CBR - Vehicle Knowledge

Retro-reflector

Retro reflectors reflect light back toward its source, making the vehicle more visible to other road users.

Passenger car requirements: unladen weight

Vehicle weight as delivered by the manufacturer (including tools and spare wheel, minus 100 kg)

Passenger car requirements: Load Carrier

Load carriers must be mounted on a bumper, tow bar, roof, or integrated into the rear of the vehicle; fitted to the front or rear of a trailer; or mounted on the side of a light commercial vehicle.

Exhaust System Requirements

Must be gas-tight across the entire length, with the exception of the drainage holes, properly attached, comply with the noise requirements in the vehicle register with an excess of two decibels, and must not emit more CO than prescribed.

The Speedometer

The Speedometer shows the speed at which you're driving. The speedometer is required to be functioning legally, and must be clearly legible in darkness.

The odometer

Shows how many kilometres the vehicle has travelled in total.

Major tread grooves

Wide grooves in the middle section of a tyres tread that contain the wear indicators.

Tread

Part of the tyre that comes into contact with the road surface

Carcass

Part of the tyre under the rubber layer that gives the tyre its strength.

Wear indicators

Elevations in the main grooves. When these wear with the tread, the tyre no longer meets the minimum tread depth.

Tyres

Must be air / nitrogen filled, must not have any bulges or any damage where the carcass is visible, and tyres must have a minimum tread depth of 1.6 mm in the major tread grooves. Must have a spare tyre, and be able to change a tyre yourself.

Braking device

Must be properly secured, rust-free, show no signs of leakage, show no signs of excessive wear.

How often should you measure tire pressure?

Once a month

Visibility through windows

Must not be less than 55% transparent, damaged or discoloured, and must have a properly functioning system to defog the glass.

who needs to use a seat adjustment

children under 18 and shorter than 1.35 m

Child restraint system

Safety system for securing children in vehicles against sudden braking and ejection from the vehicle.

Seat belts

Must be damage free, must be equipped with properly functioning locking and blocking and seat belt and airbag warning lights may not indicate any malfunctions.

you are carrying something on the roof. how many cm on each side can it hang?

20 cm

Load must not protrude from the front of a passenger car, unless the load is indivisible lengthwise, in which case it may protrude by a maximum of

1 m

You have a bicycle carrier attached to the car. Should you put a license plate on it?

Yes, a white license plate

What is the maximum allowed length of a passenger car?

12 metres

Where can you look up the correct tyre pressure for your vehicle?

In the instruction booklet

What is the maximum height of a car?

4 metres

Are you allowed to drive if the windscreen defogger does not work properly?

No

Can you drive with a defective speedometer?

No

Do you need to check the tyre pressure of the spare wheel?

Yes

Are you allowed to drive with a frayed seat belt?

No

How deep should the main grooves of a tyre be?

1.6 mm

Must every passenger car be assigned a vehicle identification number?

Yes

What is the allowed width of a passenger car?

2,55 metres

Where can you find important data regarding loading?

On the registration certificate

How many rear lights should a car have and what colour?

Two red rear lights

How many reverse lights is a car required to have?

One is mandatory, either white or yellow.

How many dipped headlights is a car required to have?

Two mandatory, either white or yellow

How many full-beam headlights is a car required to have?

Two mandatory, either white or yellow

How many rear fog lights are required?

One, must be red.

How many brake lights are required?

Three mandatory, red.

How many indicators are mandatory on a car, and where?

Four indicator lights, must be amber, two on the front and two on the back.

How many Sidelights are mandatory on a car?

Two are mandatory, either white or yellow.

Hazard warning light

Simultaneous operation of all indicator lights, same colour as indicators.

Rear number plate light

Must be white

Retro-reflector rear

Two are mandatory, must be red.

Maximum percentage mandatory lights can be shielded

25%

What colour should the reversing light emit?

White or yellow

Is number plate lighting mandatory?

Only at the rear

Distance requirements for towing a vehicle

The distance between the two vehicles should not exceed 5 metres.

If the lighting of the passenger car is obscured by the load carrier, the following lighting must be present on the load carrier:

two red rear lights, two red brake lights, two red-retro reflectors and two amber indicators

If the load carrier is mounted on the tow bar or on the front of the trailer, it must meet the following requirements:

Must never exceed 75 kg

Divisible load

Load that can be transported in several parts and therefore can be loaded into or onto a vehicle in several ways.

