TRAFFIC

VIOLATIONS
Of the 3th and 4th degree

Exercises and mock exams

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 TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS OF THE 3th DEGREE

RULES LESSON

1° Road users must immediately comply with the Lesson

orders of the authorised persons. 17

2° Each driver of a stationary or parked vehicle must move it as soon as he is instructed to do so Lesson
by an authorized person. 17
3° Where there are two or three carriageways on Lesson
the public road which are clearly separated from 1 + 5
each other, in particular by a level of solid
ground, a space which is not accessible to
vehicles, and a difference in level, drivers may
not follow the carriageway situated in relation to
their driving direction on the left, subject to local
regulations.

4° The crossing takes place on the right. Lesson

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(NOTE: also at intersections, except when road
markings indicate that it should be different).

5° A driver must, while crossing another vehicle, leave a sufficient lateral distance and, if Lesson
necessary, move to the right. 14

Drivers whose driving is hampered by an

obstacle or by the presence of other road users
must slow down and, if necessary, stop in order
to allow oncoming road users to pass.

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 6° Lesson
When crossing or overtaking due to the width of 14
the lane can not be performed easily, the driver
may follow the uniform ground, provided that
he does not endanger the road users who are
there.

(NOTE: This may not be done on a bicycle path or

on the lane next to the imaginary edge of the
road, intended for parking).
7° Crossing of railway vehicles following the lane Lesson
may be carried out on the left, if the right cannot 14
be accomplished due to the narrowness of the
passage or the presence of a stationary or parked
vehicle or any other fixed obstacle, and provided
that oncoming road users are not obstructed or
endangered.

8° Any driver who is about to be overtaken on the left, shall move as far to the right as possible Lesson
and shall not increase his speed. 2

9° Overtaking to the left is prohibited if the driver cannot detect approaching road users from Lesson
far enough to overtake without risk of accident. 15

10° Overtaking animals in harness, two-wheel motor vehicle or a vehicle with more than two
wheels on the left is prohibited:

. on a level crossing signaled by the traffic sign a 45 or a 47, except if it

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is a crossing with barriers or if traffic is controlled by traffic lights.
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Lesson
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. Where the driver himself catches a vehicle other than a bicycle, a two-wheeled moped or
a two-wheeled motorcycle, except where the roadway has three or more lanes intended for
traffic in the follow-up direction.

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 . when the driver to be overtaken stops in front
of a pedestrian crossing or a pedestrian crossing
for cyclists and riders of two-wheeled mopeds
or approaches these crossing points in places
where traffic is not controlled by a qualified Lesson
person or by traffic lights. 3,7,16

11° Lesson
When the driver is allowed to move to the left, 32
he must ascertain beforehand:
. that no driver driving behind him, has
already begun to catch up.
. In addition, he may not endanger the
other drivers who normally drive on the
public road that he will leave.

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12° When turning left, the driver must give priority 21
to the oncoming vehicles on the lane which he is
about to leave.

Lesson
13° The driver who changes direction must give 21
priority to the drivers and pedestrians who follow
the other parts of the same public road.

14° Lesson
The driver changing direction must give priority 21
to pedestrians crossing the roadway he is about
to enter.

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 Lesson
15° Within the residential areas and yards, drivers 6 + 12
must not put pedestrians at risk or obstruct
them; if necessary, they must stop. They must
also be twice as careful with regard to children.

(Note: Not more than 20 km/hour)

16° Lesson
The users of the roads reserved for pedestrians, cyclists and 6 + 12
riders must not endanger or hinder each other. They must be
twice as careful with regard to children and must not
unnecessarily obstruct traffic.
(Note Not more than 30 km/hour)

17° Lesson
Drivers who are authorised to drive in 7
pedestrian zones:
. must drive at a speed as if they were
stepping.
. leave the passage free for pedestrians
. and, if necessary, stop.
. They must not endanger or hinder
pedestrians.

18° Lesson
Drivers driving in the playing streets must do at 6 + 12
a speed as if they are stepping; they must leave
the passageway clear for the pedestrians who
play, give them priority and stop for it if
necessary. Cyclists should get off if necessary.
Drivers must not endanger or obstruct
pedestrians playing and must be twice as careful
with regard to children.

19° Lesson
Failure to use the front dipped-beam headlamps 11
or main-beam headlamps and the red rear
position lamps for motor vehicles between
nightfall and daylighting and in all circumstances
when it is no longer possible to see them clearly
from a distance of approximately 200 metres.

Failure to use the two front white lamps and the red rear lamps for trailers which must be
fitted with these lamps, between the time of evening and day and in all circumstances when it
is no longer possible to see clearly from a distance of approximately 200 meters.

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 20° Between the fall of the evening and the start of the day, and in all circumstances when it is no
longer possible to see clearly from a distance of approximately 200 meters, the perimeter
lamps shall be used in the case of vehicles which are more than 2,50 meters wide, outside the
lamps prescribed in Article 30.1. or 30.3 of the Decree.

20°/1 In cars participating in traffic, children under 18 Lesson

years and under 135 cm must be transported to 10
a suitable child restraint system.

