You are approaching a crossroads where the traffic lights have failed and a police officer is manually directing traffic. The officer stands facing across the intersection, turns their head towards your vehicle, and extends their arm towards you while making a continuous inward beckoning motion with their hand. What does this signal instruct you to do?
- ABring your vehicle to a complete stop before the junction and wait until the officer lowers their arm
- Proceed forward through the junction following the direction indicated by the officerAnswer
- CPull over to the left-hand kerb immediately and switch on your hazard warning lights
- DFlash your headlights to acknowledge the officer and remain stationary until oncoming traffic passes
Answer
Proceed forward through the junction following the direction indicated by the officer.
Under Highway Code Rule 105, when a police officer directing traffic extends an arm towards approaching traffic and makes an inward beckoning gesture with their hand, it is the official signal instructing drivers from that direction to proceed forward through the junction.
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Manual hand signals used by police officers to beckon traffic on from the side
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