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Rules of the road: K53 questions and answers

Speed, overtaking, right of way, parking, lights, licences, alcohol and more, from the National Road Traffic Act and its Regulations.

These are our own questions, written from the law and checked against it, not the testing centre’s. Each shows its three answers; tap “Show the answer” for the right one, why, and the regulation or sign it comes from.

Speed

Question 1

What is the highest speed allowed for a goods vehicle with a gross vehicle mass of more than 9 000 kg?

  1. A: 60 km/h
  2. B: 80 km/h
  3. C: 100 km/h
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B: 80 km/h

Goods vehicles heavier than 9 000 kg (GVM) may not go faster than 80 km/h, even on a freeway.

Source: Regulation 293(1)(a)(i)

Question 2 · For code 3

Your goods vehicle has a gross vehicle mass of 7 000 kg and tows a trailer with a gross vehicle mass of 3 000 kg. What is your speed limit on a freeway?

  1. A: 80 km/h
  2. B: 100 km/h
  3. C: 120 km/h
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A: 80 km/h

Add up the gross vehicle masses of the goods vehicle and its trailers: here 10 000 kg. Over 9 000 kg, you may not go faster than 80 km/h.

Source: Regulation 293(1)(a)(ii)

Overtaking and lanes

Question 3

You want to pass a bus that has stopped at a bus stop. What must you do?

  1. A: Hoot to warn the passengers
  2. B: Pass with extra care for people getting on or off
  3. C: Speed up to get past before it moves
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B: Pass with extra care for people getting on or off

Take special care for people who are getting on or off the bus, or walking to or from it.

Source: Regulation 298(5)

Question 4

On a two-way road, on which side must you normally drive?

  1. A: The left side of the roadway
  2. B: In the middle of the road
  3. C: Either side, as long as you are careful
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A: The left side of the roadway

Keep to the left half of the roadway. You may cross into the right half only for as long as it takes to do so safely, for example to pass.

Source: Regulation 296(1)

Question 5

A sign reserves a lane for buses. During its hours, when may you drive a car in it?

  1. A: Whenever the lane is empty
  2. B: Only in set cases, such as to turn at the next intersection or get into a driveway
  3. C: Never, even in an emergency
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B: Only in set cases, such as to turn at the next intersection or get into a driveway

Other vehicles may use a dedicated lane only to enter or leave premises or a road, to turn at the next intersection or ramp, or when a sign or officer directs.

Source: Regulation 296A(1)

Turning and right of way

Question 6

You turn right from a two-way road. Where may you cut across the right half of the road you are leaving or entering?

  1. A: Anywhere, to save time
  2. B: Only inside the intersection itself
  3. C: Nowhere: you must stop and reverse in
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B: Only inside the intersection itself

When turning right at an intersection, do not move onto the right half of either road except inside the intersection itself.

Source: Regulation 302(2)(a)(ii)

Question 7

What colour are the flashing lights an ambulance, fire engine or rescue vehicle may have?

  1. A: Blue
  2. B: Red
  3. C: Green
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B: Red

Ambulances, fire-fighting and rescue vehicles may have intermittently flashing red lights.

Source: Regulation 176(2)

Signals

Question 8

A driver holds the right arm out with the forearm pointing up and the palm forward. What does this mean?

  1. A: I am going to turn left
  2. B: I am going to stop or slow down suddenly
  3. C: Go ahead and overtake
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B: I am going to stop or slow down suddenly

The forearm held upright, palm forward, signals that the driver is about to stop or slow down suddenly.

Source: Regulation 327

Question 9

When may you switch on your hazard lights?

  1. A: To thank another driver for letting you in
  2. B: While you stop for a moment where stopping isn’t allowed
  3. C: Only when stopped in a dangerous position, or moving in an emergency
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C: Only when stopped in a dangerous position, or moving in an emergency

You may switch on all your indicators at once only when your vehicle is stationary in a dangerous position, or moving in an emergency. Using them at any other time is not allowed.

