Road Rules Trivia

1. When you see a road sign with two arrows, one going up and one going down, what does it mean?

From Quiz Driver's Ed (California)

Answer: Two way traffic

An "added lane" sign has two arrows going the same way, but one is curved, and they are separated by a dotted line. A "lane ends" sign has two lines, one is curved a little, and has dotted lines to the right of it. The "reverse turn" sign has a curved arrow.

From Quiz Milestones in UK Road Safety

Answer: The Red Flag Act

Under the Act, it was stipulated that someone carrying a red flag would have to walk 60 yards (55 meters) ahead of any self propelled motor vehicle, and warn horse-drawn traffic of the approaching menace.

From Quiz Ohio Driving Laws

Answer: When there isn't sign posted at the intersection forbidding right turns on red AND you've come to a complete stop and allowed all crossing traffic and all pedestrians to go through the intersection.

You also must be able to clearly see that the turn can be done safely.

From Quiz N.S.W. Driving Laws

Answer: 16

After obtaining your L-plates (for whihc you must be at least 16 years of age), the RTA's new system requires drivers to keep a log book of the hours driven by the learner driver. Before L-platers can progress to the next licencing level (P-plates), they must complete 50 hours of driving, have held their L-plates for a minimum 6 months and be at least 17 years old. As a learner driver, you must be accompanied by a fully-licenced driver, and cannot drive unsupervised.

From Quiz Drive on the Right

Answer: Iceland

French drivers have used the right-hand side of the road since in 1792, but it took those countries on the Iberian peninsular more than a century to follow suit. Spain switched in 1924, and those with land borders soon followed suit (Portugal in 1928 and Gibraltar in 1929). Germany has always driven on the right, and many of their WWII conquests switched during that period (Austria in 1938, Czechoslovakia in 1939, Hungary in 1941, etc). Norway has always driven on the right and the rest of Scandinavia has eventually joined them --Denmark switched in the 18th Century, Finland in 1858, and Sweden in 1967. The last Scandinavian country to switch, and the most recent European country to do so, was Iceland, in 1968.

From Quiz Driver's Ed (California)

Answer: 16

You have to be at least 16 to get your license. You can get your permit when you're 15.

From Quiz Have You Got a Light, Boy?

Answer: Manual gearboxes

Unlike automatic transmissions, manual transmissions require a certain amount of time to get ready for departure - depress clutch pedal, choose first gear, possibly release hand brake and then slowly release the clutch to depart. To give drivers the opportunity to do so in the last seconds of their imposed wait and to be ready when the light turns green, the red-amber signal is used. It is in all other aspects to be treated like a red signal and penalties for early departing can be assessed up to the same amounts as those for running a normal red light.

From Quiz Milestones in UK Road Safety

Answer: 4 mph in the countryside and 2mph in the towns.

The flag carrier had to enforce a walking pace. Drivers were not encouraged to run over their flagmen. Despite the lethargic progress, statistics show over 1500 fatalities in RTA's by 1875.

From Quiz Ohio Driving Laws

Answer: When there is no sign posted which forbids left turns on red AND the turn is made from the extreme left lane of a one-way street to the extreme left lane of another one-way street.

It's illegal to turn left on red except from one, one-way street to another. When making a left turn on red you need to come to a complete stop and allow all crossing traffic and all pedestrians to go through the intersection before you go.

From Quiz N.S.W. Driving Laws

Answer: 90 km/h

This means that when traveling on the freeways or highways, L-platers must stay in the left hand lanes as other cars are permitted to go 10-30 km/h faster than them. (In Australia you drive on the left side of the road).

From Quiz Driving Test (Arkansas)

Answer: 35

I got all my answers from the Arkansas Driver's License Manual.

From Quiz Reasonably Fine

Answer: Carrie - she took off her clothes

The city in question is named Sag Harbor and the local officials have created a specific rule that it is not permissible to take off one's clothes or bathe in a car, wagon or similar vehicle. Of course it remains to be seen how this law could be important - if anyone had a chance to notice the transgression, the culprit would also be liable under more general indecent exposure rules.

