Weather and visibilityQuestion 336 of 424

You wait in a stationary queue of traffic. How can you cut glare for drivers behind?

  1. Switch on your hazard lights
  2. Switch on your fog lights
  3. Apply the parking brake and take your foot off the footbrake
  4. Keep your foot on the footbrake
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Correct answer: Apply the parking brake and take your foot off the footbrake

Once the traffic behind has stopped, use the parking brake. This turns off your brake lights.

Source: The Highway Code (Department for Transport, GOV.UK), General rules, techniques and advice for all drivers and riders (103 to 158), Rule 114

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Questions last reviewed: 18 October 2026