Road Rules Guide · Western Australia

Driveways: Western Australia road rules

Key points on driveways for the Western Australia learner test. Each answer is checked against the official Western Australia handbook or road rules; use the practice-question links to test yourself.

You drive out of a driveway across a footpath onto a road. Who must you give way to?

Answer: Pedestrians on the footpath and all vehicles on the road

A driver entering a road from a driveway must give way to any pedestrian and vehicle on the road-related area that they cross, and to vehicles travelling on the road.

Practice question 20 · official source

You are turning right from a road into a driveway. Who must you give way to?

Answer: Oncoming vehicles going straight or turning left, and pedestrians

A driver entering land from the road must give way to pedestrians and vehicles on the area crossed and, when turning right, to oncoming vehicles going straight ahead or turning left.

Practice question 21 · official source

You leave a service station onto a busy road. Which statement is correct?

Answer: You give way to pedestrians on the footpath and all vehicles on the road

Driveways of service stations and shopping centres count as road-related areas. A driver entering the road must give way to vehicles and pedestrians.

Practice question 22 · official source