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K53 rules of the road questions and answers (part 35)

15 practice questions for the South African K53 learner's licence test. Try each one first, then open the answer to see why it is correct.

511 May you pass on the left when a traffic officer directs you to?

  1. No
  2. Yes
  3. Only at night
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Answer B: Yes

Passing on the left is allowed when you comply with an officer's direction.

Memory tip: Officer directs, obey.

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512 What is the rule about passing when approaching the summit of a rise?

  1. Pass only in the dark
  2. Do not pass unless it can be done without crossing to the right
  3. Pass quickly before the top
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Answer B: Do not pass unless it can be done without crossing to the right

Passing is forbidden near a crest unless you need not encroach on the right or the road is one-way.

Memory tip: No passing on blind rises.

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513 Which place makes passing dangerous unless you stay on the left half of the road?

  1. A straight road
  2. A wide road
  3. A curve
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Answer C: A curve

You may not pass on a curve unless you can do so without moving to the right half, or the road is one-way.

Memory tip: Curves: no passing.

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514 You are approaching a place where the view is restricted. What is the rule?

  1. Pass if you hoot first
  2. Do not pass unless you stay on the left or the road is one-way
  3. Pass if you flash your lights
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Answer B: Do not pass unless you stay on the left or the road is one-way

Passing near restricted-view places is allowed only without encroaching on the right, or on a one-way road.

Memory tip: No view, no passing.

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515 How may you tell the driver ahead, not in the left lane, that you wish to overtake?

  1. Wave from the window
  2. Flash your headlights
  3. Sound the hooter three times
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Answer B: Flash your headlights

The manual allows a visible signal by flashing the headlights.

Memory tip: Flash to ask for room.

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516 What must vehicles do on any freeway?

  1. Keep right and overtake on the left
  2. Use any lane for overtaking
  3. Keep left and overtake on the right
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Answer C: Keep left and overtake on the right

On freeways you keep left and pass on the right.

Memory tip: Freeway: keep left, pass right.

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517 Another driver is trying to pass you. What must you do?

  1. Move to the middle of the road
  2. Speed up to keep ahead
  3. Keep left and not accelerate until it has passed
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Answer C: Keep left and not accelerate until it has passed

You keep to the left and do not accelerate while being overtaken.

Memory tip: Hold speed, let them pass.

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518 You want to pass a stationary bus. What is correct?

  1. Pass on the left
  2. Pass quickly using your hooter
  3. Take due care for people approaching or leaving the bus
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Answer C: Take due care for people approaching or leaving the bus

You must take due care for people approaching or leaving a stationary bus.

Memory tip: Bus stopped: people about.

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519 At a junction where traffic moves around a traffic island (a circle), who must you yield to when entering?

  1. Only the largest vehicle in the circle
  2. Vehicles approaching from your left within the junction
  3. Vehicles approaching from your right within the junction
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Answer C: Vehicles approaching from your right within the junction

When entering a junction with a traffic island, you yield right of way to all vehicular traffic approaching from your right within the junction.

Memory tip: Circle: give way to the right.

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520 You are about to enter a traffic circle and a car is already in the circle, coming from your right. What must you do?

  1. Enter first because you are already at the entrance
  2. Hoot and enter if the car is slower than you
  3. Yield and let the car from your right go first
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Answer C: Yield and let the car from your right go first

You must yield to traffic approaching from your right within the junction.

Memory tip: Right-hand traffic goes first.

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521 A traffic officer waves you into a circle while a car approaches from your right. Whose instruction applies?

  1. The traffic officer's instruction
  2. The yield-to-the-right rule
  3. Whichever driver is in the larger vehicle
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Answer A: The traffic officer's instruction

The yield-to-the-right rule applies unless entry is controlled by a traffic officer's instruction or a road traffic sign requiring otherwise.

Memory tip: Officer's hand beats the default rule.

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522 At a junction with a traffic island, when does the 'yield to the right' rule NOT apply?

  1. When you entered the junction first
  2. When you are travelling faster than the other traffic
  3. When a sign or traffic officer requires you to act differently
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Answer C: When a sign or traffic officer requires you to act differently

The rule yields to a traffic officer's instruction or a road traffic sign that requires otherwise.

Memory tip: Signs and officers override the default.

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523 Two cars reach a circle at the same moment. Car A is on your right and you are Car B. What must you do?

  1. Go first because Car A must yield to you
  2. Both stop and wait for a third driver to wave
  3. Yield to Car A on your right
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Answer C: Yield to Car A on your right

Traffic approaching from your right within the junction has right of way.

Memory tip: Car on your right goes first.

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524 For which type of junction does the manual give the rule to yield to traffic approaching from your right?

  1. A junction where traffic moves around a traffic island
  2. Any freeway on-ramp
  3. Only junctions with traffic lights
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Answer A: A junction where traffic moves around a traffic island

The rule is stated for junctions where vehicles must move around a traffic island within the junction.

Memory tip: Island in the middle: look right.

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525 You approach a circle and a sign requires you to yield differently from the normal rule. What do you do?

  1. Obey the road traffic sign
  2. Follow the normal rule and ignore the sign
  3. Follow whichever vehicle is ahead of you
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Answer A: Obey the road traffic sign

The normal yield-to-the-right rule does not apply where a direction conveyed by a road traffic sign requires you to act differently.

Memory tip: Sign says it, you do it.

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These are original practice questions, not official test questions. Always confirm requirements with your driving licence testing centre.