THE BARBADOS HIGHWAY CODE AND GENERAL

KNOWLEDGE QUESTION & ANSWER QUIZ

1.Q Where there is no sidewalk, pedestrians should:

(a) Walk on the left hand side of the road

(b) Walk on the right hand side of the road
(c) Walk on either side depending on the volume of traffic

2.Q A flashing red light on a traffic control signal means:

(a) Stop and proceed only when safe to do so

(b) Stop
(c) Proceed when safe to do so
(d) Proceed through the junction

3.Q A solid amber light is showing on a traffic control signal. What colour light will not show
next?

(a) Green
(b) Flashing amber
(c) Red

4.Q Circular traffic signs…

(a) Give orders

(b) Give advice
(c) Indicate places of interest
(d) Give warnings

5.Q What procedure does the Highway Code recommend before overtaking?

(a) Mirror, signal, manoeuvre

(b) Check mirror, signal
(c) Check mirror, signal, manoeuvre
(d) Check mirror, signal, look, manoeuvre

6.Q Unless at a marked bus stop, a bus, minibus or ZR should never stop nearer than:

(a) 10 metres to any intersection

(b) 20 metres to any intersection
(c) 5 metres to any intersection
(d) 15 metres to any intersection
7.Q There is an organized march involving several people moving along the road, on which
side of the road should they move?
 (a) On the left hand side of the road
(b) On the right hand side of the road

8.Q Should you walk in front of or behind police officers or school warrens once they have
signaled it is safe to cross the road?

(a) In front
(b) Behind

9.Q If a vehicle is parked where you wish to cross the road, where should you stand in
relation to it?

(a) On the inside edge of the car (close to the road edge)
(b) On the outside edge of the car
(c) Somewhere in the middle

10.Q There is no pedestrian crossing or island at the place where you wish to cross the road at
night. Where else can you cross the road safely?

(a) At a junction
(b) In a lighted area

11.Q What should you do when police, ambulance or fire brigade emergency vehicles –
heralded by sirens and flashing lights – are on the road near you?

(a) Slow down

(b) Stop and pull off the road
(c) Keep to your left

12.Q After getting off the bus, you want to cross the road. Should you cross behind or in front
of the bus?

(a) In front of
(b) None
(c) After the bus moves off

13.Q Before driving on the road, your should check that your vehicle is roadworthy. Name
three features that you would check.

(a) Insurance
(b) Road Tax
(c) License
14.Q True or false? When riding pillion on motorcycles, scooters or mopeds, you do not have
to wear a helmet?

False
True
15.Q You feel tired or sleepy while driving. What should you do about it?

(a) Carry on, the feeling will soon pass

(b) Switch on your radio, cassette/CD player
(c) Stop somewhere safe and have a rest
(d) Get some fresh air into the car

16.Q True or false? People who wear spectacles or contact lenses should not drive?

False
True

17.Q When practicing on the road, learner drivers have to be accompanied by someone able to
supervise them. The supervisor’s minimum age should be:

(a) 19
(b) 25
(c) 21
(d) 28

18.Q If you are teaching someone to drive you should have had a valid Barbados driver’s
license for:

(a) 5 years
(b) 1 year
(c) 2 years
(d) 3 years

19.Q True or false? Vehicles used by learner drivers must carry L plated at all times.

False
True

20.Q Failing an appropriate child restraint (the best choice) which of these young passengers
can wear an adult seat belt?

(a) A child aged 12 or 13 years

(b) A child under 13 but about 5 ft. (1.5m) in height
(c) A child under 3 years of age
(d) A child 3 to 11 years under 5 ft. in height

21.Q Where children are wearing seatbelts and, therefore, cannot move around too freely, do
you need to bother with safety locks on the doors?

Yes
No
22.Q What is the great potential danger in using cellular phones while driving?
You may cause an accident

23.Q Signals on the road include road makings, traffic lights and what else?

Hand signals

24.Q Police officers, traffic and school wardens give signals to help inform road users. Which
other road users do, too?

Drivers

25.Q If someone wants to overtake you, what do you do?

(a) Drop back and make a gap for the overtaking driver
(b) Move up closer to the car in front
(c) Stay where you are

26.Q Where there is speed limit can your always drive up to that speed?

Yes
No

27.Q When good conditions prevail, a two second gap between your car and the car in front
may be sufficient. What gap should your leave if the roads are wet?

5 second gap

28.Q The faster you drive, the more stopping distance and time you need. True or false?

True

29.Q (a) You are driving through a crowed street in a residential area. What should you look
for if you see an ice cream van parked by the side of the road?

