5 Common Road Rules You Might Not Know | Learn to drive: Highway Code

Most people pass their Theory Test, put their copy of the Highway Code away - and never look at it again! Then, as time passes, their knowledge of the rules of the road will slowly fade. Remember, that when taking your Driving Test, the examiner will expect you to demonstrate your knowledge of the Highway Code with your driving - so keep your copy handy. In this video, we will look at 5 common road rules that you might not know - which could cause confusion and potentially fail a Driving Test.

This video includes;
* 0:00 Introduction
* 1:09 Let emergency vehicles past safely
* 2:32 Don’t stop in a box junction
* 4:02 It’s OK to pass an amber traffic light
* 5:16 We don’t always need to indicate when pulling away
* 6:45 Filthy number plates are illegal
* 8:08 Summary

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[littleboy]

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[s.p.]

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[sonxgoku]

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[Ei]

I think you should’ve mentioned in the video that if you own a BMW these rules don’t apply

[martins]

Passed today 1st time with 1 minor. Your videos were very helpful, thankyou

[mervinm]

I learned more from your videos than my instructor. Keep it up

[yuqddsx]

Just want to say thank you so much for sharing that useful amount of knowledge and information, even the instructor does not gave, and wish me luck my test on Monday, I’m really nervous and scared I don’t know how to deal with that 😢

[arslanali]

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[ItsLeannex]

thank you for all your super helpful videos! I passed my test first time today with 4 minors!

[Axx]

On the 3rd rule, while it is correct to say you only need to signal if it would benefit other road users, I was always given the addendum "including those you have not seen".

That is to say, you should indicate by default as there might be an approaching road user you did not see and the few seconds of indication before manoeuvre could make the difference between getting an irate toot and a nasty crash.

[vayrie]

Thank you for this! These are all things that I only found out by stumbling across them, so this will probably be super useful to a lot of people 😊

[ThatGoth]

1:09 - "Take appropriate action to let it pass while complying with all traffic signs"... Crosses a solid white line in to a mandatory cycle lane which would be an instant fail!

[younghope]

In my opinion I would always indicate regardless of there being vehicles or not this is so bad habits arw not created

[johnfletcher]

As an ex bus driver I found the rule about giving way to a bus pulling away from a stop to be the most ignored rule.

[johndd]

Thank you so much for the tips!

I heard you should treat Amber lights like Red lights: you should stop. But I agree - you shouldn't stop if it's too late as it's safer to proceed than brake suddenly.

[kyfecep]

I didn’t know the the rule was don’t stop in box junction. I thought it was do not enter a box junction unless your exit is clear, as in the road your exiting the box junction. So for straight on and left there would be no stopping because if your exit is clear you will drive straight out of box junction. But if your right hand exit is clear, then you can enter until the oncoming traffic stops and you can exit accordingly. There was a box junction on the entrance to Portsmouth naval dockyard with traffic lights but the right hand turn was controlled separately to the straight on. But there was no right turn from the oncoming traffic coming the other way. So on the box junction there was enough room for 4-5 cars, so when the lights changed the cars moved onto the box junction and when the oncoming traffic stopped as the lights changed at least 4 cars would get through the lights. The next time it changed it would stop the traffic and allow 3-4 cars extra through with the filter. So alternate changing one without the extra time and one starting and stopping at the same time as oncoming traffic. So all being well when there was no extra time on the filter you would get 4 cars through that had stopped on the box junction and when there was extra time with the oncoming traffic stopped you would get 8 cars through. But if people didn’t move on to the box junction on the first change nobody would get through and on the second change if nobody moved onto the box junction you would only get 4 cars through. Different of an extra 8 cars per two changes of lights. So as a taxi driver I was forever waiting at this junction for 5 or 6 changes of lights because nobody was going onto the box junction. I would be shouting at them to move onto the box junction. I was screaming at one guy to move and he refused, then he stoped me at the entrance and started shouting at me saying he was a security guard at the gate house and he knows the rules. Not allowed to stop in a box junction. Repeating that he works for the dockyard and you are not allowed to stop in a box junction. So after a good row of me trying to explain the rules of the road I gave him my phone number and a made a £100 bet that he was wrong. Funny how I never heard back from him !!!

[mkour]

I m a new driver passed some time ago but still nervous to drive 😔

[KevinWuPlus]

Always nervous when passing the traffic light and fear it will change to amber soon, in some country it will show the countdown for the traffic light so we know when it will change which is really helpful.