Road traffic law and traffic rules for the D1 minibus-trailer combination
This domain tests whether you can apply færdselsloven to a D1 minibus, solo and with a trailer: the speed limits that follow the vehicle rather than the sign, priority rules, turning across cycle paths, and the bus-specific provisions that differ from ordinary car driving.
Speed limits follow the vehicle
- Built-up areas 50 km/h, outside built-up areas 80 km/h, motortrafikvej 80 km/h, motorvej 130 km/h for a car.
- A minibus or car towing a trailer may not exceed 80 km/h on a motorvej or motortrafikvej - the 130 sign does not raise the combination's limit.
- Buses are generally held to 80 km/h unless the vehicle meets the conditions for a higher limit; with a trailer behind, 80 km/h applies regardless.
- A signed lower limit always overrides the general rule, and so does a local speed restriction.
Priority, roundabouts and right turns
- In a roundabout you give way to traffic already circulating (approaching from your left).
- Turning right across a cycle path: cyclists and pedestrians continuing straight have priority. Check the right mirror and blind spot; the trailer swings wide and cuts the corner, so keep the tail out of the cycle lane and do not drift left into the neighbouring lane.
- A bus signalling to leave a marked stop in a built-up area has priority - you may claim it as a minibus driver, and you must respect it as a car driver.
- At pedestrian crossings you stop for anyone on the crossing or clearly about to step onto it.
Overtaking, lanes and stopping
- Overtaking bans (solid line, signed bans, crossings, junctions) apply fully; a loaded combination needs far longer gaps, so plan overtakes early and abandon them early.
- Keep right; the left lane is for overtaking only, and a combination sitting at 80 km/h in lane two obstructs traffic.
- Bus stops and bus lanes are reserved for buses in service unless signing permits others; parking near junctions, bends and crossings is prohibited.
Worked example
A D1 minibus with a 1,300 kg braked trailer joins a motorvej posted at 130 km/h and the driver accelerates to 105 km/h to blend with traffic. Correct? No. The combination limit is 80 km/h on a motorvej whatever the sign says. The right approach is to build speed on the ramp, merge at about 80 km/h, stay in the right-hand lane, let others overtake, and plan the journey with extra time.
Traps that cost marks
- Applying the posted 130 to a light or empty trailer.
- Believing the 80 km/h combination limit only applies to heavy trailers.
- Turning right without a cycle-path mirror check.
- Sitting in the middle lane at 80 km/h on a motorvej.