4 vehicle lengths
Leave one vehicle length for every 15 km/h, so at 60 km/h you need four lengths. That is the room you need to pull up if the driver in front brakes hard.
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Test 16
25 questions, pass with 22.
Mode
Exam is timed and marked at the end, like the real test. Learn marks each answer as you go and shows the right one.
Time limit
Marked against 22 out of 25, the same as the depot.
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Move out of its course and stop
A siren or special warning device means that vehicle is on an emergency call. Move out of its path and stop so it can pass. Speeding up to stay ahead of it only keeps the obstruction in front of it.
Between 5:30pm and 6:30am
Headlights must be lit between 5:30 in the afternoon and 6:30 in the morning. The hours are set by law, so you switch on at 5:30pm whether or not it still looks light enough to see.
Dip, get out of the way and slow down
Dip your own lights, slow down and move out of the other driver's course, keeping the left edge of the road in view until your eyes recover. Leaving your bright lights up to answer his blinds you both at once.
Move off the road and rest
Move off the road and rest until you are properly awake. Sleep is not something you can hold off at the wheel, and slowing down does not keep you awake; you can drift off at any speed.
White reflectors in front
Reflectors are white at the front and red at the rear, so a driver coming up in the dark can tell at once which way a stationary vehicle is facing. Red at the front would read as a tail and mislead him.
Yes
Yes. The lighting hours run from 5:30pm to 6:30am, and 6:00am falls inside them, so the headlights must be lit no matter how bright that particular morning looks.
When going out
Indicate as you go out of the circle, so the driver waiting to enter behind you knows you are leaving and can move. Going in needs no signal because your path round the circle is already fixed.
Give way to oncoming traffic
Turning right takes you across the path of traffic coming the other way, so you wait until it is clear. Pedestrians on the pavement or at a shop window have not stepped into the road and are not what you are waiting for.
120km/h for light vehicles and 80km/h for heavy vehicles
The highway limit is 120 km/h for light vehicles and 80 km/h for heavy ones. A single figure does not cover everything on the road: a loaded heavy vehicle at 120 km/h cannot be pulled up in any reasonable distance.
Car C
Cars A and B are already round on the circle. Car C is still on the approach and has that traffic coming from its right, so C waits for the circle to clear before entering, which puts C last.
Car B
Car B comes from the right hand road and turns left into the road car A is coming down, cutting across A's path, and A is on B's right, so B gives way. Car A goes straight with nothing on its right, and car C turns left into its own near lane, so B moves last.
Signal my intention before acting and see that the road is clear before changing direction
Signal your intention first, then satisfy yourself the road is clear, then change direction. Every change of direction is signalled, left or right, and the signal announces what you intend; it does not give you the right to move.
Weight restriction
The blue round sign marked 5t is a weight restriction: no vehicle heavier than 5 tonnes may pass. It sets nothing about speed, so a car goes through while a loaded lorry has to find another route.
Vehicles should give precedence to all cross traffic
This is the GIVE WAY sign, the red round sign with the yellow triangle. It puts you behind everything crossing in front of you, from the left and the right alike, and you move off only once the crossing is clear.
Five vehicle lengths
One vehicle length for every 15 km/h. At 75 km/h that comes to five lengths, and closing up to four leaves you without the room to stop if the vehicle in front brakes hard.
Car A
The two roads feed into one here. Car A comes down the right hand road with car B approaching from A's right, and traffic from the right has precedence, so A waits and lets B in. Car C is coming up the far side and crosses nobody, so A moves last.
Car C
The GIVE WAY sign stands beside car C where the road C is coming up meets the others, so C is the one that gives way. Car B is coming down the left hand road and car A is running away up the right hand road, and C waits before joining them.
Turn at all
A lane marked straight ahead is a lane you may only go straight ahead in, so you may not turn out of it at all, however carefully you indicate or check. The drivers around you are entitled to expect the lane to do what it is painted to do.
Overtake slow moving vehicles
Overtaking on a bridge is forbidden. The road narrows there, there is nowhere to pull back in, and you cannot see what is coming until you are on it. Slowing down and looking ahead is exactly what you should be doing.
Do not exceed the stated speed
A speed restriction sign gives the maximum. You may drive at that speed or under it, never over it, and it holds whether or not there is a police officer anywhere near.
Slow down, check the rear view mirror and stop
Slow down, look in the rear view mirror to see what is behind you, then pull over and stop. The driver following is the one you are about to surprise, so look before you brake, not after.
Look both sides and cross
Open booms mean no train has been signalled, but the crossing is still a crossing. Look both ways yourself and cross without hesitating on the rails. The booms are a control, not a guarantee that the line is clear.
Keep the vehicle stationary
The parking brake holds a stopped vehicle where it stands, on the level as much as on a slope. It is not a way of slowing down; the foot brake does that.
Wait patiently and proceed when appropriate
At a pedestrian crossing the pedestrian goes first. Wait without fuss and move off once the crossing is clear. Waving people over or hooting them across hands your decision to someone who cannot see the traffic behind you.