DKTKey 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.
Dickson and Kingston are among the ACT town centres signed at 40 km/h. When does the 40 km/h limit apply?
Answer: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
ACT town centre 40 km/h limits apply all day, every day. School zone limits are the ones that apply only at set times.
Practice question 145 · official source
At traffic lights you see a flashing yellow right-turn arrow. What must you do if you want to turn right?
Answer: Turn right only when clear, giving way to oncoming vehicles and pedestrians
A flashing yellow arrow lets you turn in that direction but you must give way to vehicles on the road you are entering, oncoming traffic when turning right, and pedestrians.
Practice question 146 · official source
You are turning right on a green right-turn arrow. Must you give way to oncoming vehicles?
Answer: No, but you must still give way to pedestrians crossing
On a green turn arrow you need not give way to oncoming vehicles, but you must still give way to pedestrians crossing the road you are entering.
Practice question 147 · official source
A police officer is directing traffic at an intersection. What must you do?
Answer: Follow their hand signals and directions
If police or a traffic controller are at an intersection, you must follow their hand signals and directions.
Practice question 148 · official source
You approach an intersection controlled by a traffic controller. What must you do?
Answer: Follow the traffic controller's directions
If police or a traffic controller are at an intersection, you must follow their hand signals and directions.
Practice question 149 · official source
You are about to cross an ACT tram level crossing and your load could come close to the overhead wires. What must you do?
Answer: Stop and not enter the crossing
ACT drivers must not enter a level crossing if their vehicle or its load is at risk of coming close to the tramway overhead wires.
Practice question 160 · official source
A T3 transit lane is operating in the ACT. What must an ordinary car have to use it?
Answer: At least three occupants
In a T3 transit lane during the signed hours, cars need three or more occupants. In a T2 lane, two or more occupants are enough.
Practice question 161 · official source
You are in a T3 transit lane during its hours. You and one passenger are in the car and no other traffic is around. What should you do?
Answer: Leave the lane as soon as it is safe; T3 needs three or more people
A T3 lane needs at least three people in the vehicle during the signed times, so you must move out when it is safe.
Practice question 162 · official source
The traffic light is green, but you want to turn right and there is no right-turn arrow. What must you do?
Answer: Give way to oncoming vehicles going straight or turning left, and to pedestrians
On a plain green light, a driver turning right must give way to oncoming vehicles that are going straight ahead or turning left, and to pedestrians crossing the road being entered.
Practice question 163 · official source
Your light is green and you turn left. Pedestrians are still crossing the road you are entering, even though their signal is flashing red. What must you do?
Answer: Give way to them until they are clear
You must give way to any pedestrian crossing the road you are entering, even if their signal is flashing red or red.