Driving test long questions

When can you overtake on the left?

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 slow

At an uncontrolled junction of equal importance to whom should you give way?

Traffic on the right and traffic already turning

At a stop sign that has no white line, where should you stop?

At the stop sign

What position would you take up for a right turn in a one-way street?

The extreme right lane

How would you turn right on a main road?

Mirror and signal and then move into the right hand lane when clear, keeping left of the white line in the centre of the road. When a safe gap occurs, complete the turn, never cut corners and give way to pedestrians.

How would you know a zebra crossing at night?

By yellow flashing beacons

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

Each side of the island is a separate crossing

What restrictions are there in relation to the use of the horn?

Must not be used between 11:30pm and 7:00am in built up areas unless an emergency

When driving at night, when should you dip your headlights?

When meeting oncoming traffic, when following close behind another vehicle, on continuously lit roads, in snow, fog, or at dusk/dawn

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

Slow down and stop if necessary

What is a clearway?

Stopping and parking is prohibited (except buses and taxis) for the period indicated on the sign

What does a broken yellow line mean?

Marks the edge of the road

What does a single yellow line mean?

No parking at certain times

What is the legal parking distance from the kerb?

Half a meter

How close to a junction can you park?

5 meters

Where should you not park?

Near a bend, brow of a hill, a hump back bridge, a continuous white line, where your vehicle would obstruct a sign, at an entrance, at a bus stop, opposite another vehicle, on a narrow road, or taxi rank.

Where should you not overtake?

At a bend, a junction, brow of a hill, a hump back bridge, a continuous white line or anywhere your view of oncoming traffic is restricted

What is the two-second rule?

Stay two seconds behind the car in front. Use a stationary object on the road, start counting when the car in front passes the object and you should pass after counting for 2 seconds

If you saw a red triangle on the road what does that mean?

That there is an obstruction on the road ahead

What is the sequence of traffic lights?

Green, amber, red

At a junction where traffic lights aren’t working to who should you give way?

Traffic on the right

What does a green light mean?

Go provided junction is clear

What does an amber light mean?

Stop unless you are too close to stop safely

Name 3 people in authority for whom you must stop?

A garda, a school warden, or a person in charge of animals

If you were entering a one-way street at the no entry end, what road markings would you see?

A continuous white line with a broken white line behind it

When can you cross a continuous white line?

To avoid an obstruction, for access, or if there is a broken white line on your side of the road

a) What is the speed limit on national primary roads? b) what is the motorway speed limit? c) what is the legal minimum tire depth?

a) 100kmph b) 120kmph c) 1.6mm

What rules apply to a junction box?

You cannot enter unless your way ahead is clear with the exception of turning right, you can enter and wait in the box if you are not obstructing other traffic

If there are two sets of white lines in the centre of the road: one continuous, one broken, which would you obey?

You obey the line on your side of the road

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

There will be one or two continuous white lines ahead

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

You may overtake if safe to do so

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

You use them like a traffic island you don’t enter