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Difficulty: HardHazard Perception and Anticipation

When approaching a junction where an oncoming long vehicle has paused to turn right across your path, you should anticipate that following road users may attempt to overtake or filter past the stationary vehicle into your lane, requiring you to moderate your speed and prepare to stop despite having priority.

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True — Proactive hazard anticipation requires drivers to recognise that large stationary vehicles mask following traffic, which may pull out into the opposing lane.
The statement is true because large stationary vehicles obstruct forward visibility for oncoming traffic and masking following vehicles, such as cars or motorcyclists. Safe driving demands proactive hazard perception: anticipating that an impatient road user might pull out into your lane, checking mirrors, easing off the accelerator, and being prepared to brake even when holding right of way.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the primary visual obstruction in the road layout
Recognised that the oncoming long vehicle waiting to turn right completely blocks your view of following traffic and blocks their view of you.
Large vehicles create physical blind spots on the carriageway where smaller, faster road users are concealed.
2
Anticipate potential actions of concealed road users behind the obstruction
Predicted that an impatient driver or filtering motorcyclist may emerge into your lane to bypass the waiting vehicle.
Defensive driving requires anticipating what cannot be seen rather than reacting only after a hazard emerges.
3
Adjust vehicle speed and readiness to react
Checked mirrors, eased off the accelerator to create a safety margin, and covered the brake pedal.
Maintaining speed simply because you have priority leaves no reaction time or stopping distance if a vehicle emerges across the centre line.

Key Concept

Anticipating masked hazards and managing blind zones created by large stationary vehicles
Estimated Time:1m 30s
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Hazard Perception and Anticipation

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