DKT Car Driver Knowledge Test – Speed Limits

Question 1

This sign means you must:

Accepted Answer

Share this road with other people and vehicles and not exceed 10 km\/h.

Answer

Reduce your speed to what you think is safe but never below 10 km\/h.

Answer

Drive at 10 km\/h if there are pedestrians around.

Question 2

You are driving in a 70 km\/h zone, keeping to the limit. Several vehicles pass you. One of your passengers suggests you should keep up with the other traffic. What should you do?

Accepted Answer

Decide your speed yourself, based on the speed limit and the conditions.

Answer

Speed up to a little bit over the speed limit, because everyone does it.

Answer

Follow the suggestions and keep up with the traffic.

Question 3

Speed limit signs (such as the one shown) tell drivers:

Accepted Answer

The maximum speed they are allowed to drive.

Answer

The recommended speed they are allowed to drive.

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The minimum speed they are allowed to drive.

Question 4

Having a radar detector or jammer in your car is against the law:

Accepted Answer

No matter what your reason is.

Answer

If you purchased it after 1998.

Answer

Only if it is turned on.

Question 5

Where there are no speed limit signs, the speed limit is 100 km\/h, unless:

Accepted Answer

There are street lights along the road.

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The road you are driving on is gravel.

Answer

There's an emergency, which means speed limits don't apply.

Question 6

It is 9.20am on a school day. You are driving at 60 km\/h, the same speed as traffic around you. You pass this sign but the other cars do not slow down much. What should you do?

Accepted Answer

Slow down immediately to 40 km\/h or less even though other drivers want to go faster.

Answer

Drive at the speed of the other drivers because it is safer to go with the flow of traffic than slow others up.

Answer

Stay at 60 km\/h because it is nearly 9.30am and the times on the school sign are only advisory.

Question 7

You are driving in busy traffic in a 60 km\/h zone. You feel 60 km\/h is a bit too fast for the conditions. What should you do?

Accepted Answer

Slow down to a speed that suits the conditions.

Answer

Keep up with the other traffic because it's probably safe if the sign says 60 km\/h.

Answer

Turn off the busy street and wait for traffic to clear.

Question 8

You are driving in busy traffic in an 80 km\/h zone. It begins to rain lightly. What should you do?

Accepted Answer

Slow down to a speed that suits the conditions better.

Answer

Pull over and wait till it stops raining.

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Keep going at the same speed because that's how fast the signs tell you to drive.

Question 9

Driving faster than the maximum speed limit is:

Accepted Answer

Never legally permitted.

Answer

Only permitted when other vehicles are going faster than the speed limit.

Answer

Permitted only when passing another vehicle.

Question 10

If you are driving along the highway and come across road works with a reduced speed zone, you must:

Accepted Answer

Slow down to the new speed limit.

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Drive at the same speed as other vehicles.

Answer

Drive through the road works zone as fast as you can to get past it.