Core Flashcards
You must turn your vehicle headlights on when visibility is less than how many metres?
100 metres.
A vehicle should not send out visible smoke for more than how many seconds?
10 seconds.
Which of your vehicle’s lights should you have on if you are driving in fog?
Dipped headlights.
What is the least distance of clear road you MUST have in front of you when you have finished passing another vehicle?
100 metres.
If anybody is hurt in a crash, the driver must tell a police officer as soon as possible but within how many hours?
24 hours.
Correction from earlier – 24 hours, not 60 minutes.
To help you from being blinded by the headlights of an oncoming vehicle, what should you do?
Look to the left-hand side of the road and avoid looking directly into the lights.
You must check that there is space for your vehicle on the other side before going over a railway level crossing. True or False?
True.
What must you do when you hear a siren or see red flashing lights from an ambulance or fire engine?
Pull over and let it pass; stop if necessary.
You are waiting at a railway level crossing and the red lights continue to flash after the train has passed. What should you do?
Stay stopped until the red lights stop flashing.
For the purpose of applying the give way rule, entranceways into public car parks should be treated as what?
Intersections.
What rule should you use to judge a safe following distance in wet or frosty conditions?
The 4-second rule.
What is the purpose of the 2-second rule?
To maintain a safe following distance in normal driving conditions.
When coming to a pedestrian crossing without a raised traffic island, what must you do?
Stop and give way to any pedestrians on the crossing.
When coming to a pedestrian crossing with a raised traffic island, what must you do?
Give way to pedestrians on your half of the crossing.
When driving on a road with lanes, you must be able to stop in half the length of clear road you can see in front of you. True or False?
True.
When should you apply the 4-second rule?
In wet or frosty conditions.
What should you do when you come up to a one-lane bridge?
Give way if another vehicle is approaching from the opposite direction.
When are you allowed to pass another vehicle?
When it is safe and legal to do so.
What does the legal definition of a road include?
Any area intended for the passage of vehicles or pedestrians.
Directions from a police officer overrule traffic signals, road signs and give way rules at an intersection. True or False?
True.
You are turning right at traffic signals showing a red arrow pointing to the right. What should you do?
Stop and wait until the arrow turns green.
What does one or more yellow lights flashing at traffic signals mean?
The lights are about to change – proceed with caution.
At night, when must you dip your vehicle’s headlights?
When another vehicle is coming towards you or when following another vehicle closely.
What is the speed limit for vehicles passing a school bus that has stopped to let children on or off?
20 km/h.
