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"Follow the road ahead please"
Did you just fail a driving test for driving down a buslane when the examiner said "follow the road ahead please", or for being in the wrong lane, or for missing a junction marking?
At the start of your test, while you are sitting in your car preparing for that big moment, the examiner will explain that he/she would like you to follow the road ahead unless asked to turn left/right or unless roadsigns or markings indicate otherwise.
So, once you've left the test centre and the examiner again asks you to follow the road ahead - then what is happening here? It's a HEADS UP. The examiner is asking you to pay particular attention to the road markings or signs or lane markings or something else. And it's up to you to spot it and sort it out. Look well ahead and try and identify what the examiner is referring to. Reduce your speed if necessary and keep your distance from the vehicle in front of you so you can see the markings on the road. SOMETHING is there and the examiner isn't going to say what it is, but it's going to either be something unusual, or it's just a reminder that you need to follow the highway code closely when dealing with the next section of road.
The most common types of "follow the road ahead" are, buslanes where you need to move safely over to the right, "unexpected" T-junctions, situations where the lane to go ahead might not be the one you thought it was, yellow box junctions, or anything else in your area on the test routes.
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