VIC learner permit test roundabouts practice questions

Question 1

As you approach a roundabout, who must you give way to?

• Nobody, if you are turning left
• The larger vehicle at any entry
• Vehicles approaching from your right only
• Vehicles already travelling in the roundaboutCorrect answer

Entering traffic gives way to traffic already circulating, whichever entry it came from.

Rule cited: Road to Solo Driving handbook (Victoria), topic: roundabouts

Question 2

You are turning right at a roundabout. Which signals should you use?

• Right on approach, then left before you exitCorrect answer
• Left on approach, then right before you exit
• Right on approach only, with no exit signal
• No signal is needed at roundabouts

Signal right as you approach and while you travel around, then signal left when it is practical to do so before leaving.

Rule cited: Road to Solo Driving handbook (Victoria), topic: roundabouts

Question 3

You are going straight ahead through a roundabout. What signal should you give on approach?

• Hazard lights for the whole roundabout
• No approach signal, but signal left before you exit if practicalCorrect answer
• Right, then cancel it in the roundabout
• Left, so drivers know you are not turning right

There is no approach signal for going straight ahead. The left signal before the exit tells waiting drivers you are leaving.

Rule cited: Road to Solo Driving handbook (Victoria), topic: roundabouts

Question 4

At a multi lane roundabout with no arrows painted on the road, which lane should you use to turn right?

• The left lane, then cut across
• The centre of the two lanes
• The right laneCorrect answer
• Either lane, as long as you signal

Turn right from the right lane and left from the left lane unless painted arrows or signs direct something different.

Rule cited: Road to Solo Driving handbook (Victoria), topic: roundabouts

Question 5

A long vehicle in the roundabout has its rear wheels crossing into your lane. What should you do?

• Reverse out of the roundabout
• Sound your horn and hold your position
• Overtake it quickly on the inside
• Stay back and give it room, even if it is straddling lanesCorrect answer

Long vehicles need extra space to swing through a roundabout, and they may legally occupy more than one lane while doing so.

Rule cited: Road to Solo Driving handbook (Victoria), topic: sharing the road with long vehicles

Question 6

You are leaving a roundabout by the first exit on your left. Which lane and signal should you normally use?

• The right lane with a right signal on approach
• Either lane with no signal at all
• The left lane with a left signal on approachCorrect answer
• The centre of the road with your hazard lights on

For a left turn you approach in the left lane and signal left, keeping that signal on until you have left the roundabout. Painted arrows override this if they say something different.

Rule cited: Road to Solo Driving handbook (Victoria), topic: roundabouts

Question 7

A cyclist in a multi lane roundabout is riding in the left lane and continuing past the exit you want to take. What should you do?

• Overtake on the cyclist's left before the exit
• Expect the cyclist to leave at the next exit and turn across anyway
• Sound your horn so the cyclist moves right
• Give way to the cyclist and do not cut across their path to reach your exitCorrect answer

A cyclist may legally stay in the left lane of a roundabout and ride past exits. If you are leaving and they are continuing around, you must give way to them.

Rule cited: Road to Solo Driving handbook (Victoria), topic: roundabouts and cyclists

Question 8

The exit you want at a small roundabout comes up so quickly that signalling left would mean taking a hand off the wheel at a bad moment. What does the rule expect?

• Signal left only if it is practical to do soCorrect answer
• Signal even if you must let go of the wheel to do it
• Stop inside the roundabout until you can signal
• Never signal when leaving a roundabout

The exit signal is required where it is practical. On very small roundabouts there may be no safe moment to give it, so control of the vehicle comes first.

Rule cited: Road to Solo Driving handbook (Victoria), topic: roundabouts

Question 9

You are already travelling in a roundabout when a driver at an entry starts to move out in front of you. What is the safest response?

• Keep your speed because you have priority
• Slow down and avoid the crash, even though you had right of wayCorrect answer
• Sound your horn and continue at the same speed
• Stop in the middle of the roundabout and wait

Right of way is something you give, not something you take. If another driver makes a mistake, your job is to avoid the collision.

Rule cited: Road to Solo Driving handbook (Victoria), topic: roundabouts

Question 10

Some large roundabouts have traffic lights at one or more of the entries. How do the lights and the roundabout rules work together?

• The roundabout rules replace the lights during the day
• The lights apply only to buses and trucks
• You must obey the traffic lights as well as the normal roundabout rulesCorrect answer
• The lights are advisory outside peak hours

The signal tells you when you may enter. Once you are in the roundabout the usual rules about giving way, lanes and signalling still apply.

Rule cited: Road to Solo Driving handbook (Victoria), topic: roundabouts with traffic lights