Source: Regulation 198(6)

Stopping and parking

Question 10

May you stop on a railway level crossing, inside the railway reserve?

  1. A: Yes, if no train is in sight
  2. B: No
  3. C: Yes, to let a passenger out
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B: No

Stopping within the railway reserve at a level crossing is not allowed.

Source: Regulation 304(g)

Question 11

You park on the left side of a two-way road in an urban area. How far into the roadway may your left wheels be?

  1. A: Not more than 450 mm
  2. B: Not more than 1 m
  3. C: Any distance, if your parking lights are on
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A: Not more than 450 mm

Park close to the edge: the outside of your left wheels may be no more than 450 mm into the roadway.

Source: Regulation 305(4)(d)(i)

Question 12

May you park with two wheels up on the sidewalk to leave more room in the road?

  1. A: Yes, it is good manners
  2. B: Yes, in a narrow street
  3. C: No
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C: No

You may not park so that your vehicle encroaches on the sidewalk.

Source: Regulation 305(1)(e)

Question 13

Your car was removed as abandoned, and the authority has asked you to collect it and pay the costs. If you don’t, after how many days may it be sold?

  1. A: 7 days
  2. B: 14 days
  3. C: 3 months
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B: 14 days

If you are traced as the owner of a removed vehicle but don’t collect it and pay the costs within 14 days of being asked, the authority may sell it.

Source: Regulation 320(3)(a)

Lights

Question 14

Your dipped beam must let you see people and objects at least how far ahead?

  1. A: 45 m
  2. B: 100 m
  3. C: 150 m
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A: 45 m

Dipped beam must light the road well enough to see a person, vehicle or object at least 45 m ahead.

Source: Regulation 161(4)(a)

Question 15

May you fit a device that makes your headlamps flash on and off as you drive?

  1. A: Yes, to warn other drivers
  2. B: No, only emergency, traffic and police vehicles may have one
  3. C: Yes, outside town
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B: No, only emergency, traffic and police vehicles may have one

Lamps must give a steady light. Only ambulances, rescue and fire vehicles, and traffic and police vehicles on duty, may have a device that flashes the headlamps.

Source: Regulation 183

Question 16

A floodlight on a farm next to the road shines straight into drivers’ eyes. Is that allowed?

  1. A: Yes, because it is on private property
  2. B: No, a light seen from a public road may not endanger public safety
  3. C: Yes, if it is switched off by midnight
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B: No, a light seen from a public road may not endanger public safety

No one may use a lamp or lighting device so that its visibility from a public road endangers public safety. The local authority may order it to be changed or removed.

Source: Regulation 337(1) and (5)

Your vehicle and its fitness

Question 17

At least how much light must the side and rear windows of a car let through, if they are tinted?

  1. A: 10%
  2. B: 70%
  3. C: 35%
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C: 35%

Windows other than the windscreen must let through at least 35% of visible light.

Source: Regulation 202(3)(a)(ii)

Question 18

May you fit a siren to your car?

  1. A: Yes, to clear the way in traffic
  2. B: No, apart from a siren that is part of an anti-theft alarm
  3. C: Yes, if it is only used in emergencies
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B: No, apart from a siren that is part of an anti-theft alarm

Sirens and devices with a rising and falling tone are for emergency and traffic vehicles. A private car may only have a siren as part of an anti-theft alarm.

Source: Regulation 201(1)(c) and (d)

Question 19 · For code 2 and code 3

Exhaust fumes are leaking into your car. May you drive it on a public road?

  1. A: No, exhaust gas may not leak into the cab or passenger compartment
  2. B: Yes, with the windows open
  3. C: Yes, if the leak is small
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A: No, exhaust gas may not leak into the cab or passenger compartment

The exhaust must be in good working order, and placed and kept so that no exhaust gas or smoke leaks into the driver’s cab or the passenger compartment.

Source: Regulation 209(d)

Question 20

At a roadblock, a traffic officer wants to test your car’s brakes and lights. May the officer do so?