Invisible laod

Load that cannot be divided into smaller pieces during road transport without causing damage or unnecessary costs. Ladders, glass plates or long wooden planks.

Are caravan mirrors always mandatory when driving a caravan?

No

When is a trailer legible for an emergency braking system?

When it has a maximum authorized mass of above 1500 kg.

when do you use breakaway cable?

trailers over 1500 kg

when do you use auxillary coupling?

trailers under 1500 kg

Maximum drawbar load for trailers up to 750 kg

50 kg

Maximum drawbar load for trailers over 750kg

between 50 and 75kg

Maximum weight for unbraked trailers

may not exceed 750 kg in maximum weight

brommobiel license plate is what color

yellow

brommobiel speed limit

45

disabled person vehicle is not wider than…

1.10 m

fourwheel moped (brommobiel) is how wide?

wider than 1.10 m

Snorfiets speed

25

car or a motor with a trailer on a motorway/road drive what speed?

90

A trailer should have sidelights if it is wider than

1.60 m

on what distance are reflection poles set?

50 m

Can you ride if the load is 1,5m hanging on the back of the car?

Yes, if you use a marker, it can hang up to half of the vehicle's length

how do you calculate Axel weight?

(Total weight x load distance from the reference point) / distance between axels

max length of a lorry with a trailer

18.75

maximum length of a lorry

12m

Are caravans , trailers and folding trailers required to have rear fog lights?

Yes

When should a trailer be fitted with front and rear marker lights?

When the trailer is wider than 2.10 metres

Can a trailer be fitted with both an emergency brake system and auxillary coupling?

No

The maximum authorised mass of your caravan is 740 kg. What number plate belongs to your caravan?

White. With a registration number matching the towing vehicle.

Can a combination of a passenger car and a trailer have two pivot points?

Yes

What could be the consequences of a negative drawbar load?

The trailer starts to swing

What risk do you run if the recommended drawbar load is overloaded?

You cannot steer well anymore

Can you drive with cargo in the rear of a trailer protruding 1.5 metres

Only if a marking plate is used

Maximum permitted length of a car and a trailer together?

18 metres

What is the purpose of a valve cap?

To prevent a flat tyre

What is the advantage of an anti-lock braking system?

ABS ensures the car remains steerabale during hard braking

If the oil warning light comes on while driving, what do you do?

Stop immediately at a safe place

Green valve caps are fitted into the valve. What is the reason for this?

The tires are filled with nitrogen

The steering wheel vibrates at higher speeds. What could be the cause?

The wheels are not properly balanced.

when should you turn off the air bag?

if the child is facing the back

distance between the vehicle and the warning triangle?

30m on local roads, 100m on motorways

How to calculate the maximum mass of a passenger car?

Maximum axle load (front) + Maximum axle load (back) = maximum weight

Windscreen wipers

Cars may not be driven if the screen wash has run out.

Seats

Must either face front or back, fixed in place securely and must be no risk of sliding while driving.

Airbag

safety bag that automatically infaltes upon impact in a collision

What does this symbol mean?

Tyre pressure indicator light

What does this symbol mean?

Warning airbag malfunction

What does this symbol mean?

Seat belt warning light

What does this symbol mean?

Side airbag malfunction

What does this symbol mean?

Warning light screen wash level

Marker lighting

Lighting on the outermost corners of a vehicle that indicate the size of the vehicle (end-outline marker lights)

Cornering Lighting (White)

Lighting function on the front for better illumination when turning.

Daytime running light (white)

Forward facing light used to make the vehicle more visible to oncoming traffic during the day. May only be used if dipped headlights are not mandatory.

Front fog light (white or yellow)

Light that serves to provide better illumination of the road in fog or similar conditions with reduced visibility.

Parking light (front white, rear red)

Light intended to indicate the presence of a parked vehicle. Usually this is the same lighting as the sidelight.

Additional marker lighting and reflectors

Vehicles wider than 2.10 metres must have two white at the front and two red marker lights at the rear. Vehicles longer than 6 metres must be fitted with amber-coloured side marker lights and amber-coloured retro-reflectors on the side.