Choose an answer to see straight away whether it is right, and why. Read the rule first if you need to.
What following gap does India Drive Safe recommend behind the vehicle ahead in good conditions?
Indian law requires enough distance to stop safely if the vehicle ahead stops suddenly. India Drive Safe recommends at least a 3-second gap in good conditions and 4 seconds or more in poor conditions.
Driving Regulations 2017, Reg. 17
Answer A. Indian law requires enough distance to stop safely if the vehicle ahead stops suddenly. India Drive Safe recommends at least a 3-second gap in good conditions and 4 seconds or more in poor conditions.
A road is signed 80 km/h, but it is raining and you can see only a short distance ahead. What speed should you drive at?
The speed limit is a maximum, not a target. In poor conditions you must slow down so that you can stop within your forward range of vision.
Driving Regulations 2017, Reg. 16
Answer D. The speed limit is a maximum, not a target. In poor conditions you must slow down so that you can stop within your forward range of vision.
How do you check a 3-second following gap?
Choose a fixed object, start counting when the vehicle ahead passes it, and if you reach it before 'one thousand three', you are too close.
Answer B. Choose a fixed object, start counting when the vehicle ahead passes it, and if you reach it before 'one thousand three', you are too close.
Someone is tailgating you. What should you do?
Do not brake suddenly without a compelling reason. Give yourself more space ahead so you can brake gently, stay predictable, and let the tailgater pass when it is safe.
Answer B. Do not brake suddenly without a compelling reason. Give yourself more space ahead so you can brake gently, stay predictable, and let the tailgater pass when it is safe.
When should you increase your following distance beyond the normal gap?
Increase the gap on wet or loose roads, in poor visibility, at night, behind large vehicles, downhill, when loaded or tired. Regulation 17 requires a greater distance in bad weather.
Answer A. Increase the gap on wet or loose roads, in poor visibility, at night, behind large vehicles, downhill, when loaded or tired. Regulation 17 requires a greater distance in bad weather.
As your speed increases, what happens to the distance needed to stop?
Both reaction distance and braking distance grow with speed, and braking distance grows disproportionately. Small increases in speed add a lot to stopping distance.
Answer B. Both reaction distance and braking distance grow with speed, and braking distance grows disproportionately. Small increases in speed add a lot to stopping distance.
Is it an offence to drive very slowly without a good reason when the road is clear?
Regulation 16 prohibits driving so slowly, without good and sufficient reason, that you impede normal traffic. A genuine safety reason may still require a low speed.
Answer A. Regulation 16 prohibits driving so slowly, without good and sufficient reason, that you impede normal traffic. A genuine safety reason may still require a low speed.
Which question should guide your speed at all times?
Never drive into space you cannot stop within. If the answer is uncertain, slow down or increase your gap.
Answer B. Never drive into space you cannot stop within. If the answer is uncertain, slow down or increase your gap.
Why is following another vehicle by a fixed number of metres a poor method?
Measure the gap in time, not metres. Three seconds automatically gives a bigger physical gap at higher speed.
Answer C. Measure the gap in time, not metres. Three seconds automatically gives a bigger physical gap at higher speed.
You have just overtaken a heavily loaded truck. Where should you return to the lane?
A loaded truck needs far more stopping distance than a car. Do not cut into its stopping space.
Answer C. A loaded truck needs far more stopping distance than a car. Do not cut into its stopping space.
What does this sign mean?
A red-bordered circle with a number is a maximum speed limit. Conditions may still require a lower speed.
Answer D. A red-bordered circle with a number is a maximum speed limit. Conditions may still require a lower speed.
What does this sign warn you about?
Slow down before the speed breaker.
IRC:67
Answer A. Slow down before the speed breaker.
The auto-rickshaw ahead is pulling over for a passenger. What should you do?
Autos and taxis often stop without warning to pick up passengers. Keep a gap that lets you stop.
Answer A. Autos and taxis often stop without warning to pick up passengers. Keep a gap that lets you stop.