Junctions, Roundabouts and Crossings
Approach planning, priority, turning, emerging, lane selection, pedestrians, cyclists and the Highway Code H2/H3 junction duties.
How to prepare for the DVSA car theory test
Connect each Great Britain rule to a driving decision: read the road, identify who is exposed, preserve time and space, and respond safely before a hazard escalates.
Core concepts
Concept 1
A safe approach creates enough time to observe, decide and stop before the conflict point.
Exam cue: Read signs, markings, signals, road layout and road-user behaviour together.
Concept 2
Drivers turning into or out of a road should give way to pedestrians crossing or waiting to cross and should not cut across cyclists going ahead.
Exam cue: Check both the road being left and the road being entered.
Concept 3
Priority guidance never removes the duty to avoid a collision.
Exam cue: Expect cyclists from behind and pedestrians across the mouth of a junction.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Turning across a cyclist because the car indicator is on.
Guardrail: Do not choose an answer merely because it is technically permitted; check whether it preserves view, control, legal compliance and the safety of others.
Emerging because another driver appears to flash permission.
Guardrail: Do not choose an answer merely because it is technically permitted; check whether it preserves view, control, legal compliance and the safety of others.
Approaching a crossing too fast because no one has stepped onto it.
Guardrail: Do not choose an answer merely because it is technically permitted; check whether it preserves view, control, legal compliance and the safety of others.
Memory anchors
Junction Plan
Observe early, position correctly, choose a safe speed and keep scanning.
H2 Pedestrian
Give way to pedestrians crossing or waiting to cross the road you enter or leave.
H3 Do Not Cut
Do not turn across a cyclist, horse rider or horse-drawn vehicle going ahead.
Flash Is Presence
A headlight flash does not transfer priority; decide from the full situation.
Roundabout Read
Use signs and markings to choose a lane, then observe and signal appropriately.
Crossing Scan
Check pavements, approaches and vehicles that may hide a crossing user.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
A driver is turning into a side road where a pedestrian waits to cross. What should the driver do?
A cyclist continues straight while a car intends to turn left beside them. What should the driver do?
Answer all questions to submit.
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