Children in the area

(b)You are driving through a crowed street in a residential area. What should you look for
if you see a line of parked cars?

Pedestrian crossing ahead

30.Q You give way to a bus signaling that it is about to pull off away from a bus stop, but what
else must you look for?

Pedestrians
31.Q There are animals moving slowly on the road should you:

(a) Sound your horn or rev your engine to hurry them up

(b) Drive quickly past them
(c) Wait or drive slowly

32.Q At a junction controlled by traffic lights, vehicles are required to stop and wait where?

(a) In front the solid line

(b) Behind the solid white line

33.Q You are approaching a junction where lanes go in different directions. How can you
ensure you get into the correct lane?

(a) Indicate
(b) Mirror, signal and maneouvre
(c) Hand Signal

34.Q Traffic in one-way street obviously moves in one directions only, but what other feature
is present that is not found on ordinary (two-way) roads?

(a) Line in the road

(b) One-way signs

35.Q How much room should you allow when overtaking motorcyclists, pedal cyclists or
horseriders:

(a) Less room than a car

(b) More room
(c) A vehicle length

36.Q For which of these situation can you overtake:

(a) On the brow/top of a hill

(b) At a left hand bend in the road
(c) On a hill
(d) Approaching road junction

37.Q Why should you take special care when approaching long vehicles, making a turn at a
junction?

(a) Might stop sudden

(b) It will probably make a wide turn
38.Q What is indicted by a green arrow attached to some traffic lights?

(a) To stop
(b) An indication to go as the arrow directs
 (c) Approach with caution

39.Q If the lights have failed, how should you proceed?

Proceed with caution

40.Q Another vehicle wants to turn right at a junction at the same time as you. As long as there
is sufficient room, how should you and the other driver position yourselves?

(a) Nearside (passenger side) to nearside

(b) Nearside to offside (drivers’ side)
(c) Offside to offside
(d) Hold back until the other has completed the right turn

41.Q How should you prepare to use a roundabout before actually reaching it?

(a) Mirror, signal, manoeuvre

(b) Start checking right side oncoming traffic
(c) Also keep your correct lane

42.Q At roundabouts, you should give way to traffic on your right, except…WHEN?

Unless road marking indicate otherwise

43.Q When approaching a roundabout, how do you signal when you want to do straight on? Do
you…. **

(a) Signal left

(b) Signal left, then right
(c) Signal right, then left
(d) Signal right
(e) Not signal at all

44.Q When approaching a roundabout, how do you signal when you want to turn right? Do
you….. **

(f) Signal left

(g) Signal left, then right
(h) Signal right, then left
(i) Signal right
(j) Not signal at all

45.Q When approaching a roundabout, how do you signal when you want to turn left? Do
you… **

(k) Signal left

(l) Signal left, then right
(m)Signal right, then left
(n) Signal right
 (o) Not signal at all

46.Q When approaching a roundabout, how do you signal when you want to go right around?
Do you… **

(p) Signal left

(q) Signal left, then right
(r) Signal right, then left
(s) Signal right
(t) Not signal at all

47.Q When leading a horse, do you keep it on your left or on your right?
**
(a) Keep it on your left
(b) Keep it on the right

48.Q What shape are most direction signs?

**
(a) Circles
(b) Square
(c) Rectangular

49.Q Where will you find directional signs with white coloured backgrounds?

(a) Major Road

(b) Minor roads
(c) Junctions

50.Q Where will you find directional signs with green coloured backgrounds?

(a) Cross-roads
(b) Highways
(c) Minor roads

51.Q As a driver, which documents do you have to possess and if necessary, display or
produce at the request of the police? Driver’s license, Insurance certificate, Road Tax

(a) Only one

(b) Only two
(c) All three
52.Q What are demerit points and who imposes them?

Demerit points are points drives lose for committing traffic offences. These are
imposed by the Licensing Authority.

53.Q Following a large goods vehicle too closely is dangerous because…..

(a) Your field of vision is reduced

 (b) Slipstreaming will reduce wind effect
(c) Your engine will overheat
(d) Your brakes need a constant cooling effect.

54.Q What should you do when you see the octagonal Stop sign?

(a) Stop, ONLY if traffic is approaching

(b) Stop, even if the road is clear
(c) Stop, ONLY if children are waiting to cross
(d) Stop, ONLY if a red light is showing

55.Q What is the nearest you may park your vehicle to a junction?

