DKTKey points on more road rules for the Tasmania learner test. Each answer is checked against the official Tasmania handbook or road rules; use the practice-question links to test yourself.
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 16 · 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 17 · 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 18 · 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 22 · 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 27 · 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 28 · 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 32 · 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 33 · 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 34 · 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.