  1. A: Only at a testing station, by appointment
  2. B: Yes, an officer may inspect and test any part of a vehicle
  3. C: Only if you agree to it
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B: Yes, an officer may inspect and test any part of a vehicle

A traffic officer may inspect and test any part of your vehicle and its equipment, or have a competent person do it, to see whether it complies with the Act.

Source: Act s3I(1)(c)

Question 21

Your load puts more mass on one wheel than its tyre is rated to carry. May you drive like that?

  1. A: Yes, if the vehicle’s GVM isn’t exceeded
  2. B: Yes, if you drive slowly and carefully
  3. C: No, each tyre may carry only up to its rated load
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C: No, each tyre may carry only up to its rated load

No wheel may carry more than its tyre is rated for, in the SABS 1550 standard or by the tyre’s maker, even if the vehicle as a whole is within its GVM.

Source: Regulation 238(1)

Question 22

May a passer-by pick up the warning triangle you put out for your breakdown?

  1. A: Yes, if it is in the way
  2. B: Yes, to return it to you later
  3. C: No, not without lawful cause
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C: No, not without lawful cause

No one may remove or tamper with an emergency warning sign that is being displayed, without lawful cause.

Source: Regulation 214(3)

Registration and number plates

Question 23

The licence renewal notice for your car never arrived in the post. What does the law say?

  1. A: You must still renew the licence on time
  2. B: You need not renew until the notice arrives
  3. C: The licence is extended by three months
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A: You must still renew the licence on time

The province may post you a licence renewal notice, but if it doesn’t reach you, you are still responsible for licensing your car on time.

Source: Regulation 30(1)(b)

Question 24

Your car isn’t licensed, and you need to drive it to a workshop for repairs. Which document can let you do that?

  1. A: A special permit
  2. B: A roadworthy certificate
  3. C: A letter from the workshop
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A: A special permit

A special permit lets an unlicensed vehicle be driven on a public road to be tested, to go to or from repairs, to reach an examiner of vehicles or a weighbridge, or to be repossessed.

Source: Regulation 84(1)(b)

Question 25

You own your car outright and find that its engine number has been ground off. What must you do?

  1. A: Take the car to the South African Police Service
  2. B: Stamp a number on it yourself
  3. C: Nothing, as long as the chassis number is there
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A: Take the car to the South African Police Service

If a vehicle’s chassis or engine number is missing, altered, defaced or obliterated, its title holder must take it to the South African Police Service, which issues a new number.

Source: Regulation 56(3) and (4)

Question 26

At most, how high above the ground may a car’s number plate be fixed?

  1. A: 1 m
  2. B: 1.5 m
  3. C: 2 m
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B: 1.5 m

A number plate may be fixed no higher than 1.5 m above the ground. Only a double-deck bus with its engine at the back may go up to 1.9 m.

Source: Regulation 35(8)

Question 27

Your licensed car stands at home and isn’t being used. May you take its number plates off?

  1. A: No, they must stay on, except while removed for repairs
  2. B: Yes, while the car isn’t driven
  3. C: Yes, if you keep them in the car
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A: No, they must stay on, except while removed for repairs

From the day a vehicle is licensed, its owner must keep its number plates fixed to it, whether or not it is driven on a public road. They may come off only for repairs, while it isn’t driven.

Source: Regulation 35(5)

Loads, towing and mass

Question 28

At night, your load sticks out more than 150 mm beyond the side. How must you mark it?

  1. A: With red flags only
  2. B: With a white reflector or lamp at the front of the overhang and a red one at the back
  3. C: With your hazard lights
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B: With a white reflector or lamp at the front of the overhang and a red one at the back

At night or in poor visibility, show a white reflector or white light at the front edge of the overhang and a red one at its rear edge.

Source: Regulation 229(1)(a)

Question 29 · For code 2 and code 3

On an axle with two tyres, how much more may one wheel carry than the other?

