When leaving building sites or other off-road premises and re-joining the public highway, drivers have a responsibility to:

Explanation: • Ensure that their tachograph mode switch is set to "other work": No, if they are driving away from the site on a public road then the tachograph must be set to "drive". In most modern tachographs the unit will automatically select the "drive" mode for the 1st man position anyway.
• Do nothing: No, drivers have several responsibilities when re-joining a public highway.
• Clean any mud from their boots: No, although this may be good practice it is not a requirement.
• Ensure that the vehicle does not deposit mud, concrete or other material from its wheels, body or chutes, onto the public highway: Correct - and the best answer here.

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