You're waiting to emerge at a junction. Your view is restricted by parked vehicles. What can help you to see traffic on the road you're joining?
- A Looking for traffic behind you
- B Reflections of traffic in windows
- C Making eye contact with other road users
- D Checking for traffic in your interior mirror
Why this is the answer
You must be completely sure it's safe to emerge. Try to look for traffic through the windows of the parked cars or in the reflections in windows. Keep looking in all directions as you slowly edge forwards until you can see it's safe.
Why the other answers don't fit
- A
- Looking for traffic behind you — Behind you is not the road you are joining.
- C
- Making eye contact with other road users — You cannot make eye contact with somebody you cannot see.
- D
- Checking for traffic in your interior mirror — The mirror shows what is behind, not what is coming along the main road.
Where this comes from
- Driving: the essential skills — section 7, section 10
Rule numbers link to The Highway Code on gov.uk.
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