  1. A: At most 10% more
  2. B: At most 25% more
  3. C: Any amount, within the axle’s limit
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A: At most 10% more

Spread the load evenly from side to side: on an axle with two tyres, one wheel may carry at most 10% more than the other.

Source: Regulation 242(a)

Question 30

A car is being towed with its front wheels on the road. Who must steer it?

  1. A: Anyone over 16
  2. B: A person with a driving licence for that class of vehicle
  3. C: Nobody: the steering must be locked
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B: A person with a driving licence for that class of vehicle

The steering of a towed vehicle must be controlled by someone licensed to drive that class of vehicle.

Source: Regulation 330(c)

Question 31

A breakdown vehicle tows your car away. What must be fitted to your car while it is being towed?

  1. A: Nothing: the breakdown vehicle’s lamps are enough
  2. B: A temporary set of rear lamps, stop lamps and indicators, linked to the breakdown vehicle’s
  3. C: A flashing amber light on its roof
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B: A temporary set of rear lamps, stop lamps and indicators, linked to the breakdown vehicle’s

A vehicle towed by a breakdown vehicle must have a separate temporary set of rear lamps, and of stop lamps and direction indicators that work together with the breakdown vehicle’s own.

Source: Regulation 168(5) · Regulation 169(2) · Regulation 198(10)

Question 32 · For code 2 and code 3

Which of these is a tractor, in law?

  1. A: A vehicle built mainly to draw others, with a GCM of up to 24 000 kg
  2. B: Any vehicle used for farm work, such as a combine harvester
  3. C: A truck-tractor that draws semi-trailers
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A: A vehicle built mainly to draw others, with a GCM of up to 24 000 kg

A tractor is a motor vehicle designed or adapted mainly to draw other vehicles, with a gross combination mass of no more than 24 000 kg. The definition leaves out truck-tractors, and above 24 000 kg it is a haulage tractor.

Source: Act s1 ("tractor" and "haulage tractor")

Question 33 · For code 3

What is the most a single axle with four wheels (dual wheels) on an ordinary truck may carry on a public road?

  1. A: 9 000 kg
  2. B: 7 700 kg
  3. C: 12 000 kg
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A: 9 000 kg

An ordinary axle with four wheels may carry at most 9 000 kg on a public road. The tyres or the manufacturer’s rating may set a lower limit, and some buses and special vehicles are allowed more.

Source: Regulation 240(c)(v) · Regulation 234(2)

You and your passengers

Question 34

Your badly tuned engine blows out thick smoke that a well-kept engine would not. Is that allowed?

  1. A: Yes, if the car is old
  2. B: Yes, outside town
  3. C: No
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C: No

You may not let an engine give off smoke or fumes that it would not give off if it were in good condition.

Source: Regulation 308(1)(k)

Question 35

Which of these people may require you to stop your vehicle on a public road?

  1. A: A traffic officer in uniform
  2. B: A car guard in a reflective bib
  3. C: A tow-truck driver who wants your business
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A: A traffic officer in uniform

A traffic officer in uniform may require the driver of any vehicle to stop, and you must stop when such an officer directs you to.

Source: Act s3I(1)(b) · Regulation 307(a)

Question 36

A metro police officer signals you to pull over. Under the Act, is a metro police officer a traffic officer?

  1. A: Yes, members of the SAPS and municipal police count
  2. B: No, only officers of a traffic department are
  3. C: Only when driving a marked traffic car
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A: Yes, members of the SAPS and municipal police count

The Act’s traffic officers include members of the South African Police Service and of municipal (metro) police services. You must comply with their instructions and directions.

Source: Act s1 ("traffic officer") · Act s3J(1)(a)

Question 37 · For code 2 and code 3

May passengers stand in a minibus taxi?

  1. A: Yes, if all the seats are full
  2. B: No, no one may stand in a minibus or midibus that runs on an operating licence
  3. C: Yes, on short trips
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B: No, no one may stand in a minibus or midibus that runs on an operating licence

No one may be allowed to stand in a minibus or midibus operating on a public transport operating licence.

