Pick an answer to check it. 56 of 70 correct (80%) is needed to pass.
The real test has 70 questions in 50 minutes, about 43 seconds per question.
Left, right, left is usually recommended. The reason why left comes first and why you should look there twice is that this is the traffic closest to you.
“If a motor vehicle or a vehicle coupled to this has a load where either side protrudes more than 20 centimetres outside the vehicle, [...] the vehicle or a vehicle coupled to this may only be driven on a private road.”
Swedish Road Traffic Ordinance
The sign indicates that the prohibition against stopping or parking ends. However, you must still take into consideration: “A vehicle may not be parked [...] on a priority road”. (Swedish Road Traffic Ordinance)
After the sign, you are allowed to stop but you may not park, as you are on a priority road.
– It is stated in the question.
“The sign indicates that traffic with vehicles or a vehicle/trailer combination over a certain length is prohibited. The greatest permitted length is indicated on the sign.”
Vehicle/trailer combination: ”A motor vehicle with one or several connected vehicles.” (Road Traffic Definitions Act)
“5 km/h corresponds to a normal walking speed for a person with no functional disability.”
Swedish Transport Administration
This is relevant to know for home zones etc. where a vehicle may be driven no faster than at walking speed.
“The sign indicates that the provisions of Chapter 8, Section 1 of the Road Traffic Ordinance (1998:1276) apply. Any prohibition on driving vehicles that are permitted on a pedestrian street according to Chapter 8, Section 1, second paragraph of the Road Traffic Ordinance is indicated using an additional panel.”
“Tyres shall have a tread depth of at least 1.6 mm in the main pattern”
Swedish Transport Agency
“Airbags increase the protection against whiplash injuries.”
Swedish Transport Administration
The reason for this is that the airbag catches the head and cushions the abrupt movement that causes whiplash injuries.
“Category B authorisation is sufficient to drive a private car or light truck with a light trailer. Other cases require an extended B or BE category authorisation.”
Swedish Transport Agency
Light trailers are available in both braked and unbraked models.
“A driver who is obliged to stop or is stopping at a traffic signal shall stop at the stop line. In the absence of a stop line, the driver shall stop right before the signal or before driving onto the intersecting road, route or track area.”
Swedish Road Traffic Ordinance
The stop sign may be posted several metres from the junction, which means that you cannot see anything if you stop there.
“The more detailed provisions relating to sign C35, Vehicle parking is prohibited, also apply to this sign.”
Review of the options:
Answering a mobile phone counts as parking, not stopping. See the Driving Licence Book (19th Edition, page 104): “The parking prohibition on the priority road means that you may not even stop and answer your phone”.
As parking is prohibited on priority roads (assume that it is a priority road, see the above point), it is prohibited to answer a mobile phone at this location.
“[...] The device is placed so that the panels lean downwards on the side where traffic must travel.”
Example of use: It is often self-evident where you should go, but in the dark it can be good to be aware of the panels’ direction.
“Stop. A vehicle may not pass the stop line or, in the absence of such, the signal.”
This is the way the Swedish Transport Agency has chosen to illustrate a flashing light, as it is impossible to make a light flash in a still image (the same images are used in paper brochures, for example).
“A vehicle may not drive on the median strip or on a traversing link road between the carriageways.”
Swedish Road Traffic Ordinance
Motorways are built to be safe. It would be very unsafe if regular road users were able to use these links that have a much lower safety level than exit ramps and acceleration lanes.
Maximum speed for light lorries: “The speed limit applicable to the road.” (Swedish Transport Agency)
“Overtaking is not allowed just before or in a junction, except when 1. the overtaking is done on the right; 2. the traffic in the junction is regulated by a police officer or through traffic signals; or 3. It is clear from the road signs or other circumstances that drivers on the intersecting road have an obligation to give way or stop.”
Swedish Road Traffic Ordinance
Non of the exceptions apply in this situation = not permitted.
Car A would have to drive out into the centre of the junction, which is not safe.
“Younger drivers react significantly slower than experienced drivers. The age group with the best reaction time is experienced drivers between the ages of 45–54. […] The explanation is likely that the experienced driver is often more prepared to act.”
Driving Licence Book, 19th Edition, page 199
Remember that this applies in traffic, where you are not prepared at each given moment to react quickly. A person with a 2-second reaction time in traffic may have a reaction time of 0.7 seconds in a test where you have to push a button at the sound of a signal.
