Sharing the Road with Other Users
Sharing the Road with Other Users
This domain tests how you protect people outside a metal box: pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and heavy vehicles. Sharing is about visibility and predictable space.
Pedestrians and cyclists
- Yield to pedestrians at crosswalks and when turning at intersections.
- Give cyclists generous room - at least a metre where conditions allow - and do not crowd them at stops.
- Shoulder-check before turning, changing lanes or opening a door into traffic.
Heavy vehicles
- Trucks and buses have large no-zones: directly in front, behind and along both sides. If you cannot see the driver’s mirror, the driver likely cannot see you.
- Never pass a truck on the right when it is signalling a right turn; it may swing left to make a wide turn.
- Do not cut in front of a heavy vehicle; it needs much more distance to stop.
School buses and emergency vehicles
- Stop for a school bus with alternating red lights unless the law exempts you on a divided highway.
- When an emergency vehicle approaches with lights or siren, pull right and stop.
Worked example
A truck ahead signals right but moves left. The driver is setting up a wide right turn. Passing on the right would put you in the turn path. Stay back, let the truck complete the turn and then proceed.
Traps
Do not assume a truck driver sees you. Do not pass a stopped school bus, crowd a cyclist or block a crosswalk while waiting to turn. Do not treat a motorcycle’s small size as permission to share its lane.