Fiji LTA Road Code Knowledge Test common mistakes
Fiji LTA Road Code Knowledge Test · Understand the traps and how to avoid them.
Treating a STOP sign as a slow-and-go check, rolling through the line without a full halt when the road looks clear.
Candidates transfer everyday rolling-stop habits from quiet Fiji roads into the test, and the sign is so familiar they stop reading it as a legal requirement rather than a suggestion.
What to do instead
Rehearse the full sequence every time: stop completely at the line, look left-right-left, then proceed only when clear. In practice, say the steps aloud so the habit becomes automatic before test day.
Misreading give-way signs versus stop signs at uncontrolled intersections, especially where a give-way sign is paired with a marked limit line.
The two signs share a red-and-white colour scheme and triangular or octagonal shapes that blur at a glance, and candidates memorise colours rather than shapes and meanings.
What to do instead
Learn the shape code: octagon is always STOP, inverted triangle is always GIVE WAY. Practise identifying signs by silhouette alone using flashcards, then confirm with the word on the sign.
At a roundabout, giving way to vehicles already circulating on the wrong side or entering without yielding to traffic from the right.
Fiji drives on the left, and candidates who learned to drive elsewhere, or who watch right-hand-drive traffic patterns, default to yielding to the left or to entering first.
What to do instead
Fix the rule in memory: give way to traffic already on the roundabout approaching from your right. On approach, slow early, check right, and only enter when there is a safe gap.
At an unmarked intersection, assuming the bigger road or the straight-ahead vehicle always has priority instead of applying the give-way-to-the-right rule.
Real-world courtesy and road size create false expectations, and the formal rule for uncontrolled intersections is easy to forget under test pressure.
What to do instead
Memorise the default: at an uncontrolled intersection you give way to vehicles approaching from your right. Work through written scenarios until the rule is the first thing you recall.
Getting speed-limit questions wrong in built-up areas by assuming a single national default rather than the posted urban and rural limits, and missing school-zone reductions.
Candidates generalise from the roads they drive daily and overlook that limits change with area type, signage, and time of day near schools.
What to do instead
Build a small table of the default urban, rural, and school-zone limits and the situations that override them. Link each limit to a landmark you know, such as a town boundary sign or school gate.
Answering following-distance questions with a fixed metre figure instead of applying the two-second rule and adjusting for rain, night, or towing.
Candidates memorise a number without understanding it scales with speed, so they fail questions that add wet roads or heavy loads.
What to do instead
Learn the two-second gap and the conditions that double it. Practise counting the gap to a roadside marker while a passenger drives, then answer practice questions that add rain or night conditions.
Confusing licence classes, learner and provisional conditions, and which documents must be carried, such as failing to know that a learner must be supervised or display L plates.
The administrative side feels boring next to road rules, so candidates skim it and mix up classes, supervision rules, and renewal or carry requirements.
What to do instead
Make a one-page summary of licence classes, learner and provisional conditions, and documents to carry. Test yourself on it weekly rather than reading it once.
Underestimating how little alcohol affects driving, or not knowing the legal blood-alcohol limit and the consequences of refusing a breath test.
Candidates rely on folklore about safe drinking and driving, and the specific legal limit and refusal penalties are rarely discussed informally.
What to do instead
Learn the legal limit and the penalties for exceeding it or refusing a test, and pair that with the practical rule of not drinking at all before driving. Use written scenarios to test the knowledge.
Failing pedestrian and cyclist questions by forgetting to give way at crossings and to leave a safe passing gap when overtaking cyclists or parked cars with doors opening.
Candidates focus on vehicle-to-vehicle rules and treat vulnerable road users as an afterthought, so they miss the specific give-way and clearance requirements.
What to do instead
Study the vulnerable-road-user rules as a separate topic: give way at marked crossings, pass cyclists with a safe gap, and watch for opening doors. Practise scenario questions until these become reflex answers.
Not knowing the correct breakdown and crash procedure, such as where to place a warning triangle, when to move a vehicle, and what details to exchange after a collision.
These situations feel rare, so candidates skip them, and the required sequence of warning, reporting, and information exchange is not intuitive.
What to do instead
Learn a fixed checklist: move to safety if possible, switch on hazard lights, place the warning triangle at the correct distance, call for help, and exchange names, licence, registration, and insurance details. Rehearse it in writing.