Driving tests

All the questions in the Core category of the Road Code for Car are listed below. Click on any of the questions to view the possible answers, the correct answer and any supporting information to explain it.

• Who can require you to undergo a breath screening test?
• You must turn your vehicle headlights on when visibility is less than:
• On the road, a vehicle should not send out visible smoke for more than:
• Which of your vehicle's lights should you turn on if you are driving in fog?
• What is the least distance of clear road you MUST have in front of you when you have finished passing another vehicle?
• If anybody is hurt in a crash, the driver must tell a police officer as soon as possible but within how many hours?
• To help you from being blinded by the headlights of an oncoming vehicle, what should you do?
• If two vehicles are facing Give Way signs which vehicle gives way?
• When driving across a railway level crossing you must check that there is space for your vehicle on the other side of the line. True or false?
• What must you do when you hear a siren or see red flashing lights from an ambulance or fire engine?
• If the red lights continue to flash at a railway level crossing after the train has passed, what should you do?
• For the purpose of applying the Give Way rule, how should an entrance way into a public car park be treated?
• What rule should you use to judge a safe following distance in wet or frosty conditions if driving a car?
• When approaching a pedestrian crossing without a raised traffic island, what must you do?
• When coming to a pedestrian crossing with a raised traffic island in the middle, what must you do?
• What is a courtesy crossing?
• When must you turn your vehicle headlights on?
• When driving at night 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?
• When should you apply the four-second rule?
• What should you do when you come up to a one-lane bridge?
• How long should you signal for before passing another vehicle?
• What is the legal definition of a road?
• If you're caught driving while disqualified, can a police officer impound your car on the spot?
• At an intersection what do a police officer's directions overrule?
• You are turning right at traffic signals showing a red arrow pointing to the right. What should you do?
• What does one or more yellow lights flashing at traffic signals mean?
• What is the speed limit for vehicles passing a school bus that has stopped to let children on or off?
• What must you do if you want to turn right at traffic signals where a green light is showing?
• What is the speed limit from the time you pass an Accident or Crash sign until you have passed the crash site?
• When coming up to a roundabout you must give way to all vehicles that will cross your path from your left. Correct or incorrect?
• As the holder of any class of driver licence, are you required to carry your licence at all times when driving?
• When must you not pass a vehicle on its left at an intersection?
• What does 'speed limit' mean?
• If you are turning left at an intersection, you must give way to all vehicles coming towards you that are turning right. True or false?
• If you are going straight through a roundabout, don't signal as you come up to the roundabout, only signal left as you pass the exit before the one you wish to take. True or false?
• How many standard drinks can you have before driving if you are under 20 years old?
• When can you use the horn on your vehicle? Select all that apply.
• When does a police officer have the power to arrest you? Select all that apply.
• What must you do when you see blue and red flashing lights behind you?
• Who may legally require you to give a blood sample?
• What must you do when red lights are flashing at a railway level crossing?
• What must you do before you turn to the right on a straight road? Select all that apply.
• When you are turning to the right:
• What colour is the line painted on a sealed road at a Give Way sign?
• What does this marking mean?
• What does it mean if yellow traffic signals are flashing?
• What is the purpose of the two-second rule?
• When are you allowed to pass another moving vehicle to its right?
• When are you allowed to pass another vehicle to its left? Select all that apply.
• At night, when MUST you always dip the (high beam) headlights on your vehicle? Select all that apply.
• When driving at night, which vehicle lights should you turn on?
• When must you signal that you are turning to the right?
• When MUST you always dip the headlights on your vehicle? Select all that apply.
• If you can do so safely, you may pass on the left at an intersection if:
• What do you call the area of road you drive on?
• What's this type of road called?
• When are you allowed to pass another vehicle?

Use these questions as a study resource. To take the tests, click on the car, motorbike or truck links at the top of the page and choose either a random set of questions, or specific categories.