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Section D. Behaviour in trafficF1

  1. 1.

    Observe (including the use of the rear view mirrors) road alignment, markings, signs and potential or actual risks.

  2. 2.

    Communicate with other road users using the authorised means.

  3. 3.

    React appropriately in actual risk situations.

  4. 4.

    Comply with road traffic regulations and the instructions of the police and traffic controllers.

  5. 5.

    Move off from the kerb or a parking space.

  6. 6.

    Drive with the vehicle correctly positioned on the road, adjusting speed to traffic conditions and the line of the road.

  7. 7.

    Keep the right distance between vehicles.

  8. 8.

    Change lanes.

  9. 9.

    Pass parked or stationary vehicles and obstacles.

  10. 10.

    Approach and cross junctions.

  11. 11.

    Turn right and left at junctions or to leave the carriageway.

  12. 12.

    Where the opportunity arises—

    1. (a)

      Pass oncoming vehicles, including in confined spaces.

    2. (b)

      Overtake in various situations.

    3. (c)

      Approach and cross level-crossings.

    4. (d)

      Drive in road tunnels.

    5. (e)

      F2Negotiate roundabouts.

    6. (f)

      Pass bus or tram stops.

    7. (g)

      Approach and cross pedestrian crossings.

    8. (h)

      Drive up or down long inclines on roads.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 8 substituted (1.9.2003) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment)(No. 4) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2003), regs. 1(1)(a), 7, Sch.

F2

Sch. 8 Pt. 3 Section D(12)(e)-(h) inserted (31.12.2015) by The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1797), regs. 1, 10

Notes on the whole SI

Textual amendments

F1

1988 c. 52. Relevant amendments are referred to where appropriate below. Amending statutes and instruments are referred to in the footnotes to these Regulations in the following manner: “the 1989 Act" means the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22); “the 1990 Regulations" means the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/144), “the 1991 Act" means the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40), “the 1996 Regulations" means the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1974) and “the 1998 Regulations" means the Driving Licences (Community Driving Licence) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1420).

F2

Subsection (6) was amended by the 1990 Regulations.

F3

Subsection (1A) was inserted by the 1996 Regulations, subsections (2A) and (5A) were inserted by the 1989 Act, section 6; subsection (3) was amended by the 1991 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 63; subsection (4) was amended by the 1989 Act, Schedule 3, paragraph 8 and by the 1996 Regulations; subsection (7) was amended and subsections (9) and (10) were substituted by the 1989 Act, Schedule 3, paragraph 8 and subsections (7), (9) and (10) were amended by the 1996 Regulations. Subsection (4)(b) is to be read with the Department of Transport (Fees) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/643), as amended by S.I. 1991/811, 1993/1601, 1995/1684 and 1996/1929, the relevant entries being items 5, 5A and 6 in Schedule 1, Table III.

F4

Section 89A was inserted by the 1989 Act, section 4(4).

F5

Subsection (2) was amended by the 1996 Regulations.

F6

Subsections (4) and (5) were amended by the 1989 Act, section 5(7) and (8).

F7

Subsections (1) and (3) were amended by the 1989 Act, section 6(2) and Schedule 6 and by the 1996 and 1998 Regulations, subsection (1A) was inserted by the 1998 Regulations; subsections (3A) and (3B) were inserted by the 1989 Act, section 6(2) and subsection (3A) was amended by the 1996 and 1998 Regulations; subsection (4) was amended by the 1996 and 1998 Regulations; subsection (4) was amended by the 1998 Regulations.

F8

Subsections (2) and (4) were amended by the 1989 Act, Schedule 3, paragraph 11. Subsection (2) was amended by the 1990 Regulations.

F9

Subsection (1) was amended by Schedule 3, paragraph 12, of the 1989 Act; subsection (1A) was inserted by section 2(2) of that Act.

F10

Section 99A was inserted by the 1996 Regulations; subsection (4) was amended by the 1998 Regulations.

F11

Subsection (2) was amended by the 1989 Act, Schedule 3, paragraph 14 and by the 1990, 1996 and 1998 Regulations; subsection (4) was amended by the 1996 Regulations.

F12

See the definitions of “prescribed" and “regulations".

F13

Sections 114, 115, 116 and 117 to 122 (Part IV of the Act) were substituted by the 1989 Act, section 2(1) and Schedule 2, Section 114(1) was amended by the 1996 Regulations.

F14

Subsection (3) was amended by the 1991 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 64 and the 1996 Regulations.

F15

Section 115A was inserted by the 1996 Regulations.

F16

Subsection (2A) was inserted by the 1991 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 65.

F17

See the definition of “prescribed".

F18

Amended by the 1990 Regulations.

F19

Amended by the 1991 Act, Schedule 4, paragraph 68.

F20

Inserted by the 1989 Act, Schedule 3, paragraph 23.

F21

See the definition of “prescribed".

F22

See section 105(4) of the Road Traffic Act 1988.