You should take particular care to look for motorcyclists and cyclists at junctions.

Core answer

  • The standard theory-test answer to “where should you take particular care to look for motorcyclists and cyclists?” is at junctions , because they are harder to see and can approach faster than you expect.
  • Official road-safety guidance also highlights that motorcyclists and cyclists are especially difficult to see when emerging from junctions or moving off near them.

Why junctions are so risky

  • Riders present a smaller profile than cars, so they are easy to miss in a quick “look both ways” before pulling out of a side road or turning right/left.
  • Collisions frequently occur when drivers pull out of a junction into the path of a motorcyclist or cyclist they either did not see or misjudged the speed of.

Other places needing extra care

While the official “test” answer is junctions, safety bodies also urge extra care:

  • When changing lanes or overtaking, because a motorcyclist or cyclist may be in your blind spot or filtering through traffic.
  • At roundabouts and in queues of traffic, where riders may be coming up the side of your vehicle or between lanes.

TL;DR: For the test-style question “where should you take particular care to look for motorcyclists and cyclists?”, the correct single answer is: At junctions.

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