Different Road Users

What must you reckon with in residential areas with little traffic?

1. Children at play often run onto the roadway
2. Pedestrians and cyclists are frequently inattentive

A ball rolls out into the roadway in front of your vehicle in a residential area. How should you react?

1. Reduce speed at once and remain ready to brake
2. Stop if children run onto the roadway

You are approaching children playing on the pavement. What should you do?

1. Reduce speed and remain ready to brake

What should you reckon with when approaching children?

1. Rash behaviour on the part of the children

What must you reckon with?

1. The boy could set off at any moment
2. The boy might look right but still set off

What must you do?

1. You must keep a close eye on the children and proceed cautiously

What must you be prepared for?

1. The boy ahead of you could turn right to follow the other child
2. The boy ahead of you could turn right without signalling a change of direction

What must you do?

1. Brake heavily immediately and remain ready to brake

What must you be prepared for?

1. One of the children could turn back to collect the ball
2. The girl could turn back and run to the other children

What do you have to do?

1. Reduce speed, remain ready to brake and drive cautiously past

What do you have to do?

1. Brake immediately and remain ready to brake

What do you have to do?

1. Brake and, if necessary, stop

What must you reckon with when elderly people are crossing the roadway?

1. They do not always pay attention to vehicle traffic
2. They often stop abruptly on the roadway
3. They often turn back in the middle of the roadway

A pedestrian with a white stick wants to cross the roadway in front of you. What do you have to do?

1. Reduce speed and, if necessary, stop

What must you reckon with?

1. People crossing the street in front of the bus
2. People running across the street from the left to catch the bus

The bus has come to a halt at the stop. Under which conditions are you allowed to pass at walking speed?

1. If danger for passengers boarding and alighting is excluded
2. If passengers boarding and alighting are not obstructed

What must you reckon with when children are waiting at traffic lights?

1. The children will start running when their lights change from green to amber
2. The children also start running when the light is red because they cannot wait
3. The children will push each other into the roadway

A group of children is cycling on a cycle track. What must you heed in general?

1. The children will move onto the roadway without paying attention
2. The children will move too far onto the roadway

Which statements are correct? (Brake lights on)

1. You may pass on the right-hand side at walking speed provided that passengers are not impeded and you are sure no-one is endangered

Which vehicles may pass here at walking speed only, provided that passengers are not endangered in any way?

1. All vehicles travelling in the same direction
2. All vehicles travelling in the opposite direction

What must you heed in this situation?

1. You may pass the stationary bus at walking speed provided you are sure that passengers are not endangered

Why are elderly pedestrians more at risk in traffic than younger people?

1. Their eyesight and hearing are often poorer
2. Their reactions are slower and they are less agile
3. They cannot always judge the speed of vehicles accurately

You want to turn left. What must you be prepared for?

1. The truck will stop
2. The pedestrian might let the truck pass then cross the roadway in front of you
3. After the truck has turned, the pedestrians may come from the opposite side

What must you remember at these bus stops?

1. Pedestrians sometimes step off the roadway without paying attention
2. Pedestrians often run across the roadway in order to catch the bus

What must you do?

1. Brake and, if possible, pass slowly on the left
2. Keep sufficient lateral distance to the pedestrian

A child is walking on the pavement with a dog on a lead. Can this cause a dangerous situation?

1. Yes, if the dog suddenly runs onto the roadway and pulls the child along behind
2. Yes, if the dog tears away and the child runs after the dog

What must you heed in this situation?

1. You may pass at walking speed only
2. You may pass only if you are sure that pedestrians are not endangered

Which statements are correct in this situation?

1. Cars coming from the opposite direction may pass the bus provided that they do so with care
2. You may pass the bus provided that you do so with care

Which statements are correct in this situation? (Hazard warning lights on)

1. The bus may be passed in either lane but no faster than at walking speed
2. Vehicles in both lanes must stop if passengers would otherwise be endangered

What must you be prepared for when a truck in front of you wishes to turn right into a narrow street?

1. The truck will reduce speed drastically
2. The truck will swing out to the left before turning

What must you be prepared for in this situation?

