Chapter 2 - Statutory Provisions Flashcards
What information can be found on a driving licence?
- Passport Photo
- BSN number
- Name
- Place of residence
- Vehicle categories covered by your licence
Note - Once expired or difficult to read you need to apply for a new licence.
What are category A driving licences for?
Valid for…
- Two wheel motor vehicles
- Two-wheel motor vehicles with sidecars
- Two wheel motor vehicles with trailers
- Motorised Three-wheelers
What are the three different types of category A licences?
- Category A1
- Category A2
- Category A3
What is the driving licence AM?
Driving licence AM - Allows you to drive vehicles of the moped type.
E.g. Motor-assisted bicycles, mopeds, scooters, motorised carrier tricycles and micro cars.
If you complete a driving licence A or B you are not required to do a AM licence.
What is Driving Licence B? What are the conditions that apply to this licences?
Driving Licence B - Entitles you to drive passenger cars and light vans
What is Driving Licence C?
Driving Licence C - Allows you to drive motor vehicles execept the vehicles of category D.
Characteristics:
- Vehicles + load > 3500Kg
- Includes trailers and semitrailers pulled by these vehicles –> not exceed maximum mass of 750Kg.
Licence C1 - allows you to drive vehicles up to 7500Kg.
What is driving Licence D?
Driving Licence D
Characteristics
- Allows you to drive vehicles equipped for the transport of more than 8 people (not including driver).
- Trailers/semi-trailers - maximum mass does not exceed 750kg
- Holders of D1 may only drive buses with maximum length of 8 meters that carry no more than 16 passengers.
What is Driving Licence E?
Driving Licence E - Allows drivers that hold licences B, C or D to drive other trailers or semi-trailers that are not allowed with their respective licence alone.
If you wear glasses or contacts, is this included on your licence?
Yes!
You will not be able to drive without them.
How long will your licence remain valid?
- Younger than 65 - Valid for 10 years
- People aged older than 70 - valid for five years
Note - from the age of 75 you need a medical examination to establish if you are healthy to drive.
What happens when you lose your licence?
Fill in a decleration of loss when applying for a new or replacement driving licence at the district office
What is the vehicle registration card?
New vehicles registered on and after the 1st of January 2014 and vehicles that change ownership on and after 1st of January 2014 have a registration certificate.
Contains details about the vehicle and the person to whom the vehicle is registered to.
Registration code is important for changes of onwership, registration suspension and if the vehicle is demolished/exported.
What is a Paper vehicle registration certificate?
Vehicles that do not have a registration card, have a paper vehicle registration certificate which contains…
- Part IA - Vehicle Certificate - Techical data of vehicle (registration number, make, type, chassis no., mass, etc.)
- Part IB - Registration Vehicle - Name, address and date of birth of the owner - Valid from purchase to sale of vehicle.
- Part II - Certificate of transfer - Certificate of transfer if the vehicle is sold.
Definition of local traffic?
Drivers whose destination is in the immediate vicinity, as displayed on a sign is closed to certain drivers, but open to drivers who can only reach their destination via this road
Definition of drivers?
All road users except pedestrians
Definition of Drivers of motor vehicles?
Everyone who drives a motor vehicle himself, gives driving lessons or conducts a test.
Definition of a military convoy?
A number of militery vehicles riding in convoy - they display the customary identification marks and are all under command of a commander.
What are the customary marks of a military convoy?
- All vehicles are driven with their lights on
- First vehicle has to two blue flags at the front and a blue headlight on the front right side.
- All of the vehicles in the middle of the convoy have one blue flag and a blue headlight on the front right side.
- The last vehicle in the convoy has one green flag and a green headlight on the front right hand side.
Definition of traffic?
All road users
Definition of pedestrians?
Everyone using the road by foot - Includes people that are taking a small vehicle along
The rules for pedestrians also apply to:
- People pushing a motorscycle, moped, motorised bicycle or bicycle.
- People on roller skates, skateboard –> they must use the cycle path, cycle\moped lane, footpath or pavement –> only used road in absence of the above.
- Drivers of mobility vehicles if the use the footpath of pavement - they may not drive faster than 6 km/h
Definition of road users?
Everyone using the road - Pedestrians, cyclists, rider of motor-assisted bicycles, moped, vehicle drivers for disabled people, microcars, motor vehicles and tram.
Also people riding a horse, or livestock.
Definition of a car trailer?
Car Trailer - Vehicle/semi-trailer pulled by another vehicle
Note - a towed motor vehicle is also considered a trailer
Definition of a bus?
Motor vehicle equipped for the transport of more than 8 people, not including the driver.
Defintion of Moped?
Vehicle on two or three wheels with a combustion engine or an electric motor.
Characteristics:
- Combustion engine - cylinder capacity must not exceed 50cm3
- Electric Motor - Power may not exceed 4 kW
- Speed must not exceed 45 km/h
- Motorised rear carrier tricycle is also a moped
- Also applies to fast bicycles with pedal assistance
Yellow number plate at the back.







