Key points on more road rules for the Australian Capital Territory learner test. Each answer is checked against the official Australian Capital Territory handbook or road rules; use the practice-question links to test yourself.
You are going straight ahead at a crossroads with no signs or signals. A vehicle approaching from your right is also going straight. Who must give way?
Answer: You must give way to the vehicle on your right
At an uncontrolled intersection, a driver going straight ahead must give way to any vehicle approaching from the right (unless a sign or line applies to that vehicle).
Practice question 36 · official source
At a crossroads with no signs, you are going straight. A car approaching from your right is about to turn right, across your path. Who must give way?
Answer: You must give way to the car approaching from your right
You must give way to any vehicle approaching from your right when you go straight ahead. This includes one that will turn right across the front of you.
Practice question 37 · official source
When must you use your indicator?
Answer: Whenever you change from one lane to another
You must indicate before you turn, move left or right, change lanes (including to overtake), merge, or pull out from the side of the road.
Practice question 38 · official source
As you approach an intersection, when should you check for traffic on your left and right?
Answer: Every time, before you enter it
Look both ways at every intersection, even when you have right of way.
Practice question 39 · official source
You go straight ahead at an intersection with no signs or signals. Who must you give way to?
Answer: Vehicles approaching from your right
At an unsigned crossroads, going straight, you give way to vehicles approaching from your right.
Practice question 40 · official source
A sign on a multi-lane road says KEEP LEFT UNLESS OVERTAKING. When may you drive in the right lane?
Answer: Only to overtake, turn right, avoid an obstruction, or in congestion
Where the sign applies, the right lane is for overtaking or the specific exceptions in the rules, not for cruising.
Practice question 41 · official source
Can a motorcycle rider on P plates lane filter between stationary cars in the ACT?
Answer: No, only fully licensed riders may lane filter
ACT lane filtering is only for fully licensed riders. It is also banned above 30 km/h, in 40 km/h zones, in bicycle lanes and past heavy vehicles and buses.
Practice question 45 · official source
A continuous white line separates your lane from the next lane in your direction. May you cross it to change lanes?
Answer: No, except in limited cases like avoiding an obstruction
On a multi-lane road you must not move between marked lanes by crossing a continuous separating line, apart from a few listed exceptions.
Practice question 46 · official source
On a road with marked lanes, how should you normally drive?
Answer: Entirely within one marked lane, between the lines
On a multi-lane road you must stay completely within a single marked lane, except when changing lanes or in other permitted situations.
Practice question 47 · official source
You leave a car park and reach a stop sign where the exit meets a road. Who must you give way to?
Answer: Any vehicle or pedestrian at or near the sign or line
At a stop sign or line that is not at an intersection you must stop and give way to any vehicle or pedestrian at or near it, not just traffic from one side.
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