Tips for identifying hazards

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A hazard is any situation which could involved adjusting speed or changing course. Hazards can be either static or moving. 

To identifying a static hazard, you must look well ahead for clues such as:

• road signs
• changes in road conditions
• parked cars
• junctions

Moving hazards include all road users:

• other vehicles
• motorcyclists
• cyclists
• pedestrians
• horse riders
• animals, particularly off the lead

As soon as you've recgonised a hazard, you must use your mirrors to assess: 

• how other road users will affect your planning
• how your actions will affect traffic behind