“declutching […] (temporarily) break the connection between the driving shaft and the driven shaft of the engine: with ~d engine”
Nationalencyklopedin
Review of the options:
– A is Pedestrian crossing ahead and D is Children. Indirectly, they can be said to warn you of pedestrians, but you should choose the best/”most correct” answer, which is C, as its literal meaning is Pedestrian warning.
There are 3 things indicating that vehicles coming from the right are obliged to give way to you:
These factors together suggest you can be fairly sure that vehicles coming from the right are obliged to give way to you.
Almost nobody can keep an eye on all signs and instructions the entire time. It is therefore important to be able to draw reasonable conclusions about what rules apply using clues.
“The sign indicates a junction where drivers on a road shown as a narrow line must give way to vehicles on a road shown as a bold line. The symbol is adapted to the conditions of the location.”
“The symbol is adapted to the conditions of the location” means that in this particular case, the sign indicates a regular four-way junction. In other cases, the sign might look like this:
“The amount of [...] pure spirits (40 %) that a strong beer or a glass of wine corresponds to [...] can be calculated with a formula (percentage by volume * the volume in cl * 0.025).”
MHF
7.2 * 33 * 0.025 = 5.94 cl (round up to 6 cl)
(0.025 is the same as dividing by 40)
There are no clear rules stating exactly what you can and cannot do in this situation. However, there are strong indications that it was appropriate to pass the cyclist:
– There is no clear answer to this. “The term ‘junction’ is not defined [...] but classifying a roundabout as a junction is not ruled out.” (Supreme Court). When there are no clear rules, it is appropriate to refer to rules for similar situations. Overtaking in a junction and overtaking in a roundabout can be viewed as similar situations.
“Where the maximum permitted speed is 50 kilometres an hour or lower, a driver that is approaching a bus shall, when the bus driver indicates the intention to depart from a bus stop, slow down and allow the bus to leave the bus stop. If necessary, the driver shall stop.”
Swedish Road Traffic Ordinance
“Overtaking is not allowed just before or on a level crossing, except when 1. the crossing is gated, or 2. the traffic in the crossing is regulated through such traffic signals as are used in regular junctions.”
Swedish Road Traffic Ordinance
It is thus enough for the crossing to have either gates or traffic lights for the overtaking prohibition to be made invalid. The question specifies that the crossing has traffic lights, which means that there is no prohibition to overtake. Note however that it has to be the right type of traffic lights, see more below.
This type of signal device is enough to cancel out the overtaking prohibition, as it is a red, amber and green traffic signal.
This type of signal device is not enough to cancel out the overtaking prohibition, as it is the regular signal that is posted at nearly every railway crossing.
Yes Yes All vehicles
Yes No All vehicles
No Yes All vehicles (same as in the question)
No No
Accident type Number of deaths (2019)
Head-on 47
Overtaking 3
Catching up (from behind) 10
Turning off 9
Junction 16
Single vehicle – highest death rate 59
Bicycle and moped 11
Pedestrians 25
Roe deer and deer 1
Moose 6
Reindeer 0
Rail/tracks 4
Other issues 32
”Skattevikt” = Taxable weight
”Tjänstevikt” = Unladen weight
“For private cars, the taxable weight is the same as the vehicle’s unladen weight.”
Swedish Transport Agency
The sign to the right of image B:
“The sign indicates a junction where drivers of vehicles on connecting roads are obliged to give way or stop. The symbol is adapted to the conditions of the location.”
Vehicles coming from the left in A have to give way, but not according to the right-hand rule, as it is a priority road. (Enlarge the image and you will see the priority road sign on the right. In the image, it is intentionally blurry and difficult to spot.)
“The sign indicates a facility with a small number of cottages.”
“The sign indicates a facility with a large number of cottages.”
“The sign indicates a facility that provides spaces for tents, caravans and campers.”
In this question, it is important to distinguish between the different weight concepts:
“There is a high proportion of fossil fuels. More than 90 per cent of the fuel that is currently used for road transports is of fossil origin.”
Swedish Transport Administration
“If there is an obstruction when approaching an oncoming car, the driver who has the obstruction on their side shall stop, if this is necessary for the oncoming car to be able to pass.”
Swedish Road Traffic Ordinance
Being overly nice does not benefit anyone here; it just causes confusion since the black car has already stopped to let you past according to the rules.
“The sign indicates that drivers are obliged to stop before entering the intersecting road, thoroughfare or track area and that the provisions of Chapter 3, Section 18 of the Road Traffic Ordinance (1998:1276) apply. If all approaching roads in a junction have an obligation to stop, this is indicated with additional panel T14, all-way stop.”
