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Before driving in winter, what are the essential elements you should check?

Battery, antifreeze, fuel, visibility

Antifreeze, battery radio, fuel

Battery, visibility, antifreeze, heating

Visibility, door locks, fuel, battery

You’re about to set off but your car won’t start. What is the first thing you should do?

Carry on turning the key hoping the car will start

Attempt a push start

Jump start

Immediately contact a roadside assistance service

Your headlights fail whilst on the motorway, what do you do?

Use your parking and hazard lights instead

Carry on driving, turning the lights on then off hoping they will come back on

Ignore the problem, the weather isn’t that bad

Pull off the motorway

You notice that your car is experiencing mechanical problems. Do you...

Ignore the issue and hope it passes

Ring a friend to ask for their advice

Pull over onto the hard shoulder or your nearest layby and contact a roadside assistance service

Pull over onto the hard shoulder or your nearest layby and inspect the issue yourself

What is the first thing you do once your car has reached a stop?

Get out the car to check the engine

Turn on hazard lights

Contact a roadside assistance service

Turn off the heaters to reserve battery power, as you are aware that battery performance is lower in cold weather

Once you have safely pulled over, do you…

Exit the car despite the cold weather and contact a roadside assistance service

Remain in the car with your seatbelt fastened, to stay warm, and contact a roadside assistance service

Check the car’s equipment to make sure the malfunction didn’t occur internally

Text or call your family, alerting them to your situation and location

What is the most important item to have in your possession when pulled onto a hard shoulder, layby, or emergency refuge area on a motorway/smart motorway?

Warning triangle to be placed behind your vehicle

Spare warm clothing

Matches or other forms of fire starters

USB mobile device charger

Your mobile phone is running low on battery. You see an emergency telephone on the opposite side of the road. Do you...

Cross the road to reach the emergency telephone

Send a passenger over the road to use the emergency telephone whilst you stay with the car

Attempt to draw attention from passing motorists in the hope that one will pull over and provide assistance

Use the remainder of your mobile phone battery to contact a roadside assistance service

To keep your car engine prepped for the roadside assistance service, how often should you switch your engine on per hour that you wait?

For 5 minutes

For 10 minutes

For 15 minutes

For 20 minutes

You have noticed a fellow motorist has broken down on the motorway. Do you…

Pull over to offer assistance

Drive past

When stationary, call the highway agency to ensure their location is known

When stationary, call a roadside assistance service on their behalf

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