(a) 10 metres (33 feet)

(b) 12 metres (40 feet)
(c) 15 metres(50 feet)
(d) 20 metres (60 feet)

56.Q You are intended to turn right at a junction. An oncoming driver is also turning right. It
will normally be safer to:

(a) Keep the other vehicle to your RIGHT and turn behind it (offside to offside) (b)
Keep the other vehicle to your LEFT and turn in front of it (nearside to nearside) (c)
Carry on and turn at the next junction
(d) Hold back and wait for the other driver to turn first

57.Q What does the triangular sign with the white background, red border and with a single
pedestrian shown walking mean?

(a) No footpath ahead

(b) Pedestrians only ahead
(c) Pedestrian crossing ahead
(d) School crossing ahead

58.Q There is a police car following you. The police officer flashing the headlights and points
to the left. What should you do?

(a) Turn at the next left

(b) Pull up on the left
(c) Stop immediately
(d) Move over to the left
59.Q While driving, you intend to turn left into a minor road. On the approach you should…

(a) Keep just left of the middle of the road

(b) Keep in the middle of the road
(c) Swing out wide just before turning
(d) Keep well to the left of the road
60.Q While driving, you approach roadworks. You see a temporary maximum speed limit sign.
You must…

(a) Comply with the sign during the working day

(b) Comply with the sign at all times
(c) Comply with the sign when the lanes are narrows
(d) Comply with the sign during the hours of darkness

61.Q When traffic lights are out of order, who has priority or right of way?

(a) Traffic going straight

(b) Traffic turning right

(c) Nobody
(d) Traffic turning left

62.Q Which vehicle might have to use a different course of normal at roundabouts?

(a) SUV
(b) Van
(c) Saloon car
(d) Long vehicle

63.Q What does the triangular sign with the white background and red border with a group of
three arrows arranged in a clockwise circle mean?

(a) Ring road

(b) Mini-roundabout
(c) Restriction ends
(d) Roundabout

64.Q In countries where the wearing of seatbelts is mandatory, you may remove your seatbelt
when carrying our a manoeuvre that involves:

(a) Reversing
(b) A hill start
(c) An emergency stop
(d) Driving slowly

65.Q Where may you overtake on a one-way street?

(a) Only on the left-hand side

(b) Overtaking is not allowed
(c) Only on the right-hand side
(d) Either on the right or the left
66.Q Why should you make sure that you have cancelled you indicators after turning?

(a) To avoid flattening the battery

(b) To avoid misleading other road users
(c) To avoid dazzling other road users
(d) To avoid damage to the indicator relay

67.Q What are triangular signs for?

(a) To give warnings

(b) To give information
(c) To give orders
(d) To give directions

68.Q At a crossroad with no road markings, who has priority?

(a) Traffic from the left
(b) Traffic from the right
(c) Nobody
(d) Traffic from ahead

69.Q Who has priority at unmarked crossroads?

(a) The driver of the larger vehicle

(b) No one
(c) The driver who is going faster
(d) The driver on the wider road

70.Q Your car has third party insurance. What does this NOT cover?

(a) Injury to another person

(b) Damage to someone else’s property
(c) Damage to your own car
(d) Damage to other vehicle

71.Q You are driving behind a cyclist. You wish to turn left just ahead. You should…..

(a) Overtake the cyclist before the junction

(b) Pull along side the cyclist and stay level until after the junction
(c) Hold back until the cyclist has passed the junction
(d) Go around the cyclist on the junction

72.Q When are you allowed to use hazard warning lights?

(a) When a vehicle has stopped and temporarily obstructs traffic

(b) When driving during darkness without headlights
(c) When travelling slowly because you are lost
(d) In bad weather
73.Q You are the first to arrive at the scent of an accident. Which on of these should you NOT
do…

(a) Leave as soon as another motorist arrives

(b) Switch off the vehicle engine(s)
(c) Move uninjured people away from the vehicle(s)
(d) Call emergency services
(e) Warn other traffic

74.Q Would it be safe to allow children to sit BEHIND the rear seats of a hatchback car?

(a) Yes, if you can see clearly to the rear

(b) Yes, if they’re under 11 years
(c) No, unless all other seats are full
(d) No, not in any circumstances
75.Q Describe the sign that means “no entry”

Circular sign with a red background and a white stripe running horizontally across the
diameter of the circle

76.Q You are approaching a mini-roundabout. The long vehicle in front is signaling left but
position over the right. You should…

(a) Sound your horn

(b) Overtake on the left
(c) Follow the same course as the lorry
(d) Keep well back

77.Q You are driving past a lone of parked cars. You noticed a ball bouncing out into the road.
What should you do?

(a) Continue driving at the same speed and sound your horn
(b) Continue driving at the same speed and flash your headlights
(c) Slow down and be prepared to stop for children
(d) Stop and wave the children across to fetch their ball

78.Q What is the maximum speed limit on the ABC Highway?