“Glycol prevents freezing damage.”
Driving Licence Book, 19th Edition, page 140
“You do not need to worry about the airbag triggering during small accidents as it requires a speed of 20–30 km/h for it to be activated.”
Driving Licence Book, 19th Edition, page 117
– No, actually not. The airbag is not completely harmless since it inflates with such extreme force. If you crash at 10 km/h, the airbag can do more harm than good. However, at higher speeds, it does more good than harm.
“This sign indicates that a one-way road is turning into a road with traffic in both directions.”
“Only when the child is 140 cm tall is it safe for them to sit in a passenger seat with a connected airbag.”
Swedish Transport Agency
When they are 135 cm tall, the child may be seated as an adult in a seat with no airbag. As the question specifies that the seat has an airbag, the answer of at least 140 cm is the correct one.
Note that there is a nearly identical question but without the airbag.
Overlearning: “Your purely technical driving must become automatic. When you do not need to think about the technical aspect of the driving, wherein it has become automatic, you can use your thinking ability when something happens that requires quick reactions.” (Driving Licence Book, 19th Edition, page 11)
There are never roundabouts that force you to exit via a specific exit road and the flow of traffic is always in the same direction (counterclockwise).
The mandatory sign straight ahead in the picture only indicates that the flow of traffic in the roundabout is counterclockwise, as is always the case.
“The signs indicate that the vehicle may only be driven in the direction of the arrow or, in the case of two arrows, in either arrow’s direction. The symbol is adapted to the conditions of the location.”
“A driver is only allowed to turn around or reverse if if it can be done without causing a danger or hindrance to other road users.”
Swedish Road Traffic Ordinance
Reversing on priority roads is not generally prohibited.
“Parking is the stationing of a vehicle with or without a driver. The stationing is done for a reason [...] other than setting down or picking up passengers or to load or unload items.”
Swedish Transport Agency
What you are doing is subsequently not counted as parking and is therefore not subject to the parking prohibition.
“Oil pressure […] there may be too little oil in the engine”
Driving Licence Book, 19th Edition, page 146–147
“The signs indicate that the vehicle may only drive in the direction that the arrow is pointing or, in the case of two arrows, in the direction of either arrow. The symbol is specific to the conditions at the location.”
“The braking distance [...] increases quadratically with increasing speed.”
Driving Licence Book, 19th Edition, page 120
Colour codes for the figures (easier to keep track of them)
Current speed 30 km/h
Comparative speed 60 km/h Comparative braking distance 41 metres
Reduction in speed (to be calculated) X times
Reduction in braking distance (to be calculated) X times
The answer is arrived at in several steps. The first question to ask yourself is whether the speed is increasing or decreasing. It is decreasing (from 60 to 30). But what we need to know is by how much it decreases:
The next step is to find out how much shorter the braking distance will be:
To the power of 2 as the braking distance increases quadratically with the speed. The term “quadratically” corresponds to the meaning of “to the power of 2”.
We now know that the braking distance is 4 times shorter. In order to arrive at the distance in metres (as the question is asking for), the following calculation is used:
Note that the road is probably very slippery, as 10 metres at 30 km/h is a fairly long braking distance.
Review of the options:
“If [...] the vehicle’s width, including load, exceeds 260 centimetres, [...] the vehicle or a vehicle coupled to this may only be driven on a private road.”
Swedish Road Traffic Ordinance
“The sign indicates an area for commerce.”
During roadworks, temporary orange signs are erected. “Follow the orange road signs [...] They take priority over regular instructions.” (Driving Licence Book, 19th Edition, page 83)
“A driving licence shall be revoked [...] if the licence holder […] has failed to fulfil their obligation to stop […] if the violation cannot not be considered minor”
Driving Licence Act
“The check light for the ABS is meant to light up for a few seconds when the engine is started.”
Driving Licence Book, 19th Edition, page 131
This is to let you know that the light is working.
Review of the options:
“Power steering makes it easier to steer”
Driving Licence Book, 19th Edition, page 137
“The panel indicates the sign under which the panel is placed applies to the type of vehicle or the road user group specified on the panel.”
“0–15” does not refer to time, but rather the number of metres to which the parking sign relates.
“This sign indicates a stretch of road where children often cross or where there are often children on or near the road.”
