VIC motorcycle test lane use and filtering practice questions

Question 1

Where lane filtering is permitted in Victoria, what is the maximum speed at which a rider may filter?

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

Rule 151A makes filtering at more than 30 km/h an offence in its own right, and rule 151B sets the conditions under which a rider may filter at all.

Rule cited: Road Safety Road Rules 2017 (Vic), r 151A

Question 2

Which riders are allowed to lane filter in Victoria?

• Any rider, including learners
• Motorcycle licence holders only, not learner permit holdersCorrect answer
• Only riders over 30 years of age
• Only riders on motorcycles over 660 mL

Rule 151B permits filtering by the holder of a motorcycle licence and not by a motorcycle learner permit holder. The licence bar differs across the country: Queensland requires an open licence, and South Australia excludes P1 provisional riders as well as learners.

Rule cited: Road Safety Road Rules 2017 (Vic), r 151B

Question 3

A fully licensed Victorian rider is filtering through stopped traffic. Which of these is not allowed?

• Filtering between a line of traffic and a line of parked cars
• Filtering between traffic and the kerbCorrect answer
• Filtering between two lines of traffic in the same direction
• Filtering at 25 km/h

Victoria is unusual here. The definition of lane filtering in the Victorian rules includes riding between a vehicle and an adjacent parked vehicle or line of parked vehicles, so filtering past parked cars is permitted. Filtering between traffic and the kerb is not, and neither is filtering in a bicycle lane, on a shared path or on the shoulder. New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and the ACT all bar filtering next to parked cars, so this is a rule that does not travel across a border.

Rule cited: Road Safety Road Rules 2017 (Vic), rr 151A and 151B, and Transport Victoria, motorcycle road rules

Question 4

You are riding on a road where traffic is moving at 70 km/h and you ride between the lines of moving vehicles. What is this?

• Legal filtering
• Lane splitting, which is not legal anywhere in AustraliaCorrect answer
• Legal as long as you use your indicators
• Legal on freeways only

Lawful filtering is capped at 30 km/h in every jurisdiction, so riding between lines of traffic moving at 70 km/h is lane splitting and it is not permitted anywhere in Australia.

Rule cited: Road Safety Road Rules 2017 (Vic), r 151A

Question 5

You are riding in central Melbourne and reach an intersection signed for a hook turn. What must you do to turn right?

• Turn right from the right of the lane as normal
• Move to the far left of the intersection, wait, then complete the right turn when the lights on the road you are entering turn greenCorrect answer
• Stop in the middle of the intersection and wait
• Hook turns do not apply to motorcycles

Hook turns keep right turning traffic out of the way of trams. They apply to motorcycles the same as cars. Take extra care with the tram tracks and the painted surfaces while you wait.

Rule cited: Victorian Rider Handbook, topic: hook turns