When may you drive without wearing your seat belt?
- A When you're carrying out a manoeuvre that includes reversing
- B When you're moving off on a hill
- C When you're testing your brakes
- D When you're driving slowly in queuing traffic
Why this is the answer
You may remove your seat belt while you're carrying out a manoeuvre that includes reversing. However, you must remember to put it back on again before you resume driving.
Why the other answers don't fit
- B
- When you're moving off on a hill — A hill start does not call for any extra movement from you.
- C
- When you're testing your brakes — Testing your brakes is ordinary driving.
- D
- When you're driving slowly in queuing traffic — Slow traffic is still traffic, and a belt still matters in it.
Where this comes from
- Driving: the essential skills — section 9
Rule numbers link to The Highway Code on gov.uk.
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