Driving questions

Question 1

When can you overtake on the left

Answer 1

when the driver in front of you is turning right, when you intend to turn left, when the vehicles in the lane on your right are moving slower than the vehicles in your lane in queuing traffic

Question 2

At a junction with roads of equal importance to whom should you give way ?

Answer 2

Give way to traffic on the right and traffic already turning.

Question 3

Why is a STOP sign octagonal and a YIELD sign triangular (inverted) ?

Answer 3

To help drivers distinguish between the two in snowy conditions.

Question 4

What position would you take up for a right turn at the end of a one way street

Answer 4

You would take up position in the extreme right hand lane

Question 5

What do white zig-zag lines on the road mean?

Answer 5

A zebra crossing is ahead, no overtaking and no parking.

Question 6

How would you know a zebra crossing at night

Answer 6

By the yellow flashing beacons

Question 7

What does the island in the the center of a pedestrian crossing mean

Answer 7

Each side of the island is a separate crossing

Question 8

Outline the restrictions in relation to the use of your horn?

Answer 8

In a built up area, you cannot use your horn between the hours of 11:30 pm and 7am except in the case of an emergency

Question 9

when driving at night when should you dip your headlights?

Answer 9

You should dip your headlights when:
A)You’re meeting on coming traffic.
B) You’re following close behind another vehicle.
C) You’re on continuously well lit roads.
D)At the beginning and of lighting up hours i.e dawn and dusk.
E) When you’re driving in fog or snow.
F) When you’re approaching a junction.

Question 10

What should you do if you are dazzled by the lights of an oncoming vehicle?

Answer 10

You should slow down and stop if necessary.

Question 11

What is a clearway

Answer 11

An area in which stopping and parking is prohibited,(except by buses or taxis) for a period indicated on the clearway signpost.

Question 12

What does a broken yellow line mean

Answer 12

A broken yellow line signifies the edge of the roadway, also known as a hard shoulder.

Question 13

What does a single continuous yellow line mean

Answer 13

A single yellow line signifies parking is prohibited at certain times,(generally during working hours)

Question 14

What does a double yellow line mean

Answer 14

No parking at anytime

Question 15

What is the legal parking distance from the kerb

Answer 15

The legal parking distance is 45 cm or 1.5 ft

Question 16

How close to a junction can you park

Answer 16

You are permitted to park 5 meters from a junction

Question 17

How close to a junction can you park ?

Answer 17

You are permitted to park 5 meters from a junction.

Question 18

Where should you not park

Answer 18

You should never park near a bend, the brow of a hill, a humpback bridge, at a continuous white line, where your vehicle would obstruct a sign or entrance.

Question 19

Where should you not overtake ?

Answer 19

You should never overtake at a bend,
at a junction
the brow of a hill
a humpback bridge,
at a continuous white line or anywhere your view of oncoming traffic is restricted.

Question 20

What is the safe distance to drive from the car in front of you?

Answer 20

You should allow 1 meter for each km per hour you are travelling. Double that for wet roads, four times that for icy roads or observe the 2 second rule

Question 21

If you saw a red triangle on the road what would it mean?

Answer 21

That there is an obstruction on the road ahead

Question 21

AT a junction when traffic lights are not working to whom would you give right of way

Answer 21

You should stop if you can do so SAFELY at the stop line.

Question 22

Name 3 people in authority for whom you must stop

Answer 22

A Garda
A school warden or a person in charge of animals.

Question 23

Describe the road markings for NO ENTRY

Answer 23

A continuous white line with broken line behind it

Question 24

When can you cross a continuous white line

Answer 24

You can cross the line in order to avoid an obstruction, for access, or if there is a broken white line on your side of the continuous white line

Question 25

What is the national general speed limit?
B) What is the motorway speed limit?
C) What is the acceptable tyre thread depth

Answer 25

A) 100 km per hour for cars
B) 120 km per hour
C) 1.6 mm Min

Question 26

What rules apply to a yellow box junction

Answer 26

You must not enter a yellow box unless your way ahead is clear.
The only exception being if turning right,
Then you can enter and wait in the box so long as long as you are not obstructing other traffic.

Question 27

If there is two parallel lines in the center of the road, one continuous and one broken, which one would you obey

Answer 27

You should always obey the line nearest you

Question 28

What do 2 broken parallel lines in the center of the road mean?

Answer 28

There will be one or 2 continuous white lines ahead

Question 29

What does a broken white line in the center of the road mean

Answer 29

You may overtake if it is safe to do so

Question 30

What do white diagonal lines in the center of the road mean?

Answer 30

You should treat them like a traffic island and not enter the space between the lines.

Question 31

What is Aquaplaning

Answer 31

Aquaplaning is when a film of water builds up between the tyres and the road and one’s steering and barking is affected