K53 rules of the road explained
100 short chapters that explain the K53 rules, signs and vehicle controls in plain language.
Many K53 apps give you only questions and answers. These chapters explain the rule behind each answer, so you understand why something is correct and can handle questions worded differently on test day. They cover the three sections of the learner's licence test: rules of the road, signs and markings, and vehicle controls.
Rules of the road
- Intersections, traffic circles and right of way
- Speed, following distance and stopping
- Keeping left, lane changes and overtaking
- Vehicle safety before and during a journey
- Parking, towing and everyday responsibilities
- Overtaking and passing safely
- Parking places and required clearances
- Where voluntary stopping is prohibited
- Indicators and signals of intention
- Following distance and stopping space
- Securing a parked vehicle and moving off
- Main beams, dipped beams and fog lamps
- Mirrors, blind spots and a clear windscreen
- The horn and emergency-vehicle priority
- Fuel, exhaust and electrical safety
- Vehicle lamps and number plates
- Steering and braking systems
- Seat belts, child restraints and helmets
- Roadworthiness checks and emergency warnings
- General and vehicle-specific speed limits
- Vehicle dimensions, loads and projections
- Reflectors and reflective vehicle markings
- Divided roads, traffic lanes and shoulders
- Motorcycle riding responsibilities
- Driver attention and pedestrian crossings
- Considerate driving and responsibility for the road
- Freeway restrictions and vehicle towing
- Entering roads and compulsory stops
- Tyres, collision duties and impairment
- Learner licences, ages and supervision
- Driving documents and vehicle licensing
- Rules in detail: Learner's licence codes and applying
- Rules in detail: Vehicle licences, permits and offences
- Rules in detail: Lights and lamps
- Rules in detail: Number plates, mirrors and steering
- Rules in detail: Brakes, hooter and warning devices
- Rules in detail: Seat belts and motorcycle helmets
- Rules in detail: Vehicle condition and speed limits
- Rules in detail: Speed classes and vehicle size
- Rules in detail: Loads, passengers and projections
- Rules in detail: Retro-reflectors and yellow material
- Rules in detail: Keeping left and the shoulder
- Rules in detail: Lanes, signals and indicators
- Rules in detail: Overtaking and passing
- Rules in detail: junctions, crossing roads and compulsory stops
- Rules in detail: parking, stopping and abandoned vehicles
- Rules in detail: driver duties, motorcycles and cell phones
- Rules in detail: freeways, towing and combinations
- Rules in detail: tyres, accidents and heavy vehicle fuel systems
- Rules in detail: alcohol, reckless and inconsiderate driving
Signs and markings
- Stop and yield signs
- Speed signs and mandatory directions
- Warning signs and temporary road controls
- Prohibition signs and restricted movements
- Signals, reservations and freeways
- Traffic lights and signal-controlled crossings
- Failed and flashing traffic signals
- Solid, broken and combination lines
- Pedestrian crossings and traffic islands
- Stop lines, lane arrows and reserved road space
- Road-edge, crossing-approach and lane-change markings
- Guidance, information and supplementary signs
- Stop controls
- Yield and priority signs
- No entry and one-way roads
- Direction commands and roundabouts
- Who may use the road
- Speed signs
- Turn and U-turn prohibitions
- Overtaking, parking and stopping bans
- Vehicle size and mass limits
- Pedestrian, cycle, noise and lift bans
- Reserved lanes and freeways
- Junction warning signs
- Curve warnings
- Narrowing and two-way warnings
- Warnings of controls ahead
- People and animals on the road
- Surface and gradient warnings
- Environmental and general hazard warnings
- Temporary roadworks signs
- Vehicle-class signs: only: part 1
- Vehicle-class signs: only: part 2
- Prohibition signs
- Vehicle-class signs: prohibited: part 1
- Vehicle-class signs: prohibited: part 2
- More signs from the official manual (R238+)
- Reservation signs
- Selective restriction signs
- Junction and road-shape warnings
- Warning signs: part 1
- Warning signs: part 2
- Hazard warning: part 1
- Hazard warning: part 2
- Animal and vehicle warning
- Direction guidance
- Information signs
- More signs from the official manual (R124+)