Other Types of Vehicle

Understanding how lorries, buses, motorcycles, trams and large vehicles behave — and how to share the road with them safely.

Large vehicles have huge blind spots, take longer to stop, and swing out at corners. Two-wheelers are small and easy to miss.

• Cutting in too soon after overtaking a lorry — they need a big stopping gap.
• Sitting alongside a lorry where the driver can't see you.
• Pulling out without checking for a motorbike filtering through traffic.

• If you can't see the lorry driver in their mirrors, they can't see you.
• A lorry turning left may swing right first — never try to overtake on the inside.
• Trams have priority and can't steer around you — keep clear of tram tracks.
• Give motorcyclists a full lane's width when passing.

• A bus signals to pull out from a stop in a built-up area — give way if it's safe.
• A lorry is turning left at a junction — wait behind, don't try to squeeze up the inside.

• If you can't see a lorry driver in their mirrors, they can't see you.
• Trams have priority — never block the rails.