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Attitude questions test temperament rather than knowledge. They describe someone driving badly near you and ask what you should do, and the answer is always the one that removes you from the conflict.
The band also covers priority courtesies: emergency vehicles, buses signalling to pull out, and following distances behind large vehicles.
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Attitude
Question 1 of 38
A blue flashing beacon is used by which vehicle?
What the DVSA tests on attitude
- Safe following distances and what to do when tailgated
- Reacting to aggressive, hesitant or inconsiderate drivers
- Emergency and slow-moving vehicles and how to let them pass
- Use of the horn and headlight flashes as warnings, not invitations
- Courtesy to buses, cyclists and pedestrians at crossings
Common mistakes in this topic
- Flashing headlights to tell another driver to proceed
- Braking sharply to discourage a tailgater
- Sounding the horn in a built-up area at night out of frustration
- Speeding up when a driver tries to overtake you
Instructor tip: When two answers are both polite, choose the one that increases the gap rather than the one that communicates.