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While driving through a housing estate lined with parked vehicles, you spot children on roller skates moving quickly along the pavement towards a gap between two cars. How should you react?

  1. A
    Sound your horn to alert the children and continue at your current pace
  2. Drive at a walking pace, leave plenty of clearance, and anticipate that a child might suddenly emergeAnswer
  3. C
    Flash your headlights to signal to the children that they are clear to cross the carriageway
  4. D
    Swerve towards the oncoming lane without checking mirrors to pass the parked vehicles quickly

Answer

Drive at a walking pace, leave plenty of clearance, and anticipate that a child might suddenly emerge
When children are playing on or near pavements, particularly where parked vehicles obscure visibility, drivers must drive very slowly and be ready to stop. Children cannot accurately judge vehicle speed and may roll or step into the carriageway unexpectedly.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the vulnerable road users and obscured sightlines
Recognise that children on roller skates moving towards a gap between parked cars represent an immediate potential hazard
Children often focus entirely on their play and struggle to judge the speed and distance of approaching traffic
2
Adjust vehicle speed and road positioning
Reduce speed significantly to walking pace, keep extra clearance from parked vehicles, and cover the brake pedal
Travelling at a very low speed allows the vehicle to stop immediately within the visible clear distance if a child rolls into the road

Key Concept

Anticipating unpredictable behaviour from children near parked vehicles
Estimated Time:45s
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