Source: Regulation 263(4)

Question 38 · For code 2 and code 3

How many emergency exits must a minibus, midibus or bus have, at least?

  1. A: One for every 20 people
  2. B: One for every 12 people
  3. C: One for every 35 people
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B: One for every 12 people

A minibus, midibus or bus needs at least one emergency exit for every 12 people, on a side or at the back. A driver’s door that passengers can reach may count as one.

Source: Regulation 252(1)(b)

Question 39

Who in your car must wear a seatbelt?

  1. A: Only the driver
  2. B: Only people in the front seats
  3. C: Everyone in a seat that has a seatbelt, and the driver must make sure they do
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C: Everyone in a seat that has a seatbelt, and the driver must make sure they do

Every adult in a seat fitted with a seatbelt must wear it, and the driver must make sure everyone in the vehicle does.

Source: Regulation 213(4) and (11)

Question 40

You buy a car seat for your child. What must it have?

  1. A: A certification or approval mark showing it meets SABS 1340
  2. B: A sticker with the shop’s name
  3. C: Nothing special: any child seat will do
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A: A certification or approval mark showing it meets SABS 1340

A child restraint must meet the SABS 1340 standard for child restraining devices and carry a certification or approval mark.

Source: Regulation 213(8)(b)

Question 41

A box falls off your bakkie onto the road. What must you do?

  1. A: Leave it: it is the council’s job
  2. B: Remove it if you safely can: you may not leave an object on the road that could endanger traffic
  3. C: Hoot at drivers to warn them, and drive on
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B: Remove it if you safely can: you may not leave an object on the road that could endanger traffic

A load must be secured so that it cannot fall off, and no one may abandon an object on the road that may endanger or damage traffic.

Source: Regulation 319(2) · Regulation 246(c)

Question 42

What is the heaviest sentence the Act allows for reckless driving?

  1. A: A fine or up to six years in prison
  2. B: A fine of R500
  3. C: A written warning
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A: A fine or up to six years in prison

Reckless driving can bring a fine or up to six years in prison. Negligent driving can bring a fine or up to three years.

Source: Act s89(5)

Alcohol and crashes

Question 43

Is it an offence to drive under the influence of a drug that has a narcotic effect?

  1. A: Yes
  2. B: Only if a doctor did not prescribe it
  3. C: Only at night
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A: Yes

No one may drive, or sit in the driver’s seat with the engine running, while under the influence of alcohol or a drug with a narcotic effect.

Source: Act s65(1)

Question 44

You are involved in a crash in which someone is injured. What must you do?

  1. A: Drive to the nearest police station first
  2. B: Stop immediately, check the injuries and help as far as you can
  3. C: Move your car off the road at once
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B: Stop immediately, check the injuries and help as far as you can

Stop at once, find out how badly anyone is hurt, help as far as you are able, and check the damage.

Source: Act s61(1)(a) to (d)

Question 45

A driver doesn’t stop or help after a crash in which someone is seriously injured. What is the heaviest sentence the Act allows?

  1. A: A fine or up to nine years in prison
  2. B: A fine only
  3. C: Up to one year in prison
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A: A fine or up to nine years in prison

When someone is killed or seriously injured, a driver who doesn’t stop, check the injuries, help or report the crash can get a fine or up to nine years in prison.

Source: Act s89(4)(a) · Act s61(1)

Licences

Question 46

Which learner's licence code covers motorcycles, motor tricycles and quadrucycles?

  1. A: Code 1
  2. B: Code 2
  3. C: Code 3
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A: Code 1

Code 1 is for motorcycles (with or without a side-car), tricycles and quadrucycles.

Source: Regulation 99(1)(a)

Question 47

What must you take with you to apply for a learner’s licence?

  1. A: Your ID, two identical photographs and the fee
  2. B: A letter from a driving school
  3. C: A roadworthy certificate
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A: Your ID, two identical photographs and the fee

Apply at a driving licence testing centre on form LL1, with acceptable identification, two identical recent photographs of your head and shoulders, and the fee.

