Road Code test: practice questions

Try five questions

Five questions from the Jamaica bank, as you'll see them in the app.

1. At a junction with stop signs on all four approaches, who goes first?

   1. The first to reach its stop line
   2. The vehicle coming from the right
   3. The largest vehicle at the junction
   4. The vehicle going straight ahead
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   Answer: The first to reach its stop line

   Regulation 210(3) of the Road Traffic Regulations, 2022 sets priority at an all-way stop by the order in which vehicles reached their stop lines.

2. Who must wear a protective helmet on a motorcycle?

   1. The rider and any pillion
   2. Only the rider
   3. Only the pillion passenger
   4. Only riders under 18
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   Answer: The rider and any pillion

   Section 74 of the Road Traffic Act, 2018 and regulation 221 of the Road Traffic Regulations, 2022 require both the rider and the pillion to wear a properly fastened helmet.

3. How many brake lamps must a car have at the rear?

   1. Only one, in the centre
   2. At least one on each side
   3. None if it has hazard lights
   4. Only one, on the right
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   Answer: At least one on each side

   Regulation 94 of the Road Traffic Regulations, 2022 requires at least one brake lamp on each side at the rear, or one at the rear of a motorcycle.

4. What does the word BUS painted in a lane mean?

   1. Buses must stop there
   2. Any vehicle may use it
   3. Only buses may use that lane
   4. Bus passengers may wait there
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   Answer: Only buses may use that lane

   Marking RM14(a) in the Tenth Schedule of the Road Traffic Regulations, 2022: no traffic other than buses may enter a lane marked BUS during the signed period. Regulation 228 also bans other vehicles from bus lanes.

5. May you leave an object on the road that could damage vehicles?

   1. Yes, for under an hour
   2. Yes, if marked with a branch
   3. No, that is an offence
   4. Yes, at night only
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   Answer: No, that is an offence

   Section 93(2) of the Road Traffic Act, 2018 forbids placing or abandoning on a road any object that may endanger pedestrians or damage vehicles.

Where the questions come from

Written from the published rules · Road Traffic Act, 2018 (Houses of Parliament of Jamaica). See every official source

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