Apply the lesson · Standard

Road position & overtaking · Standard

Educational difficulty is separate from the legal penalty. These are original practice questions, not official examination items.

Lesson

Normally keep as far right as practicable on the carriageway.

Before overtaking, ensure you can see far enough and return safely.

A continuous white line must not be crossed to overtake.

A lane change is a manoeuvre: give way and signal your intention.

Do not accelerate while another driver is overtaking you.

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Apply the lesson · 7

Question 1

On a normal two-way road with no obstacle or special lane rule, where should your car generally be positioned?

**Road positioning**Original educational diagram · not to scale. Read the question for all conditions.

Close to the opposing lane for a better view.
Across the centre line if traffic is light.
Normally keep as far right as practicable on the carriageway.

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Correct answer: C

Normally keep as far right as practicable on the carriageway.

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Question 2

A slow vehicle is ahead but a bend hides oncoming traffic. Is this a safe moment to overtake?

**Overtaking situation**Original educational diagram · not to scale. Read the question for all conditions.

Before overtaking, ensure you can see far enough and return safely.
Yes, if your car accelerates strongly.
Yes, because the other vehicle is slow.

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Correct answer: A

Before overtaking, ensure you can see far enough and return safely.

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Question 3

You want to pass a tractor, but the manoeuvre would cross a continuous white line. What applies?

**Continuous centre line**Original educational diagram · not to scale. Read the question for all conditions.

The tractor’s low speed cancels the marking.
A continuous white line must not be crossed to overtake.
Sounding the horn permits crossing the line.

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Correct answer: B

A continuous white line must not be crossed to overtake.

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Question 4

You signal to move into the adjacent lane, where another car is approaching. Does your indicator give you priority?

**Adjacent lanes**Original educational diagram · not to scale. Read the question for all conditions.

Yes, the approaching car must brake for you.
Yes, after three indicator flashes.
A lane change is a manoeuvre: give way and signal your intention.

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Correct answer: C

A lane change is a manoeuvre: give way and signal your intention.

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Question 5

Another car is overtaking you on an ordinary road. How should you treat your own acceleration?

**Vehicle passing alongside**Original educational diagram · not to scale. Read the question for all conditions.

Do not accelerate while another driver is overtaking you.
Accelerate to prevent it returning ahead of you.
Race alongside until the manoeuvre ends.

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Correct answer: A

Do not accelerate while another driver is overtaking you.

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Question 6

In heavily slowed traffic, your lane ends ahead. Where does the zipper rule place the merge?

**Zipper merging**Original educational diagram · not to scale. Read the question for all conditions.

Anywhere, hundreds of metres earlier, with automatic priority.
Only after driving through the blocked lane.
Just before the narrowing.

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Correct answer: C

When traffic is heavily slowed and a lane ends or is blocked, merge just before the narrowing. Drivers in the continuing lane let one merging vehicle in alternately. This special rule is not a general priority entitlement for every lane change.

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Question 7

At a zipper merge in heavily slowed traffic, you are in the continuing lane. What should you allow?

One merging vehicle alternately, just before the narrowing.
Never leave a gap for a merging vehicle.
Every vehicle in the ending lane goes before the continuing lane.

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Correct answer: A

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