Road Rules Guide · South Australia

More road rules (part 2 of 7): South Australia road rules

Key points on more road rules for the South Australia learner test. Each answer is checked against the official South Australia 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

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 17 · official source

A driver cuts across double unbroken lines on a bend to take a straighter path. What is wrong with this?

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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 18 · 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 19 · 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 23 · 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 28 · official source

Your lane ends as you join a freeway. How should you merge with the traffic?

Answer: Give way to vehicles in the lane and find a safe gap

When you cross a broken line to join a motorway you must give way to vehicles already in that lane. Check mirrors and blind spots and choose a safe gap.

Practice question 29 · official source

In a built-up area a bus with a "Give way to buses" sign pulls out from a stop, indicating right, ahead of you in the left lane. What must you do?

Answer: Give way to the bus, slowing or stopping if needed

In a built-up area, a driver in the left lane must give way to a bus displaying the sign with its right indicator operating and about to enter the lane.

Practice question 33 · official source

In a built-up area, a bus with a Give Way to Buses sign on its rear signals to leave a bus stop ahead of you. You should:

Answer: Slow down and give way so the bus can move out

Where the bus displays the sign and signals, drivers in the lane it enters must give way.

Practice question 34 · official source

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 35 · official source