(a) 50 km/h
(b) 60 km/h
(c) 70 km/h
(d) 80 km/h
79.Q At road junctions which of the following are the least vulnerable?

(a) Cyclists
(b) Motorcyclists
(c) Pedestrians
 (d) Car drivers

80.Q You are driving behind two cyclists. They approach a roundabout in the left-hand lane. In
which direction should you expect the cyclist to go?

(a) Left
(b) Right
(c) Any direction
(d) Straight

81.Q You want to reverse into a side road. You are not sure that the area behind your car is
clear. What should you do?

(a) Look through the rear window only

(b) Get out and look
(c) Check the mirrors only
(d) Carry on, assuming it is clear
82.Q What does ‘defensive’ driving mean?

(a) Being alert and always thinking ahead

(b) Always driving slow and gently
(c) Always letting others go first
(d) Puling over for faster traffic

83.Q You are not sure if your cough medicine will affect your driving. What TWO things
could you do?

(a) Ask you doctor

(b) Check the medicine label
(c) Drive if you feel alright
(d) Ask a friend or relative for advice

84.Q How does alcohol affect your driving?

(a) It speeds up your reactions

(b) It increases your awareness
(c) It improves your co-ordination
(d) It reduces your concentration

85.Q In which of these situations should you avoid overtaking?

(a) Just after a bend

(b) In a one-way street
(c) On a 60 km/h road
(d) Approaching a dip in the road

86.Q What is the most important factor in avoiding running into the car in front?
 (a) Making sure your brakes are efficient
(b) Always driving at a steady speed
(c) Keeping the correct separation distance
(d) Having tyres that meet the legal requirements

87.Q Motorcycle riders are vulnerable because they…

(a) Are easy for other road users to see

(b) Are difficult for other road users to see
(c) Are likely to have breakdowns
(d) Cannot give arm signals

88.Q How should a school crossing traffic warden signal you to stop?

(a) By pointing to children on the opposite side of the road

(b) By displaying a red light
(c) By displaying a stop sign
(d) By giving you an arm signal
89.Q You are about to reverse into a side road. A pedestrian wishes to cross behind you. You
should….

(a) Wave to the pedestrian to stop

(b) Give way to the pedestrian
(c) Wave to the pedestrian to cross
(d) Reverse before the pedestrian starts to cross

90.Q You are driving in traffic at the speed limit for the road. The driver behind is trying to
overtake. You should…

(a) Move closer to the car ahead, so the driver behind has no room to overtake
(b) Wave the driver behind to overtake when it is safe
(c) Keep a steady course and allow the driver behind to overtake
(d) Accelerate to get away from the driver behind

91.Q You are travelling at night. You are dazzled by headlights coming towards you. You
should….

(a) Pull down your sum visor

(b) Slow down or stop
(c) Switch on your main bean headlights
(d) Put your hand over your eyes

92.Q To move off safely from a parked position, you should…

 (a) Signal if other drivers will need to slow down
(b) NOT look around if there is a parked vehicle close in front of you
(c) Give a hand signal as well as using your indicators
(d) Use you mirrors and look around for a final check

93.Q A driver attends a social event. What precaution should the driver take?

(a) Drink plenty of coffee after drinking alcohol

(b) Avoid busy roads after drinking alcohol
(c) Avoid drinking alcohol completely
(d) Avoid drinking alcohol on an empty stomach

94.Q What should you use your horn for?

(a) To alert others to your presence

(b) To claim your right of way
(c) To greet other road users
(d) To signal your annoyance

95.Q When you approach a bus signaling to move off from a bus stop, you should….
(a) Get past it before it moves
(b) Allow it to pull away, if it is safe to do so
(c) Flashing your headlamps as you approach
(d) Signal left and wave the bus one

96.Q What shape of traffic signs warn you must stop?

(a) Triangle
(b) Rectangle
(c) Octagon
(d) Square

97.Q Why is pressing the clutch down for long periods a bad habit?

(a) It reduces the car’s speed when going downhill

(b) It causes the engine to wear out more quickly
(c) It reduces the driver’s control of the vehicle
(d) It causes the engine to use more fuel

98.Q You’re at a junction with limited visibility. You should…

(a) Inch forward, looking to the right

(b) Inch forward, looking to the left
(c) Inch forward, looking both ways
(d) Be ready to move off quickly

99.Q What is the shortest stopping distance at 40 mp/h?

(a) 12 m or 3 car lengths
(b) 23 m (75 ft) or 6 car lengths
(c) 36 m (120 ft) or 9 car lengths
(d) 53 m (175 ft) or 13 car lengths