FAQ
When can you overtake on the left?
When you are turning left, when the car in front is turning right, or in 2 lanes of slow moving traffic
At a junction with roads of equal importance, to who should you give way?
Traffic on the right and traffic already turning.
At a STOP sign that has no white line, where would you stop?
At the STOP sign.
What position would you take up for a right turn in a one-way street?
The extreme right-hand lane
How would you know a zebra crossing at night?
By the yellow flashing beacons.
What does the island in the center of a pedestrian crossing mean?
Each side of the island is a separate crossing
Name the restrictions in relation to the use of the horn?
It must not be used between the hours of 11.30pm and 7.00am in a built-up area, except in an emergency.
When driving at night when should you dip your headlights?
(a) When meeting oncoming traffic
(b) When following close behind another vehicle
(c) On continuously lit roads
(d) At the beginning and end of lighting-up hours
(e) In fog or snow
What should you do if dazzled by lights of an oncoming vehicle?
Slow down or stop if necessary.
What is a clearway?
Stopping and parking prohibited (except by buses or taxis) for a period indicated on the sign.
What does a broken yellow line mean? 12. What does a single yellow line mean? 13. What does a double yellow line mean?
A broken yellow line marks the edge of the road (also known as a hard shoulder)
What is the legal parking distance from the curb?
Half a meter
How close to a junction can you park?
5 meters
Where should you not park?
Near a bend, the brow of a hill, a humpback bridge, at 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 at a taxi rank.
Where should you not overtake?
At a bend, a junction, a brow of a hill, a humpback bridge, at a continuous white line or anywhere your view of oncoming traffic is restricted.
What is the safe distance to drive from the car in front?
Allow 1 meter for each mph and double if the surface is wet or observe the “two-second rule”.
At a junction when traffic lights are not working, to whom should you give way?
Traffic on the right and traffic already turning.
What does an amber traffic light mean?
Stop unless you are too close to stop safely behind the white lines.
Name three people in authority for whom you must stop?
A Garda, a school warden or a person in charge of animals.
Describe the road markings for No Entry?
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 continuous white line.
What is the National speed limit; Motorway limit; Minimum tire depth?
(a) 100 km/ph ,
(b) 120 km/ph
(c) 1.6mm
What rules apply to a box junction?
You must not enter unless your way ahead is clear with the exception of turning right. When you can enter and wait in the box if you are not obstructing other traffic.
If there are two parallel white lines in the center of the road, one continuous, one broken, which one would you obey?
You obey the line on your side of the road.
What do two parallel broken white lines in the center of the road mean?
There will be one or two continuous white lines ahead.
What does a broken white line in the center of the road mean?
You may overtake if safe to do so.
What do white horizontal lines in the center of the road mean?
Treat them like a traffic island. You do not enter.
Why is a STOP sign octagonal and a YIELD sign triangular (inverted)?
To recognize them in snow conditions