Test 14

Answer: Traffic turning to the left may filter if the road is clear

The red and amber lamps are dark and the bottom lamp shows a green arrow pointing left. An arrow releases only the movement it points to, so traffic turning left may filter when the road is clear. Anyone going straight on or turning right waits for the full green.

Answer: No vehicle may at anytime be driven on the right hand side of this line

The picture shows two continuous white lines down the middle of the road. Such a marking says no vehicle may cross the lines or be driven to the right of them. Both hold, but what the double line is really ruling on is which side of it you may drive: you keep left of it at all times.

Answer: Reduce speed and be ready to stop

The yellow cross reading Rail Road Crossing on a black and white post marks a railway level crossing ahead. Reduce speed and be ready to stop: the crossing may have no gates or lights, and a train cannot stop for you.

Answer: 120km/h

The maximum on a wide tarred road outside a built up area is 120 km/h. It is a limit and not a target: rain, mist, load or traffic all mean a lower safe speed.

Answer: Car B

The blue car marked B is coming up the side road to the T junction and faces a give way sign on its approach. The green car marked A is already travelling along the main road across the top, so B stops and lets it go by.

Answer: 60km/h

The general limit in an urban area is 60 km/h, and it applies whether or not a sign is showing. Where a school, a shopping street or roadworks needs less, a lower limit is posted.

Answer: An about turn is prohibited

A red circle with a red bar drawn across a U shaped arrow prohibits an about turn. You may not turn round there to face the way you came. Carry on and turn where the road allows it.

Answer: Engage lower gear

The sign shows a lorry on a steep downward slope, warning of a steep descent. Engage a lower gear before you start down so the engine holds the vehicle back. Out of gear or in a high gear, the brakes do all the work, overheat and fade.

Answer: Switch on dipped headlights

Dipped headlights light your way without throwing a glare into the mirrors of the vehicle in front and dazzling its driver. Full beam is for an open road with nothing ahead of you.

Answer: Amber, Red, Green

The robot runs green, then amber, then red, then green again, so starting at amber the order is amber, red, green. Green never goes straight to red, and here red changes to green with no amber shown alongside it.

Answer: May not be crossed under any circumstances.

A continuous white line down the centre is a barrier line. You stay to the left of it and do not cross it, whether the road ahead looks clear or not. It is painted where the view or the width of the road will not allow overtaking.

Answer: Car C

The blue car marked C sits in the left hand lane of its road, painted with a left turn arrow and the word ONLY, yet its path arrow runs straight on through the intersection. A lane marked for one movement may be used for that movement and no other.

Answer: A pedal cycle

A pedal cycle is not a motor vehicle and carries no fuel or engine, so no extinguisher is required on it. An unregistered motor vehicle and a public service vehicle with no passengers in it must both still carry one.

Answer: 6 breakdown triangles

Two triangles for the towing vehicle and two for each trailer, so a vehicle pulling two trailers carries six. The longer the combination, the more of the road it blocks when it breaks down and the more warning other drivers need.

Answer: 30 - 50 meters from the nearest point of the breakdown vehicle

Set the triangles between 30 and 50 metres from the nearest point of the vehicle, one ahead of it and one behind. Closer than that gives an approaching driver no room to slow down, and further off he will not connect the warning with your vehicle.

Answer: Twenty-one years and medically fit

A taxicab driver must be at least twenty one and medically fit, because he carries paying passengers and needs the years of driving behind him before he takes on that responsibility.

Answer: Car A

The green car marked C is coming along the main road and going straight on, so it clears the intersection first. The blue car marked A is turning right across its path and must wait for it, which puts A second. The orange car marked B faces a give way sign on the side road and goes last.

Answer: Stay where you are

Stay where you are. Reversing at an intersection is dangerous and there may well be a vehicle right behind you, and moving forward takes you into the path of the traffic that now has the green. Wait for your green, then move off.

Answer: Your tail lights and side lights on.

Leave the tail lights and side lights burning so that a driver coming up behind sees the outline of a parked vehicle in time to steer round it. Headlights, dipped or bright, dazzle oncoming traffic and flatten your battery.

Answer: You slow down and pass through the safer side

An animal drawn vehicle is slow and the animals shy at noise, so slow down and pass on whichever side gives you the most room and the driver the most warning. A hooter or flashed lights can bolt the team straight into your path.

Answer: When there are two or more lanes going in the same direction

Where two or more lanes run in the same direction you can pass without entering the path of oncoming traffic. On a blind rise you cannot see what is coming, and a continuous white line may not be crossed, so overtaking is out in both cases.

Answer: When reversing

The belt may be off only while you are reversing, because you have to turn in the seat and look properly behind you. At every other time, at any speed, the belt goes on.

Answer: When brakes suddenly fail and there is an accident danger.

The hooter is a warning of danger, such as brakes that have failed and no other way of stopping an accident. It is not a greeting, and sounded near animals it startles them into your path.

Answer: Bridges capacity on weight

A weight restriction is posted where a structure cannot carry more than a stated load, and that is almost always a bridge. Taking a heavier vehicle across risks bringing the bridge down under you.

Answer: Not covered by rear view mirror

Your blind spot is the stretch of road the rear view and side mirrors do not show you, off to the side and a little behind. That is why you turn your head and look over your shoulder before you move out or change lanes.