DKTKey points on stop signs 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.
You come to a STOP sign that has a stop line. Where must you stop?
Answer: As near as practicable to the line, but before reaching it
Stop completely before the stop line (or before the intersection if there is no line), then go only when it is safe and you have given way.
Practice question 141 · official source
Vehicle O is at a STOP sign at the intersection shown. Who must it give way to?
Answer: Vehicles P, Q and R
A driver at a STOP sign must give way to every vehicle in, entering or approaching the intersection.
Practice question 142 · official source
A zebra crossing lies before a STOP line at an intersection. You stopped for a pedestrian. Must you stop again at the STOP line?
Answer: Yes, you must stop at the line before proceeding
Stopping for pedestrians does not replace stopping at the STOP line. Stop before the line, then give way as required.
Practice question 143 · official source
You are driving the car in the diagram and approaching a STOP sign and line. When must you stop?
Answer: Every time, even when there is no other traffic
You must come to a complete stop at a STOP sign or line and stay stopped until it is safe to go, whether or not other traffic is around.
Practice question 144 · official source
You stop at an intersection with a STOP sign but no painted stop line. Where must you stop?
Answer: Before the intersection, as close to it as possible
If there is a STOP sign but no line at an intersection, stop before the intersection and as close to it as possible.