Repeated yawning, heavy eyelids and missed signs warn that attention is failing. Opening a window or increasing music volume is not a reliable remedy. Plan a safe stopping place before your ability to choose and react deteriorates further.
Lesson · Fitness to drive
Recognise fatigue before it becomes a crisis
Before using a medicine, read the driving warnings and consult a pharmacist or doctor when uncertain. Feeling normal does not establish fitness to drive. Arrange another driver or transport when fatigue, alcohol, drugs or medication make driving unsafe.
Regulatory source ↗ · Reviewed 2026-11-06
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Educational difficulty is separate from the legal penalty. These are original practice questions, not official examination items.
Fitness to drive: which statement is correct? (1)
- Alcohol impairs judgement even before you feel drunk.
- Coffee instantly removes alcohol from the body.
- Opening a window is a reliable cure for dangerous fatigue.
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Correct answer: A
Alcohol impairs judgement even before you feel drunk.
Regulatory source ↗After drinking, a person says they feel completely normal. Does that prove their judgement is unaffected?
- Yes, feeling normal guarantees safe driving.
- Yes, if the trip is familiar.
- Alcohol impairs judgement even before you feel drunk.
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Correct answer: C
Alcohol impairs judgement even before you feel drunk.
Regulatory source ↗Your car waits in a traffic queue at red. You pick up the phone to check a route; it is not in a holder. Is the red light an exemption?
- Handheld use is allowed while properly parked.
- Coffee does not remove alcohol; arrange a sober alternative.
- Do not hold the phone: waiting at red is still driving.
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Correct answer: C
Distinguish being parked from being stopped in traffic. Alertness is not proof of sobriety; medication fitness must be checked, not guessed.
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