– Yes, but the question is not about the meaning of the sign. The most important aspect of the question is rather the residential area. Only thinking that there may be children around, as is suggested in the first alternative, is not the marker of a mature perspective. This would be like driving at 110 km/h on a motorway in extreme weather and glassy ice just because you have the “right” to do so according to the sign.
“The sign indicates that traffic with vehicles over a certain height is prohibited if the free height is lower than 4.5 metres. The greatest permitted vehicle height is indicated on the sign.”
“The panel indicates the direction to what is stated on the sign. The panel is specific to the conditions at the location.”
It is very difficult to judge how fast a car coming straight towards your own car is driving. The reason being that there are no clear reference points between which you can “measure” their speed. If you are looking at a car from the side, it is much easier to judge its speed.
“If you are heading towards another car, you have to remember how difficult it is to judge where you will meet.”
Driving Licence Book, 19th Edition, page 87
Note that the other alternatives are fairly bad, i.e. these are things that are relatively easy to judge.
Whether you use a handsfree or not is of little importance: “It is not safe to be on your mobile even if you are using a handsfree device. It is more or less just as dangerous as holding the mobile in your hand.” (Swedish Transport Administration)
The reason being that the conversation itself is the disturbance. The fact that your hands are free helps with the mechanical side of driving, but it may also increase the risk because it gives you a false sense of security, which may make you spend more time talking on the phone.
“The sign indicates that it is prohibited to park vehicles on days with even-numbered dates on the side of the road that has even-numbered addresses and on days with odd-numbered dates on the side of the road that has odd-numbered addresses.”
Address numbers (house numbers) are considered by the authorities to be a suitable fixed point to go by. No address numbers are visible in this picture, but this has no impact on the question.
“Category B also gives the licence holder the right to drive - Moped class I (EU moped), a tractor, heavy equipment class I and class II as well as three and four-wheeled heavy motorcycles - Terrain scooter (if the licence was issued before 1 January 2000)”
Swedish Transport Agency
“The sign indicates that traffic with vehicles over a certain width is prohibited. The greatest permitted width is indicated on the sign.”
“Nine out of ten people will survive being hit by a car at 30 km/h. However, when that speed is increased to 50 km/h, the risk of a fatal accident increases eightfold”
Swedish Transport Administration
The important thing is that you are aware that the speed greatly impacts on the chances of a pedestrian surviving being hit by a car. Specifically, you should know that 30 km/h = great chance of survival and 50 km/h = small chance of survival. This is so that you will understand why the speed limit on some stretches of road is 30 km/h.
The difference between the different alternatives is normally great enough that you do not need to learn any exact figures or formulas.
Normally, a road sign only begins to apply when you have passed it, but the priority road sign is a special case. It is located at the start of the priority road and is also repeated after junctions.
“The sign is erected at the start of the priority road and is repeated after each junction with a road other than such as referred to in Chapter 3, Section 21, second paragraph of the Road Traffic Ordinance, if it is not otherwise clear that the priority road continues after the crossing.”
The Swedish Transport Agency states that a priority road sign is not located directly after a junction if the road is also not a priority road before the junction. This, combined with the fact that it is normal that priority road signs are located after junctions, means that you can assume that you are already driving on the priority road.
“[…] a secondary line that allows the brake to still work on some of the wheels. This is referred to as a dual-circuit brake system.”
Driving Licence Book, 19th Edition, page 129
In this context, C is for centre.
“A motor vehicle, other than a bus, with or without a coupled vehicle may not be driven on roads other than private roads if the vehicle or vehicle/trailer combination, including load, is longer than 24.0 metres. The length of a vehicle and trailer combination, including load, may however have a maximum length of 25.25 metres if the following conditions are fulfilled. 1. Each vehicle involved is equipped with the anti-lock braking system and coupling device prescribed by the Swedish Transport Agency.”
Swedish Road Traffic Ordinance
As the condition of having an anti-lock braking system is not fulfilled, the maximum permitted length is 24.0 metres.
”Husbil, 3 platser” = Mobile home, 3 spaces
”P-skiva” = Parking disc
The entire sign combination applies to mobile homes (campers). In other words, there are 3 parking spaces for mobile homes, they are allowed to use them for a maximum 6 hours and they must have a parking disc.
“This device marks the centre of a roundabout around which vehicles are to be driven.”
“This device is used to make a level crossing more visible.”
“The device indicates that motorists must make a sharp turn in the arrows direction because of, for example, a bend. If the device is used during roadworks or similar work, the background is red.”
“The device indicates the dividing point between a main carriageway and an exit road where there is a deceleration lane.”
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