General rules, techniques and advice for all drivers and riders•Rule 154
Driving Safely on Country Roads
Take extra care on country roads and reduce your speed at approaches to bends, which can be sharper than they appear, and at junctions and turnings, which may be partially hidden. Be prepared for pedestrians, horse riders, cyclists, slow-moving farm vehicles or mud on the road surface. Make sure you can stop within the distance you can see to be clear. You should also reduce your speed where country roads enter villages.
💡Example
On country roads, you must slow down for bends, hidden junctions and turnings, and be ready for people, animals, slow farm vehicles or mud on the road. Always drive so you can stop within the distance you can see is clear. For example, when approaching a sharp bend with high hedges, you ease off the accelerator and brake gently so you can stop in time if there’s a tractor pulling out of a concealed field entrance or a horse rider around the corner, and you slow further as you enter a village.
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