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You intend to turn right from a main road into a side street across a queue of slow-moving or stationary oncoming traffic. Which TWO hazards involving motorcyclists should you anticipate before carrying out the manoeuvre? (Select TWO answers)

  1. A motorcyclist filtering through traffic along the offside of the oncoming queueAnswer
  2. A motorcyclist filtering along the nearside between the oncoming vehicles and the kerbAnswer
  3. C
    An oncoming motorcyclist flashing their headlight to give you priority to turn
  4. D
    All approaching motorcyclists remaining strictly in single file directly behind the vehicle ahead

Answer

Anticipate a motorcyclist filtering along the offside of the queue and a motorcyclist filtering along the nearside between vehicles and the kerb.
According to Highway Code Rule 211, when turning right across a line of slow-moving or stationary traffic, drivers must look out for cyclists and motorcyclists who may be filtering through on either the inside (nearside) or outside (offside) of the queue. Their narrow profile makes them easy to overlook behind larger vehicles.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Assess the visibility restrictions caused by the oncoming traffic queue.
Identify that large vehicles or closely packed cars create blind zones on both sides of the oncoming queue.
Queued traffic restricts sightlines to narrow-profile road users moving along either edge of the lane.
2
Apply Highway Code guidance on vulnerable road users in congested traffic.
Recognise that motorcyclists are permitted to filter on both the nearside and offside of slow or stationary queues.
Turning across the queue requires ensuring that no filtering rider is approaching hidden in the blind areas.

Key Concept

Observation and hazard awareness for filtering motorcyclists when turning across queues of traffic (Highway Code Rule 211)
Estimated Time:1m 0s
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