Road Safety

NSW RKT speed limits questions

All 7 published questions on this topic, with the correct answer marked on each one.

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5 of them are in the draw today
  1. Question 1

    Driving faster than the maximum speed limit is -

    • Never legally permitted.Correct answer
    • Permitted only when passing another vehicle.
    • Only permitted when other vehicles are going faster than the speed limit.
  2. Question 2

    A Shared Traffic Zone, where pedestrians and other road users can share the road safely has a speed limit of -

    • 10 Km/h.Correct answer
    • 20 Km/h.
    • 50 Km/h.
  3. Question 3

    What could be the penalties for driving over the speed limit -

    • Fines, demerit points and possibly loss of licence.Correct answer
    • Fines only.
    • A letter of warning and a small fine.
  4. Question 4

    Where there are no speed limit signs, the speed limit is 100 km/h, unless -

    • There are street lights along the road.Correct answer
    • The road you are driving on is gravel.
    • There's an emergency, which mean speed limits don't apply.
  5. Question 5

    When you see this sign you must -

    • Not exceed 40 km/h and keep a special lookout for bicycle riders, pedestrians and children.Correct answer
    • Only enter the street if you live in the local zone.
    • Drive at a speed less than 40 km/h if you are not a resident of the local zone.

    This one is asked against a picture. The answer sets 40 km/h and the wrong answers argue about local residents, so the picture is either a plain 40 km/h sign or an area sign carrying one. The text does not settle which. So the question is readable here and stays out of the practice draw.

  6. Question 6

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    The limit is 10 km/h and you must give way to any pedestrian in the zone, because people on foot share the road with vehicles.

    This sign means you must -

    • Share this road with other people and vehicles and not exceed 10 km/h.Correct answer
    • Drive at 10 km/h if there are pedestrians around.
    • Reduce your speed to what you think is safe but never below 10 km/h.
  7. Question 7

    If you are driving along the highway and come across road works with a reduced speed zone, you must -

    • Slow down to the new speed limit.Correct answer
    • Drive through the road works zone as fast as you can to get past it.
    • Drive at the same speed as other vehicles.

Reading them is the easy half

The road safety section of the real sitting allows one wrong answer out of 30. Answering under that pressure is a different thing from reading the list.

Questions from the State of New South Wales (Transport for NSW) Rider Knowledge Test question bank, published under CC BY 4.0. Bank retrieved 2026-08-28, reviewed 27 August 2026.