If another driver wants to pass your vehicle, what should you do?
- Slow down and leave room. ✓
- Signal the driver to pass.
- Pull over.
- Honk your horn.
Answer: A. Slow down and leave room.
When another driver wants to pass, slow down and leave room for them.
Why this is the answer
The handbook addresses this under being passed. It says that when other drivers indicate they want to overtake you, your job is to help them get by safely: reduce your speed and give them room. It also warns that directing other drivers to pass can push them into a pass they can't finish safely. So the useful thing you control is your own speed and the space you leave, not a hand signal telling them to go.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Signal the driver to pass. — The handbook warns that directing other drivers to pass may encourage them to attempt a pass they can't complete safely, so you shouldn't wave them by.
- C. Pull over. — Nothing in the passages says you should pull over when someone wants to overtake; the instruction is to reduce your speed and give them room.
- D. Honk your horn. — Honking is not mentioned anywhere in these passages as a way to handle being passed.
Remember it
When someone wants by, ease off the gas and open up space, but don't wave them around you.
Official handbook: ICBC Driving Commercial Vehicles, 3 Basic driving skills – Parking, p. 50