Test Day Faqs
- When you want to go straight ahead and the driver in front of you has moved out and signalled that they intend to turn right.
- When you have signalled that you intend to turn left.
- When traffic in both lanes is moving slowly and traffic in the left-hand lane is moving more quickly than the traffic in the right-hand lane.
You must stay to the left and must not cross the line unless it is for access or in an emergency.
The road contains a hard shoulder which is normally only for pedestrians and cyclists but may be used briefly to allow faster traffic to overtake if it is safe to do so.
These alert the driver to continuous white lines a short distance ahead. You must not cross them unless it is safe to do so.
No parking during certain hours.
No parking at any time.
Near a bend, the brow of a hill, a hump back bridge, opposite a single or continuous white line, where your vehicle would obstruct a sign, at an entrance, opposite another vehicle on a narrow road, a taxi rank, near a junction, at a bus stop, on a footpath.
15 metres before or 5 metres after.
You must stop at the sign.
You must obey the line that is nearest you.
A continuous and a broken white line with the words “NO ENTRY.”
- When meeting other traffic.
- When following close behind another vehicle.
- On continuously lit roads.
- In snow, fog, dusk/dawn.
- Generally, to avoid inconveniencing other traffic.
- Slow down and stop if necessary.
- Always watch for pedestrians or cyclists on the side of the road.
- If the dazzle is from an oncoming vehicle, avoid it by looking towards the left verge until the vehicle has passed.
- If the dazzle is from a vehicle behind you and reflected in your mirror, operate the night-driving mode on your mirror.
- Do not use a horn in a built-up area between 11:30 pm and 7:00 am, unless there is a traffic emergency.
- Near a bend, the brow of a hill, a humpback bridge, a continuous white line, where your vehicle would obstruct a sign, at an entrance, opposite another vehicle on a narrow road, a taxi rank.
- Green, Amber, Red.
- You must not enter a yellow box junction unless you can clear it without stopping. An exception is when you want to turn right. You may enter while waiting for a gap in traffic coming from the opposite direction as long as doing so would not block other traffic that has priority.
- A pelican crossing is controlled by lights. A zebra crossing has flashing orange beacons and is controlled by the presence of pedestrians.
- Zebra crossings with a central island should be treated as two separate crossings.
- No overtaking or parking.
- a) 100 km/h
- b) 120 km/h
- On motorways, exits to left only, no traffic lights, no junctions, no roundabouts, 120 km/h speed limits may apply.
- You would normally use lane 1 or the left-hand driving lane, unless road markings indicate otherwise.
- Usually 50 km/h unless special speed limits apply to designated roads and zones. Special speed limits are generally 30 km/h or 60 km/h.
- Vehicles on the road must have a minimum tread depth of 1.6 mm over their main treads.
- A with-flow bus lane runs in the same direction as the traffic beside it and can be used by bicyclists and taxis as well as buses and is reserved during the times shown on the information plate.
- A contra-flow bus lane is reserved only for buses, which means no other traffic may use it day or night.
- Over 5 metres.
- When turning right from a one-way street, drive as close as you can to the right-hand side.
- Hatched markings are diagonal or chevron markings on the road that can be used for merging traffic, for diverging traffic and for separating traffic travelling in opposite directions (central median islands). If you see these markings on the road you must not enter the area they cover.
- If you see a Yield sign on the road, usually near a junction or roundabout, you must give way to traffic on a major road ahead or on the roundabout and you must not proceed unless it is safe to do so.
- An arrow light, green or amber, you may proceed in the direction of the arrow if it is safe to do so.
