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Vehicle Handling

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  1. Your car starts to skid on a wet road. What should you do first?
  2. You have to brake hard in an emergency in a car with ABS. What is the correct technique?
  3. What is aquaplaning?
  4. The steering feels very light and the engine revs without speed rising on a wet road. What should you do?
  5. When must you use your fog lights?
  6. You can see about 120 metres ahead in fog. Which lighting choice follows the Highway Code best?
  7. The fog has cleared and you can see for well over 100 metres. What must you do with your fog lights?
  8. Oncoming headlights dazzle you at night. What is the correct action?
  9. What is the best way to control speed on a long, steep downhill road?
  10. What is brake fade?
  11. You park facing uphill next to a kerb. Which way should the front wheels be turned?
  12. You park facing downhill next to a kerb. Which way should the front wheels be turned?
  13. In strong crosswinds, which road users are most at risk of being blown off course?
  14. You have just driven through a deep puddle. What should you do?
  15. How should you pull away on a snowy road to limit wheelspin?
  16. Which style of driving is best on an icy road?
  17. In which place is it most dangerous to overtake?
  18. When must you not overtake?
  19. You want to take the second exit at a roundabout with four exits. When should you signal left?
  20. At a roundabout, who has priority?
  21. When may you use main beam headlights?
  22. What does the Highway Code mean by 'night' when deciding whether to use headlights?
  23. You are reversing your car into a side road. What is the safest approach?
  24. You need to turn your car round. Which is the best place?
  25. What should you do before you move off from the kerb?
  26. You brake before a bend rather than in the middle of it. Why is this better?
  27. You drive through a built-up area at 28 mph in a 30 mph zone, and children are playing on the pavement. What should you do?
  28. You have been driving on a long motorway and notice your tyre pressure warning light. What is the safest action?

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