Source: Regulation 103(1)

Question 48

Can addiction to drugs or alcohol stop a person from holding a licence?

  1. A: No, only a conviction can
  2. B: Yes: a person addicted to narcotic drugs, or to the excessive use of alcohol, is disqualified
  3. C: Only for professional drivers
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B: Yes: a person addicted to narcotic drugs, or to the excessive use of alcohol, is disqualified

A person addicted to a drug with a narcotic effect, or to the excessive use of alcohol, is disqualified from holding a licence.

Source: Act s15(1)(f)

Question 49 · For code 2 and code 3

Which of these, in the five years before you apply, stops you from getting a professional driving permit?

  1. A: A conviction for reckless driving
  2. B: A parking fine
  3. C: Failing your learner’s test once
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A: A conviction for reckless driving

A conviction for drunk driving, driving over the alcohol limit or reckless driving in the five years before you apply rules out a professional driving permit. For categories P and D, so does an offence involving violence.

Source: Regulation 117(c)

Question 50 · For code 2

You want to tow a caravan with a gross vehicle mass of 1 200 kg behind your car. Which licence code do you need?

  1. A: Code B
  2. B: Code C1
  3. C: Code EB
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C: Code EB

Code EB covers a light motor vehicle towing a trailer with a gross vehicle mass over 750 kg. Code B only covers trailers of up to 750 kg.

Source: Regulation 99(4)(a)

Question 51

A court has suspended your driving licence. May you get a new licence while the suspension lasts?

  1. A: Yes, at another testing centre
  2. B: Yes, for a different code
  3. C: No, you are disqualified while it is suspended
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C: No, you are disqualified while it is suspended

While a court or other competent authority has your licence suspended, you are disqualified from obtaining or holding any learner’s or driving licence.

Source: Act s15(1)(c)

Question 52 · For code 3

You have a code 3 learner’s licence and are learning to drive a bus. What must your supervisor hold?

  1. A: Any driving licence, for any vehicle
  2. B: A code 3 learner’s licence, like yours
  3. C: A licence and a professional driving permit for that bus
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C: A licence and a professional driving permit for that bus

You don’t need a professional driving permit while you learn in such a vehicle, as long as your supervisor holds a valid professional driving permit for it, as well as a driving licence for that class of vehicle.

Source: Regulation 115(2)(d) · Regulation 99(2)(a)

Freeways

Question 53

May a motor tricycle use a freeway?

  1. A: No
  2. B: Yes, in the left lane
  3. C: Yes, if it can reach 120 km/h
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A: No

Motor tricycles and quadrucycles are among the vehicles that may not be operated on a freeway.

Source: Regulation 323(1)(d)

Question 54

On a freeway, how may the driver behind you in the right-hand lane show that they want to overtake?

  1. A: By flashing the headlights
  2. B: By hooting again and again
  3. C: By switching on the hazard lights
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A: By flashing the headlights

On a freeway, a driver who wants to overtake you may let you know by flashing the headlights. You must then move to a lane on your left when it is safe.

Source: Regulation 323(6) and (5)

Pedestrians, cyclists and animals

Question 55

How must a pedestrian cross a road, whether at a pedestrian crossing or elsewhere?

  1. A: Without lingering, getting across promptly
  2. B: Slowly, so that drivers can see them
  3. C: Stopping halfway to let cars pass
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A: Without lingering, getting across promptly

A pedestrian crossing a road, at a pedestrian crossing or anywhere else, may not linger on it but must get across promptly.

Source: Regulation 316(4)

Question 56

At night, what must a bicycle’s pedals or spokes have?

  1. A: Yellow or white reflectors or reflective material
  2. B: Red lamps
  3. C: Nothing, if the rider wears light clothes
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A: Yellow or white reflectors or reflective material

From sunset to sunrise, and whenever visibility is under 150 m, a pedal cycle’s pedals, pedal arms or spokes must have yellow or white reflectors or reflective material.