No children under 3 years of age shall be carried on seats not fitted with safety belts. No Lesson
children under 18 years of age and less than 135 cm shall be carried in front seats which are 32
not fitted with a safety belt.
In taxis in which no child restraint system is present, children under 18 years of age who are Lesson
smaller than 135 cm shall be carried on a seat other than one of the front seats in the vehicle. 32

Children under 18 years of age shall not be carried in a rearward-facing child restraint Lesson
system on a passenger seat with a front airbag unless the airbag is switched off or is 10
switched off automatically in an adequate manner.
In motor vehicles in circulation, other than cars, children under 3 years of age must be Lesson
transported in a child restraint system suitable for them. Children aged 3 years or more and 32
less than 8 years old shall be transported in a suitable child restraint system or wear a safety
belt.
On two-wheeled mopeds or motorcycles with a cylinder capacity not exceeding 125 cm3, Lesson
children aged three years or more and less than eight years old shall be transported in a child 32
restraint system suitable for them.

Children under three years of age may not be carried on a two-wheeled moped or Lesson
motorcycle. Children of three years of age or over and under eight years of age may not be 32
carried on a motorcycle with a cylinder capacity greater than 125 cm3.
On a motorcycle fitted with a sidecar, children under the age of eight must be transported in Lesson
a suitable child restraint placed in the motorcycle's sidecar. 32
In vehicles used for the carriage of passengers and comprising not more than eight seats in Lesson
addition to the driver's seat, and in vehicles intended for the carriage of goods with a 32
maximum authorized mass not exceeding 3,5 ton, where it is not possible to install a third
child restraint system after the installation of two child restraints and where such restraint
systems are in use, a third child aged three or more and less than 135 cm may be carried in
seats other than the front seats of the vehicle.
In the case of short-distance occasional carriage, in vehicles intended for the carriage of Lesson
persons not exceeding eight seats in addition to the driver's seat, and in vehicles intended for 32
the carriage of goods with a maximum authorized mass not exceeding 3,5 ton, in which no
child restraint systems or insufficient number of child restraints are available, may be carried
in seats other than front seats in the vehicle, children 3 years of age or older and less than
135 cm in length, if they carry the safety belt. This does not apply to children whose parent
drives the vehicle.

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 The child restraint shall be used in a manner that does not adversely affect or are likely to Lesson
affect the protective effect of the child restraint. 32

21° Lesson
As soon as the special sound device announces 17
the approaching of a priority vehicle, each road
user shall immediately clear and give priority to
the passage and, if necessary, stop the passage.

22° Drivers must exercise double caution when approaching a vehicle identified as Lesson
required by Article 39a1 of the Decision. 32

They shall also significantly reduce their speed and, if necessary, stop if the
driver puts on all the direction-indicator lamps, thereby indicating that the
children are embarking or disembarking.

23° The driver must not endanger pedestrians who:

. are situated on a pavement, part of the public road reserved for Lesson
pedestrian traffic through the D9 or D10 traffic sign, a shoulder
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or an escape hill;

D9 D10

. are located on a public road signposted by traffic signs

F99a or F99b or arranged as a playground; Lesson
6 + 12

F99a F99b

. are situated in an area bounded by road signs

F12a and F12b or F103 and F105

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F12a F12b 6 + 12

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F103 F105

. enter the carriageway under the conditions laid down in the decree.

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24° The driver shall moderate his speed when driving 22
along a coach, bus, trolley bus, minibus or rail
vehicle which is stationary to allow passengers to
embark or disembark.

25° In the absence of an escape hill at the staging Lesson

point of a vehicle intended for collective 7
transport, the driver driving along the side of the
passenger's embarkation or disembarkation must
allow the passenger to safely reach the vehicle,
the pavement, the section of the public road
reserved for pedestrian traffic through the D9
sign or the verge. To do so, he must stop to
enable boarding and disembarkation, and may
only depart again at moderate speed.

26° In places where traffic is controlled by an authorized person or traffic lights, the driver must, Lesson
even when the traffic is open in his direction of travel, give the opportunity to pedestrians 17
who have regularly entered the carriageway, to stop crossing with a normal corridor.

In addition, if there is a pedestrian crossing point Lesson

at these locations, the driver shall in any case 18
stop before the pedestrian crossing if the traffic
is closed in its direction of travel.

27° In places where traffic is not controlled by a Lesson

authorized person or by traffic lights, the driver 7
may
. only approach the pedestrian crossing at
moderate speed.
. He shall give priority to pedestrians who
are on it,
. or are about to get there.

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 28° It is forbidden for road users to break through a Lesson
group of children, schoolchildren, disabled 32
people or the elderly :
. in rows accompanied by a leader;
. crossing the lane under the control of a
youth traffic team, a leader or an
authorized supervisor.

29° Lesson
Road users must follow the instructions given by 17
authorised school crossing supervisors to
protect children, school pupils, disabled persons
or the elderly from crossing.

30° The driver of a car or motorbike shall not endanger a cyclist or rider of a two-wheeled moped
travelling on public roads under the conditions laid down in this regulation.

