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Difficulty: MediumSignals by Authorised Persons

While driving on a single carriageway road, a police car follows directly behind your vehicle. The police officer flashes their headlights, indicates left, and points towards the left kerbside. What action must you take?

  1. A
    Perform an immediate emergency stop in the centre of your driving lane
  2. Signal your intention and pull over to stop safely on the left as soon as practicableAnswer
  3. C
    Accelerate and move over to the right to allow the patrol car to pass ahead
  4. D
    Flash your headlights to acknowledge the officer and continue driving normally

Answer

Signal your intention and pull over to stop safely on the left as soon as practicable
Police officers are authorised persons with statutory power to stop vehicles. When a police officer behind you flashes their headlights, indicates left, and points towards the left kerb, it is a mandatory instruction to pull over. You must signal left and bring your vehicle to a halt at a safe location along the left-hand side of the road as soon as possible.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the authority and interpret the signal given from the police vehicle behind.
Recognised that the police officer is an authorised person instructing your specific vehicle to pull over to the left.
Highway Code Rule 106 states that police officers may direct you to pull over from behind by flashing headlights, indicating, and pointing towards the left kerb.
2
Determine the required legal action and execute safe vehicle control.
Indicate left, check mirrors, reduce speed smoothly, and stop in a safe position along the left-hand kerb.
Drivers are legally required to comply with stopping signals from police officers in a safe and controlled manner.

Key Concept

Driver legal obligations when signalled to stop by an authorised person from a following vehicle
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