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Difficulty: EasyStatic Hazards

You are driving along an urban road and approach a traffic calming chicane where a sign indicates that oncoming vehicles have priority. What should you do as you approach the narrowing?

  1. A
    Accelerate to pass through the narrowing before oncoming vehicles arrive
  2. Slow down and be prepared to give way to oncoming trafficAnswer
  3. C
    Flash your headlights to instruct oncoming drivers to stop and let you through
  4. D
    Sound your horn and proceed through the chicane without stopping

Answer

Slow down and be prepared to give way to oncoming traffic.
When approaching a traffic calming chicane or road narrowing where priority belongs to oncoming traffic, you must reduce speed, assess the carriageway ahead, and be prepared to stop and give way. This ensures safe passage without forcing oncoming road users to brake or swerve.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the static hazard and regulatory road sign ahead.
Recognise the traffic calming chicane and observe that oncoming vehicles have priority.
Early recognition of physical road changes allows for appropriate speed adjustment.
2
Reduce vehicle speed and scan the road ahead for approaching traffic.
The vehicle is brought under full control at an appropriate speed to stop smoothly if needed.
You must be able to yield without harsh braking if oncoming traffic is using or approaching the narrowing.
3
Yield priority to oncoming traffic and proceed only when the chicane is clear.
Safe and courteous negotiation of the static road feature.
Complying with traffic calming priority signs ensures smooth traffic flow and prevents head-on conflicts.

Key Concept

Negotiating traffic calming chicanes and priority road narrowings as static hazards
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Static Hazards

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