Driving test

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

At a STOP sign which has no white line where would you stop?

Answer 3

You should come to a halt at the STOP sign itself.

Question 4

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

Answer 4

To help drivers distinguish between the two in snowy conditions.

Question 5

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

Answer 5

You would take up position in the extreme right hand lane.

Question 6

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

Answer 6

A Zebra Crossing is ahead, no overtaking and no parking.

Question 7

How would you know a Zebra crossing at night?

Answer 7

By the yellow flashing beacons.

Question 8

What does the island in the centre of a pedestrian crossing mean?

Answer 8

Each side of the island is a separate crossing.

Question 9

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

Answer 9

In a built up area, you cannot use your horn between the hours of 11.30p.m. and 7.00a.m, except in the case of an emergency.

Question 10

When driving at night when should you dip your headlights?

Answer 10

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 end 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 11

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

Answer 11

You should slow down and stop if necessary.

Question 12

What is a Clearway?

Answer 12

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

Question 13

What does a broken yellow line mean?

Answer 13

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

Question 14

What does a single continuous yellow line mean?

Answer 14

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

Question 15

What does a double yellow line mean?

Answer 15

No parking at anytime.

Question 16

What is the legal parking distance from the Kerb?

Answer 16

The legal parking distance is 45 centimeters, or 1.5 Ft.

Question 17

How close to a junction can you park?

Answer 17

You are permitted to park 5 Metres 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, 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 metre for each Kilometer Per hour you are travelling. Double that for wet roads, four times that for icy roads or observe the ” two 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 22

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

Answer 22

You should give way to traffic on the right and traffic already turning.

Question 23

What does a green traffic light mean?

Answer 23

Go, providing the junction is clear.

Question 24

What does an amber traffic light mean?

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Name three people in authority for whom you must stop?

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Describe the road markings for NO ENTRY?

Answer 26

A continuous white line with a broken line behind it.

Question 27

When can you cross a continuous white line?

Answer 27

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 28

What is the national general speed limit? (b) What is the Motorway speed limit? (c) What is the acceptable tyre thread depth?

Answer 28

(a) 100 K.P.H. for cars. (b) 120 K.P.H. (c) 1.6mm Min.

Question 29

What rules apply to a Yellow Box junction?

Answer 29

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 you are not obstructing other traffic.

Question 30

If there are two parallel lines in the centre of the road, one continuous and one broken, which one would you obey?

Answer 30

You should always obey the line nearest you.

Question 31

What do two broken parallel lines in the centre of the road mean?

Answer 31

There will be one or two continuous white lines ahead.

Question 32

What does a broken white line in the centre of the road mean?

Answer 32

You may overtake if it is safe to do so.

Question 33

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

Answer 33

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

Question 34

What is Aquaplaning?

Answer 34

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