1. The sudden appearance of oncoming traffic
2. The bus driver suddenly jumping to the left side
3. Oncoming traffic concealed by the bus

When can a cyclist represent a danger for you?

1. When the cyclist switches to the roadway without paying attention to the traffic

You are approaching a school. Children are leaving the school grounds. What must you reckon with?

1. That children rush onto the road without thinking
2. That children ride their bicycles onto the road without paying attention

What must you reckon with?

1. The moped rider could pull out to the right to overtake the cyclist
2. The driver of the van could step onto the road while unloading
3. Pedestrians crossing the road in front of the van

What must you be prepared for in this situation?

1. That the braking distance will be longer
2. That the driver could suddenly steer into your lane

Why are motorcyclists particularly at risk?

1. Because they are easily overlooked
2. Because their speed is often underestimated
3. Because they are exposed to greater risk of injury in accidents

At a bus stop, passengers are getting on and off the bus onto the roadway. What do you do if you want to drive past on the left?

1. Wait if passengers can be endangered or inconvenienced
2. Drive cautiously at walking speed past if this is possible without endangering or inconveniencing passengers

What must you observe when driving past a bus which has stopped at a bus stop?

1. Keep a sufficient distance from the bus and drive past cautiously, since pedestrians might suddenly cross the roadway in front of the bus

What do you do when a bus has stopped at a bus stop with its hazard warning lights switched on?

1. Drive past at walking speed only and, if necessary, stop
2. Drive past at a sufficient distance in order to exclude endangering pedestrians
3. Wait if passengers could be inconvenienced

Which vehicles must you allow to set off from marked bus stops?

1. Regular buses
2. School buses

A regular bus in the oncoming traffic has stopped at a bus stop on the same roadway with hazard warning lights switched on. What do you do?

1. Slow down to walking speed

A bus is driving in the middle of the roadway and reaches a bus stop where passengers are waiting at the edge of the roadway. What do you do shortly before the bus comes to a stop?

1. I remain behind the bus in order not to endanger the passengers

You are approaching a regular bus, which has stopped in the opposite direction at a bus stop on your roadway and its hazard warning lights are switched on. What must you expect?

1. Passengers will cross the roadway in order to catch the bus
2. Passengers leaving the bus will suddenly cross the roadway

What conduct must you expect of children at zebra crossings?

1. They will run onto the zebra crossing without paying attention to traffic
2. They will turn around on the zebra crossing for no apparent reason and run back

How are elderly pedestrians often expected to behave at zebra crossings?

1. They look neither right nor left
2. They step unexpectedly onto the roadway
3. They sometimes turn back in the middle of the roadway

What must you do?

1. Brake early in order to show the pedestrians that they may pass

What must you do here?

1. Stop to allow the pedestrians to cross the roadway

In which cases must you approach a zebra crossing with particular care?

1. When pedestrians want to cross the roadway
2. When the view of the zebra crossing is obstructed
3. When another vehicle is already waiting at the zebra crossing

What applies immediately before and on zebra crossings?

1. You may not overtake
2. You may not stop

A cyclist wrongly crosses the zebra crossings without getting off his bicycle. What is correct?

1. Give in and let the cyclist cross the roadway

What do you do in this situation?

1. I let the pedestrian cross the roadway
2. I wait at the zebra crossing until the van has turned off

A pedestrian want to cross the roadway on a zebra crossing. What do you do?

1. Approach at moderate speed and wait if necessary
2. Do not overtake under any circumstances

A truck stops in the left lane on a zebra crossing. You are driving in the right lane. What do you do?

1. Wait because pedestrians might cross the roadway

You are in congested traffic and must wait. There is a pedestrian crossing in front of you. What do you do?

1. Leave the crossing free

There is mud on a pedestrian crossing and only the sign 'Pedestrian Crossing' is visible. A pedestrian wants to cross the roadway. What do you do?

1. Cautiously brake in good time
2. Stop if necessary so that the pedestrian can cross the roadway

Why is it particularly important to brake in good time when approaching a zebra crossing?

1. So that pedestrian are not scared or made insecure
2. To avoid front-end collision

You come to a stop unexpectedly on a pedestrian crossing. What do you do?

1. Move slightly forward or backward in order to clear the crossing as quickly as possible