Incidents, accidents and emergencies
Your car has broken down on a blind bend on a country road. What is the safest thing to do?
- Stay sitting in the car in the middle of the road
- Place a warning triangle right beside the car on the bend
- Get yourself and any passengers to a safe place and warn traffic in good timeCorrect
- Stand in the road and wave your arms at drivers
Why?
Rule 276 of The Highway Code and the first-aid advice in Annex 7 are about being seen in good time. On a blind bend, a warning triangle beside the car is spotted too late, so the safest action is to get everyone to a safe place off the road and warn approaching traffic early.
Highway Code rule 276