the road aheadCorrect
- Keep close and repeatedly move out to check the road ahead
- Wait for the driver to wave you past
- Flash your headlights so oncoming traffic gives way
Why that is the answer
Staying well back behind a large vehicle gives you a much better view of the road ahead. This allows you to spot oncoming hazards early and build up speed safely before committing to the overtake. Following too closely severely blocks your vision and forces you to pull out blind. You should never rely on another driver waving you past, nor flash your headlights to force oncoming traffic to give way.
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?