Driver theory test: practice questions

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Three questions from the Ireland bank, as you'll see them in the app.

1. Which statement about 'major road' status at a junction, under Articles 8(5)-(6), is correct?

   1. Article 8(5) can apply even without a sign, and Article 8(6) is the fallback where it does not
   2. Right of way at an unmarked junction is decided by each vehicle's speed
   3. The wider of the two roads at a junction is treated as the major road
   4. A road only ever counts as 'major' where a sign expressly says so
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   Answer: Article 8(5) can apply even without a sign, and Article 8(6) is the fallback where it does not

   Article 8(5) expressly applies 'notwithstanding that there is no traffic sign' indicating major-road status; Article 8(6) is the fallback (give way to the right) where 8(5) does not apply.

2. A prohibition on parking does not apply to a vehicle parked while goods are loaded or unloaded, for up to:

   1. Forty-five minutes from the commencement of that parking
   2. A full hour from the commencement of that parking
   3. Fifteen minutes from the commencement of that parking
   4. Thirty minutes from the commencement of that parking
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   Answer: Thirty minutes from the commencement of that parking

   Article 5(2)(e): the Article 36(2)(a) prohibition 'shall not apply to a vehicle parked while goods are being loaded in or on to it or unloaded from it, for a period not exceeding thirty minutes from the commencement of the parking'.

3. A pedestrian within a pedestrian crossing complex (RPC 002) may cross only at the location of:

   1. The nearest set of ordinary vehicle traffic lights
   2. Traffic sign number RPC 001, the pedestrian crossing marking itself
   3. Wherever a Garda specifically directs the pedestrian to cross
   4. Any convenient point that lies within the marked complex
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   Answer: Traffic sign number RPC 001, the pedestrian crossing marking itself

   Article 46(6): 'Within a pedestrian crossing complex...a pedestrian shall only cross the roadway at the location of traffic sign number RPC 001 [pedestrian crossing].'

Where the questions come from

Written from the published rules · Road Traffic Acts and Regulations (Irish Statute Book). See every official source

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