Traffic rules and road signs
Domain 1 tests the Danish traffic code (færdselsloven) and sign recognition: who must yield at an unsigned junction, which speed limit applies to which road type, where you may ride and overtake, and how signs and markings override the default rules. A1 questions here are situational - the sign is often the distraction, the priority rule is the answer.
Priority rules you must know cold
- Default rule: højrevigepligt - yield to traffic approaching from the right where no sign, light or marking says otherwise.
- Yield sign (triangle, point down): give way to traffic on the road you are joining. Stop sign (octagon): come to a full stop, then yield.
- Leaving a private drive, car park, petrol station or field track is an udkørsel: you yield to everything on the road, pedestrians included.
- Roundabout: yield to traffic already circulating, which approaches from your left; signal right before your exit.
- Turning left: yield to oncoming traffic continuing straight or turning right.
Speed limits in Denmark
Built-up area (byzone): 50 km/h. Rural road: 80 km/h. Motortrafikvej: 80 km/h, with 90 km/h on some stretches. Motorvej: 130 km/h, with 110 km/h on some stretches. The sign is a ceiling, never a target - you must still be able to stop within the clear distance you can see.
Riding position and overtaking
Keep to the right, but not so close to the kerb that you lose your escape route. Overtake on the left, and never at a pedestrian crossing, on a blind crest, or where a solid line forbids it. A yellow light means stop unless stopping would itself be dangerous.
Worked example
You ride up to a T-junction with no signs. A car approaches from the right, and an oncoming car is coming towards you as you signal left. The car from the right goes first, because default priority applies. You then wait for the oncoming car, since turning left crosses its path. Only when both gaps are clear do you turn.
Traps
Assuming a yield sign only means "yield to the right" - it means yield to all traffic on the priority road. Assuming a green light gives absolute right of way: pedestrians finishing their crossing and emergency vehicles still have priority. Believing an A1 motorcycle is banned from the motorway - it is not; only 30 km/h mopeds are.