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Q: If your path of travel is obstructed by road works or parked vehicles on the left, you should ______

Check to ensure safety before moving to the right.. Treat an obstruction as a lane-change situation. Check mirrors, signal where needed, check the blind spot and move right only when the adjacent space is safe.

Q: How a driver should stop a manually transmitted car on an uphill slope?

Apply the foot brake first follow by the handbrake. On an uphill slope, bring the car to a complete stop with the foot brake, then apply the handbrake to hold it. This sequence controls the vehicle before relying on the parking brake.

Q: You want to park on the side of a road with a yellow zig-zag line. Is this allowed?

No, never. Do not park on yellow zig-zag markings. They keep the approach to a crossing clear; a brief stop to pick up or set down passengers is not the same as parking and must not create a hazard.

Q: How much distance you should keep from a bus stop or bus bay when stopping or parking your vehicle.

At least 9 metres away.. Keep at least 9 metres clear of a bus stop or bus bay when stopping or parking. This leaves buses room to enter and leave safely and keeps passengers visible.

Q: This sign indicates 5

Any vehicle parked in this zone may be towed away.. A tow-away sign warns that parking in the marked zone can result in the vehicle being removed. It regulates parking, not merely entering or travelling through the area.

Q: Why must you position the front wheel of the car facing the kerb when parking on a road facing downhill?

Prevent the car from rolling forward. When parking downhill, turn the front wheels toward the kerb so the kerb can help stop the vehicle if its brakes fail.

Q: When parking, you must engage the handbrake

At all times. Secure a parked vehicle with the handbrake regardless of whether the road is level, uphill or downhill.

Q: You may park your vehicle on the side of a road with _____

Broken white line along the centre.. A broken centre line does not itself prohibit parking; continuous centre lines mark a more restrictive road situation. Always also check for roadside parking controls.

Q: Do not let your vehicle wait or park within ___ meters of a bus stop (from the edge of a yellow box or the tip of a bus bay).

9. Keep 9 metres clear of a bus stop or bus bay so buses and passengers have a safe, unobstructed area.

Where you may park or stop, bus stops and bays, and parking restrictions.

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Parking & Stopping questions

You are passing a bus at a bus stop that is letting down passengers. What should you do?

You should slow down because there might be passengers crossing the road. Correct answer

You should stop, wait until the bus gets out of the bus stop and back to the road again.

You should continue with constant speed so you won't confuse the bus driver.

Slow down when passing a bus that is setting down passengers. People may step out from in front of the bus or cross the road with their view of approaching traffic blocked.

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If your path of travel is obstructed by road works or parked vehicles on the left, you should ______

Move to the right and check for any approaching vehicles.

Check to ensure safety before moving to the right. Correct answer

Call the traffic police to report the road situation.

Treat an obstruction as a lane-change situation. Check mirrors, signal where needed, check the blind spot and move right only when the adjacent space is safe.

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How a driver should stop a manually transmitted car on an uphill slope?

Apply the foot brake only

Apply the foot brake first follow by the handbrake Correct answer

Apply the handbrake first follow by the foot brake

On an uphill slope, bring the car to a complete stop with the foot brake, then apply the handbrake to hold it. This sequence controls the vehicle before relying on the parking brake.

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You want to park on the side of a road with a yellow zig-zag line. Is this allowed?

No, never Correct answer

Yes, but only before 7.00am or after 7.00pm and on Sundays & public holidays

Yes, it always allowed

Do not park on yellow zig-zag markings. They keep the approach to a crossing clear; a brief stop to pick up or set down passengers is not the same as parking and must not create a hazard.

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How much distance you should keep from a bus stop or bus bay when stopping or parking your vehicle.

At least 6 metres away.

At least 3 metres away.

At least 9 metres away. Correct answer

Keep at least 9 metres clear of a bus stop or bus bay when stopping or parking. This leaves buses room to enter and leave safely and keeps passengers visible.

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This sign indicates 5

All vehicles have been towed away in this zone.

Any vehicle entered in this zone will be towed away.

Any vehicle parked in this zone may be towed away. Correct answer

A tow-away sign warns that parking in the marked zone can result in the vehicle being removed. It regulates parking, not merely entering or travelling through the area.

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Why must you position the front wheel of the car facing the kerb when parking on a road facing downhill?

Prevent the car from rolling forward Correct answer

So that it is easier to move out from parking later

So that the handbrake could be engaged

When parking downhill, turn the front wheels toward the kerb so the kerb can help stop the vehicle if its brakes fail.

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When parking, you must engage the handbrake

Only when facing downhill

If you are on a slope

At all times Correct answer

Secure a parked vehicle with the handbrake regardless of whether the road is level, uphill or downhill.

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You may park your vehicle on the side of a road with _____

Single continuous white line along the centre.

Parallel continuous white lines along the centre.

Broken white line along the centre. Correct answer

A broken centre line does not itself prohibit parking; continuous centre lines mark a more restrictive road situation. Always also check for roadside parking controls.

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Do not let your vehicle wait or park within ___ meters of a bus stop (from the edge of a yellow box or the tip of a bus bay).

9 Correct answer

Keep 9 metres clear of a bus stop or bus bay so buses and passengers have a safe, unobstructed area.

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When stopping your vehicle,

Stop close to and before the stop-line. Correct answer

Stop directly over the stop-line.

Stop at least 1 meter before the stop-line

Stop close to, but before, the stop line so the vehicle remains out of the crossing or junction while retaining the intended sight position.

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What should you do if you are parking in an unlit or poorly lit road?

Leave the hazard lights on

Leave the head lights on

Leave the side or parking lights on Correct answer

When parked on an unlit or poorly lit road, use side or parking lights so approaching traffic can see the vehicle.

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