DKTKey points on more road rules for the Northern Territory learner test. Each answer is checked against the official Northern Territory handbook or road rules; use the practice-question links to test yourself.
A school crossing supervisor holding a hand-held "Stop" sign steps onto the crossing. When may you go?
Answer: Only when nobody is on the crossing and the sign is no longer shown
You must remain stopped until nobody is on or entering the crossing and the sign holder no longer displays the sign towards you, or signals that you may go.
Practice question 16 · official source
What is the default speed limit on NT roads outside built-up areas unless a sign says otherwise?
Answer: 110 km/h
The default limit on rural roads and highways in the NT is 110 km/h. Always look for signs showing a different limit.
Practice question 17 · official source
In an NT built-up area with no speed sign and no lower limit gazetted for the town, what is the default speed limit?
Answer: 60 km/h
NT built-up areas default to 60 km/h unless the town has gazetted a lower limit. Many communities use 50 km/h or less.
Practice question 18 · official source
On a road with a white dividing line, which side of the line do you normally drive on?
Answer: On the left side of the line
You must drive to the left of the dividing line except in the limited situations the rules allow, such as overtaking where permitted.
Practice question 19 · official source
A driver cuts across double unbroken lines on a bend to take a straighter path. What is wrong with this?
Answer: It is illegal and risks a head-on collision
You must keep to the left of continuous dividing lines. Cutting across them on a bend, where you cannot see oncoming traffic, is illegal and dangerous.
Practice question 20 · official source
Can you stop beside a vehicle that is parked at the kerb (double parking)?
Answer: No, you must not stop beside a parked vehicle
Stopping beside a parked vehicle, between it and the centre of the road, is not allowed, even briefly for deliveries.
Practice question 21 · official source
You drive far below the limit for no reason on a clear road and a queue builds behind you. What does the law say?
Answer: Driving abnormally slowly can count as unreasonably obstructing traffic
You may drive slower than other traffic, but driving abnormally slowly with no good reason can be an offence.
Practice question 25 · official source
What does the law require when you drive behind another vehicle?
Answer: Stay far enough back that you could stop safely to avoid hitting it
The rule has no fixed distance. You must be able to stop safely if the vehicle ahead brakes suddenly.
Practice question 29 · official source
What must you do at a GIVE WAY sign at an intersection?
Answer: Slow down and give way, stopping if necessary
You must give way to vehicles in or approaching the intersection (with exceptions), slowing or stopping as needed to avoid a collision.
Practice question 30 · official source
Which vehicle must give way at the junction shown?
Answer: Vehicle J
Vehicle J faces a GIVE WAY sign, so it must give way to the other traffic.