He must be twice as careful with regard to children and the elderly.

He must leave a lateral distance of at least one Lesson

meter between its vehicle and the cyclist or 15
driver of a two-wheeled moped.

A driver may approach a pedestrian crossing

point for cyclists and riders of two-wheeled Lesson
mopeds only at moderate speed in order not to 3 + 16
endanger the road users who are on it and not to
hinder them when they are crossing the road at
normal speed. If necessary, he must stop
to let them continue.

31° Road users shall be prohibited from breaking Lesson

through: 32

. a division of a military convoy consisting of a

march being troop or vehicle convoy whose
passage is controlled by authorized persons or
authorized soldiers;

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 . a procession, a group of pedestrians, a meeting
following a cultural, sporting or tourist event or a
procession.

. a group of participants in a cycling race or a

non-motorized sports competition.

32° Lesson
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When approaching a group of riders
participating in a cycling race, every driver must
immediately dodge and stop.

33° Road users must follow the instructions given to them: Lesson
. to facilitate the movement of army colonnes, by military personnel authorized for that 17
purpose;
. to ensure safety:
. of cultural, sporting and tourist events,
. of cycling competitions,
. of non-motorized sports competitions,
. of the groups of cyclists and groups of motorcyclists with road captains,
. of pedestrian and horse rider groups with group leaders,
. of the staff of the public works on the public highway.

33°/1 The number of occupants of vehicles under 18 years of age and less than 135 cm in length Lesson
shall not exceed the sum of the number of seats fitted with safety belts or approved child 10
restraints and the number of places need not be fitted with them.
Places equipped with child restraints shall be occupied as a priority by occupants under 18 Lesson
years of age and under 135 cm. 10

34° Voertuigen die gevaarlijke goederen vervoeren in de zin van het Europees Verdrag betreffende License
het internationaal vervoer van gevaarlijke goederen over de weg (A.D.R.) en zijn bijlagen, C
ondertekend te Genève op 30 september 1957 en goedgekeurd bij de wet van 10 augustus
1960, en die krachtens dat Verdrag of krachtens verordeningsbepalingen van intern recht
voorzien moeten zijn van een oranje bord, moeten, behalve in geval van noodzaak, de
autosnelwegen volgen.

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 35° Access to public roads or parts of public roads Lesson
fitted with road signs C24a, b or c shall be 10
prohibited for drivers of vehicles transporting
dangerous goods as determined by the Ministers
responsible for the transport of dangerous goods.

36° Lesson
Ignoring the red light. 18
Red light means that it is forbidden to pass the
stop line or, if there is no stop line, the traffic
light itself.

37° Lesson
When one or more additional lamps in the form 18
of one or more green arrows lit simultaneously
with a red light, the arrows indicate that they
may only be used in the directions indicated by
the arrows, provided that priority is given to
drivers coming regularly from other directions
and pedestrians.

38° Lesson
Two-colour traffic lights placed above lanes of 18
the roadway:

The red light that has the shape of a cross

means forbidden direction on the strip for the
drivers to whom it is directed.

39° Not comply with the traffic sign C1. Lesson

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39/1° Not comply with the traffic sign C21. Lesson

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40° Not comply with the traffic sign C24a. Lesson

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 41° Not comply with the traffic sign C24b. Lesson
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42° Not comply with the traffic sign C24c. Lesson

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43° Not comply with the traffic sign C35. Lesson

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44° Not comply with the traffic sign C39. Lesson

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45° Lesson
A continuous white line means that it is 2 + 16
forbidden for any driver to exceed it.

It is also prohibited to drive left from a

continuous line when separating the two
directions of travel.

46° Lesson
Exceeding the orange continuous line or the 2 + 16
continuous line formed by orange nails placed at
short and regular distances from each other.

47° Driving licence C

48° Driving licence C

49° The use of child restraints which do not conform to the standards applicable from 1 Lesson
September 2006 is prohibited. 10

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 TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS OF 4th DEGREE

RULES

1° Ignore the following commands of an authorized person:

Lesson
. the arm or arms extended horizontally, which
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means stopping for road users approaching from the
directions indicated by the arm or arms;

. swaying with a red light, which means stopping for

the drivers to whom the light is directed. Lesson
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2° Lesson
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It is forbidden to encourage or challenge a driver to
drive too fast.

3° Lesson
Overtaking animals in a harness or a vehicle with 16
more than two wheels on the left is prohibited when
approaching the top of a slope and in curves when
visibility is insufficient, except if overtaking can be
done without crossing the continuous white line
which stretches off the section of the carriageway
reserved for the oncoming traffic lanes.

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 4° Lesson
It is forbidden to enter a level crossing: 22
. when barriers are in motion or closed;
. when the red flashing lights are on;
. when the sound signal is activated.

5° Lesson
4+5

On motorways and express roads it is forbidden:

. to use the cross-links (2);
. to reverse (3);
. to drive in the opposite direction (4).
6° It is forbidden to stop or park a vehicle on the level crossings. Lesson
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7° Subject to special permission from the legally authorized authorities, all speed and sports races or Lesson
competitions, are prohibited on public roads. 32

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