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Motorway Rules

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  1. What is the national speed limit for a car on a motorway?
  2. A car is towing a trailer on a motorway. What is the maximum speed?
  3. Who may not use a motorway?
  4. How should you join a motorway from a slip road?
  5. Which lane should you normally use on a motorway?
  6. When may you overtake on the left on a motorway?
  7. A red 'X' on a signal over a lane on a motorway means what?
  8. What does a flashing amber light on a motorway signal mean?
  9. What is the hard shoulder for?
  10. Your car breaks down on a motorway and you can reach the hard shoulder. What is the best action?
  11. You break down on a motorway and cannot get off the carriageway. What should you do?
  12. What do the three, two and one diagonal bars on a motorway sign before an exit mean?
  13. What does a speed limit shown in a red ring on an overhead gantry mean?
  14. You miss your motorway exit. What should you do?
  15. You feel tired on a motorway. What is the best course of action?
  16. On a motorway with three lanes, which vehicles must not use the right-hand lane?
  17. What should you do before overtaking on a motorway?
  18. What should you do in a motorway roadworks zone with a 50 mph limit?
  19. What is a smart motorway?
  20. Where are emergency areas on an all-lane-running smart motorway?
  21. A red X is shown over your lane on a smart motorway and a car is stopped ahead. What should you do?
  22. When you use an emergency telephone on a motorway, who do you talk to?
  23. You can see only about 50 metres ahead on a motorway in dense fog. What is the best action?
  24. A tyre bursts on your car on a motorway. What should you do?
  25. What are the small posts at the side of a motorway hard shoulder, every 100 metres?

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