ACT rider knowledge test lane filtering practice questions

Question 1

Who is permitted to lane filter in the ACT?

• Any rider, including learners
• Fully licensed riders onlyCorrect answer
• Learner riders only, so they can stay out of traffic
• Nobody, filtering is not permitted

The exemption in section 151A applies only to a rider holding a full motorcycle licence. Learner and provisional riders must not filter.

Rule cited: Road Transport (Road Rules) Regulation 2017 (ACT), s 151A(2)(a)

Question 2

Lane filtering in the ACT is only lawful while the motorbike is travelling below what speed?

• 20 km/h
• 30 km/hCorrect answer
• 40 km/h
• The posted speed limit

Filtering is only lawful while the motorbike is travelling under 30 km/h. The road's speed limit must also be more than 40 km/h, so filtering is not lawful in a 40 km/h zone.

Rule cited: Road Transport (Road Rules) Regulation 2017 (ACT), s 151A(2)(b) and (ca)

Question 3

Where must a rider not lane filter?

• Between a vehicle and the kerb, or between a vehicle and parked carsCorrect answer
• Anywhere traffic is stopped
• On any road with more than two lanes
• Between two lines of moving traffic in any circumstances

Filtering past a parked vehicle is barred outright, and riding kerbside is not safe because that is where doors open and people step out. Other unsafe examples include a roundabout, a children's or pedestrian crossing, and filtering past a bus or a heavy vehicle.

Rule cited: Road Transport (Road Rules) Regulation 2017 (ACT), s 151A(2)(e) and the examples to s 151A(2)(g)