Cameroon Heavy-Vehicle Theory case studies
Cameroon Heavy-Vehicle Theory · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Cameroon heavy-vehicle theory exam is the knowledge test that a driver must clear before being licensed to operate a lorry, tipper, tanker, bus or other vehicle above the ordinary car categories in Cameroon. It is aimed at candidates moving up from a light-vehicle licence, at professional drivers entering freight or passenger transport, and at drivers who need to demonstrate competence for an employer or a transport operator. The Cameroon Heavy-Vehicle Theory case studies are 5 cases and about 4,130 words.
1Forty-foot container at the Douala port exit
At 06:10 a five-axle articulated combination leaves the Douala port area for Yaoundé. The tractor has three axles (steering plus tandem drive) and the skeletal trailer has a tandem.
850 words, about 4 min2Air-brake warning at the Douala depot
It is 04:45 in a Douala transport yard and a driver is doing the pre-trip inspection on a 2014 Mercedes Actros 2640 tractor coupled to a loaded flatbed of 30 t of bagged cement. The vehicle is due to leave at 05:00 for Bamenda.
906 words, about 5 min3Brake fade on the Dschang escarpment
At 16:20 a six-axle tipper carrying 33 t of sand is descending the Dschang escarpment on the N5 toward Bafoussam. The road is wet after a storm, with a series of tight bends and a 9% gradient.
787 words, about 4 min4The last 120 km to Garoua
A 58-year-old driver of a 60-seat intercity coach is on the Yaoundé–Garoua run, about 1,000 km. He started at 21:00 the previous evening, drove to Bertoua, waited two hours for passengers, then continued.
769 words, about 4 min5Night crash on the N3 near Pouma
At 22:30 on the N3 near Pouma, in heavy rain, the driver of a 32-t flatbed loaded with timber comes around a left-hand bend and finds a minibus on its side across his lane, with no lights and no warning triangle. He brakes hard and stops about 15 m short, partly on the shoulder.
818 words, about 4 min