NT rider knowledge test road rules practice questions

Question 1

You are on a road with two lanes in your direction and a speed limit over 90 km/h. Which lane should you ride in?

• Any lane
• The right lane, so drivers see you
• The left lane, unless you are overtaking, turning right or the left lane is blockedCorrect answer
• The lane with the smoothest surface

Keeping left where the limit is 90 km/h or more, or where a keep left unless overtaking sign applies, keeps traffic flowing and reduces the pressure of vehicles closing on you.

Rule cited: Australian Road Rules, rule 129 (keeping to the left)

Question 2

Is it acceptable to pass a slower vehicle on its left in a single lane each way road?

• Yes, motorcycles are narrow enough
• Yes, if the shoulder is sealed
• No, overtaking on the left is only allowed in limited situations, such as multiple lanes in your direction or a vehicle signalling a right turnCorrect answer
• Yes, if the vehicle is going under the limit

Drivers do not expect anything to appear on their left in a single lane, so it is both illegal and one of the easiest ways to be hit.

Rule cited: Australian Road Rules, rule 141 (no overtaking to the left of a vehicle)

Question 3

What does the road rule require about a motorcycle and marked lanes?

• The motorcycle must stay entirely within a single marked laneCorrect answer
• A motorcycle may ride along the lane line
• A motorcycle may use the shoulder as an extra lane
• Lane rules do not apply to motorcycles

You may only move out of your lane where the rules permit, such as a properly signalled lane change. Two riders may share a single lane, subject to the two abreast rule.

Rule cited: Australian Road Rules, rule 146 (driving within a single marked lane)

Question 4

You are riding out of a roadhouse driveway onto a highway. What must you do?

• Give way to all vehicles and pedestrians on the road you are enteringCorrect answer
• Nothing, traffic must give way to you
• Give way only to vehicles coming from the right
• Sound the horn and merge

Look both ways more than once, and remember that highway traffic may be closing at 110 km/h or more, which needs a much larger gap than town traffic does.

Rule cited: Northern Territory motorcycle rider handbook, topic: giving way