From Quiz Have You Got a Light, Boy?

Answer: Long red - turn off engine

The "engine off" blue was one of the early attempts at helping drivers conserve fuel. It was typically used at intersections where the red duration was 60 seconds or more. The light was solidly lit for most of the red, asking the driver to turn off the engine. It went off about 20 seconds before green (keep engine off, but do not turn off if just arriving) and then, 5-7 seconds before green, came on flashing (restart engine). While a good idea in principle, the light had several flaws. First, too few drivers heeded it, second, of those who did heed it, few restarted the engine at the correct time (either immediately upon going off, massively reducing the benefit or only when the red-amber came on, leading to delays) and finally, it broke the important rule that the only permitted usage of blue in a traffic-relevant lighting fixture is that of the blue emergency vehicle light.

From Quiz Ohio Driving Laws

Answer: At least 100 feet.

You may use either hand/arm signals or your car's mechanical signal.

From Quiz N.S.W. Driving Laws

Answer: 90 km/h

Like L-platers, most red P-platers are advised to stay in the left lanes on freeways. Green P-platers are limited to 100 km/h.

From Quiz Driving Test (Arkansas)

Answer: Two-Way Traffic

From Quiz Milestones in UK Road Safety

Answer: London to Brighton Rally

The Royal Automobile Club's annual London to Brighton Veteran Car Run is the world's longest-running motoring event. As it is a 60 mile run from Hyde Park in central London to the seafront on the Sussex resort of Brighton, many of the elderly vehicles (and some of the occupants) find it all too much.

From Quiz Ohio Driving Laws

Answer: all traffic coming toward it from either direction must stop at least 10 feet from the front or rear of the bus.

In any situation, traffic must stop at least 10 feet from the bus.

From Quiz Driving Test (Arkansas)

Answer: White with Black letters and symbols

Regulation signs give information about rules for traffic direction, lane use, turning, speed, and parking.

From Quiz Cut Overtaking Off At The Pass...

Answer: Slowly in as high a gear as possible

The Automobile Association in the UK advises starting off slowly in second gear for additional traction. After that keep the revs and gears high, but the speed down. If driving down a hill, lose speed beforehand and use a low gear to avoid braking. Always be gentle with brakes and accelerator while driving in snow.

From Quiz Reasonably Fine

Answer: A cemetery

Dunn is one of the more prolific sources for unusual and likely redundant traffic fines. Not only is it disallowed to drive into a graveyard unless digging a grave or burying someone, but there is also an express prohibition from driving on sidewalks and playing in traffic. Driving on playgrounds is not explicitly prohibited in Dunn (I guess they would fine the children instead, for playing in traffic), but this prohibition would apply in Dublin, Georgia. KITT still believes he did nothing wrong because the graveyard was just for pets...

From Quiz Black Ice

Answer: 4,000

According to the National Research Council there were 4,000 fewer fatalities in 1974 than in 1973. [Source: Transportation Research Board. 1984. 55: a decade of experience. Special Report 204. Washington, DC.] Before 1973, US states set their own limits and The National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 removed the federal national limit and again allowed states to set their own.

From Quiz Ohio Driving Laws

Answer: traffic going in the same direction as the bus has to stop.

In any situation, traffic may move again when the bus starts to move or when the bus driver signals motorists to go.

From Quiz Driving Test (Arkansas)

Answer: stop & stop sign

I know you got this one!

From Quiz Reasonably Fine

Answer: 11/22/63

In order to eliminate congestion on narrower roads, parking is permitted only on one side. However since the Spanish authorities don't want to favor anyone, the side changes with the day - on odd-numbered days, you must park on the odd-numbered side while on even-numbered days, you must park on the even side. Similar rules are in force in France and Switzerland, but they split by first and second half of the month, allowing people to actually leave their car parked for more than 24 hours at a time.

From Quiz Driver's Ed (California)

Answer: 25 mph

Within 500 feet of a school, the speed limit is 25mph, unless there is another lower speed posted.

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