Source: Regulation 192(3)

Question 57

Outside town, how far apart must animal-drawn vehicles keep from one another, except when overtaking?

  1. A: 10 m
  2. B: 50 m
  3. C: 150 m
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C: 150 m

Outside an urban area, an animal-drawn vehicle may not follow another at less than 150 m, except while overtaking or being overtaken.

Source: Regulation 314(6)

Motorcycles

Question 58 · For code 1

How must you sit when you ride a motorcycle?

  1. A: Seated astride, with your feet on the front footrests
  2. B: Side-saddle, if you prefer
  3. C: Standing, on rough roads
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A: Seated astride, with your feet on the front footrests

Ride seated astride the saddle, where the design allows it, with your feet on the front footrests.

Source: Regulation 309(1)

Question 59 · For code 1

What reflector must your motorcycle (without a side-car) have?

  1. A: A white reflector at the back
  2. B: None, as its headlamp is always on
  3. C: A red reflector at the back
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C: A red reflector at the back

A motorcycle without a side-car must have a red reflector at the back. With a side-car, it needs two, one on each side.

Source: Regulation 187(1) and (3)

Question 60 · For code 1

At most, how far may goods on your motorcycle stick out in front of the centre of the front wheel?

  1. A: 300 mm
  2. B: 600 mm
  3. C: 900 mm
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B: 600 mm

Measured from the centre of the front wheel, goods on a motorcycle may stick out at most 600 mm to the front.

Source: Regulation 228

Heavy vehicles

Question 61 · For code 3

Which of these vehicles must have wheel flaps (mud flaps)?

  1. A: A goods vehicle with a GVM over 7 500 kg
  2. B: A car towing a small trailer
  3. C: A bakkie with a GVM of 3 000 kg
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A: A goods vehicle with a GVM over 7 500 kg

Trailers over 3 500 kg, and buses and goods vehicles over 7 500 kg (gross vehicle mass), must have properly maintained wheel flaps. Truck-tractors are exempt.

Source: Regulation 217

Question 62 · For code 3

You drive a goods vehicle with a gross vehicle mass over 3 500 kg. What colour may the identification lamps above its windscreen be?

  1. A: White only
  2. B: Red or blue
  3. C: Green or amber
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C: Green or amber

A bus, or a goods vehicle over 3 500 kg, may have two or more identification lamps above the windscreen, each of no more than 21 watts, giving a green or amber light to the front.

Source: Regulation 176(1)

Question 63 · For code 3

What is a Tremcard?

  1. A: A permit to take a heavy vehicle through a town centre
  2. B: A card showing the truck’s tare, GVM and axle limits
  3. C: A card listing the load’s hazards and emergency information
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C: A card listing the load’s hazards and emergency information

A Tremcard (transport emergency card) lists the hazards of the material being carried and emergency information, for the driver to use in an incident, or for the emergency services.

Source: Regulation 273

Question 64 · For code 3

May a traffic officer demand to see the documents for the dangerous goods your truck carries?

  1. A: No, only a dangerous goods inspector may
  2. B: Only at a weighbridge or testing station
  3. C: Yes, and may also check how much is carried
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C: Yes, and may also check how much is carried

A traffic officer may enter a vehicle suspected of carrying dangerous goods, demand the prescribed documents and information, and determine the quantity or volume of the dangerous goods.

Source: Regulation 283A(1)

Question 65 · For code 3

Where must the operator card be displayed on a vehicle that has no windscreen in front?

  1. A: On its left side, readable from that side
  2. B: On the back, next to the number plate
  3. C: On its right side, facing oncoming traffic
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A: On its left side, readable from that side

Without a windscreen, the operator card goes in a conspicuous place on the vehicle’s left side, readable from that side. If it is exposed to the weather, it must be in a durable, watertight holder with a clear front.

Source: Regulation 272(b)

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