SA learners test practice

10 free sample questions

1. Road Signs & Markings

   Warning signs, such as a curve-ahead sign, give advice about road conditions. What should you do?

   1. Treat them as optional unless police are watching
   2. Follow their advice and adjust your driving
   3. Obey them only at night
   4. Stop your car at each one
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   B. Follow their advice and adjust your driving

   Warning signs give warnings or advice about road conditions ahead, and you should follow their suggestions. Regulatory signs, such as STOP and speed limit signs, must be obeyed.

   Source: The Driver's Handbook (SA) — Signs

2. Road Rules

   At an intersection with no signs or traffic lights (not a T-intersection), who must you give way to?

   1. Vehicles approaching from your left
   2. Nobody, if you arrived first
   3. Vehicles approaching from your right
   4. Only larger vehicles
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   C. Vehicles approaching from your right

   At an intersection not controlled by signs or signals and that is not a T-intersection, you must give way to any vehicle (including bicycles) approaching from your right.

   Source: The Driver's Handbook (SA) — Giving Way

3. Speed & Stopping

   What is the default speed limit in a built-up area in SA, where no speed sign is shown?

   1. 40 km/h
   2. 50 km/h
   3. 60 km/h
   4. 70 km/h
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   B. 50 km/h

   In SA the default speed limit in a built-up area is 50 km/h unless a sign shows otherwise.

   Source: The Driver's Handbook (SA) — Speed Limits

4. Licence Conditions

   What is the minimum age to apply for a learner's permit in SA?

   1. 15 years
   2. 16 years
   3. 17 years
   4. 18 years
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   B. 16 years

   You must be 16 years or older to apply for a learner's permit in SA.

   Source: The Driver's Handbook (SA) — Obtaining your Learner's Permit

5. Alcohol & Drugs

   What BAC must learner and provisional (P1 and P2) drivers have in SA?

   1. Under 0.05
   2. Under 0.02
   3. Zero
   4. Under 0.08
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   C. Zero

   Learner, provisional and probationary licence holders must have a zero BAC, which means no alcohol at all.

   Source: The Driver's Handbook (SA) — Alcohol, Drugs, Medicines and Driving

6. Safe Driving

   You feel tired on a long drive. What is the best thing to do?

   1. Pull well off the road and sleep
   2. Open the window and turn up the radio
   3. Drive faster to get there sooner
   4. Drink coffee and keep going
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   A. Pull well off the road and sleep

   There is no substitute for sleep. If you are tired, pull well off the road and sleep. Coffee, fresh air and the radio are not enough.

   Source: The Driver's Handbook (SA) — Driver Fatigue

7. Sharing the Road

   How much space must you leave when passing a bicycle rider where the speed limit is 60 km/h or less?

   1. At least 3 metres
   2. At least 50 centimetres
   3. At least 1 metre
   4. At least 1.5 metres
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   C. At least 1 metre

   You must leave at least 1 metre when passing a bicycle rider where the speed limit is 60 km/h or less, and at least 1.5 metres where it is over 60 km/h.

   Source: The Driver's Handbook (SA) — Road Rules for Cyclists

8. Road Signs & Markings

   What does a sign saying 'Left Turn on Red Permitted After Stopping' allow you to do?

   1. Turn left or right on a red light after stopping, if safe
   2. Turn left on red without stopping
   3. Turn left on a red light after stopping, if it is safe
   4. Turn left only on a green arrow
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   C. Turn left on a red light after stopping, if it is safe

   Turning left on a red light is only allowed where this sign is displayed, and only after you have stopped and made sure it is safe.

   Source: The Driver's Handbook (SA) — Traffic Lights

9. Road Rules

   What does 'give way' mean when the other vehicle or pedestrian is moving?

   1. Always stop completely, every time
   2. Slow down, and stop if needed to avoid a crash
   3. Flash your lights so that they stop and let you go
   4. Sound your horn and then continue
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   B. Slow down, and stop if needed to avoid a crash

   To give way means: if the other road user is stopped, stay stopped until it is safe; in any other case, slow down and stop if necessary to avoid a collision.

   Source: The Driver's Handbook (SA) — Giving Way

10. Speed & Stopping

    What is the default speed limit outside a built-up area in SA, where no speed sign is shown?

    1. 80 km/h
    2. 90 km/h
    3. 100 km/h
    4. 110 km/h
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    C. 100 km/h

    The default speed limit outside a built-up area in SA is 100 km/h. Some roads have a 110 km/h limit shown by signs.

    Source: The Driver's Handbook (SA) — Speed Limits

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Official links

• The Driver's Handbook
• Official practice theory test
• Getting ready: pre-learner stage
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