CPC Road Passenger Exam study plan
CPC Road Passenger Exam · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Civil and commercial law relevant to road passenger transport & Road transport business management and financial administration
Define the core contract, liability and consumer-protection concepts that govern passenger carriage and explain them in your own words
Distinguish the legal duties a carrier owes to passengers versus third parties in three written scenarios
Outline the cost structure of a passenger transport business, separating fixed and variable costs
Compute fare, break-even load factor and margin for two worked examples
Draft a one-page summary mapping which legal concept applies to which business decision
Your checkpoint
A two-page reference sheet with a legal-concepts glossary and a worked break-even calculation, self-tested against five practice questions.
Road transport business management and financial administration & Civil and commercial law relevant to road passenger transport
Build a simple profit-and-loss and cash-flow template for a small passenger operator
Calculate driver wage costs including overtime, holiday accrual and social contributions
Identify which records a transport business must retain and for how long under commercial and labour rules
Apply contract-formation rules to a sample carriage agreement and flag unfair terms
Reconcile a sample month of revenue and expenses to a closing cash balance
Your checkpoint
A completed spreadsheet model of one operating month plus a written list of compliance records and retention periods.
Social legislation and labour rules for drivers & Road transport business management and financial administration
Summarise statutory limits on driving time, daily and weekly rest, and breaks for passenger drivers
Explain how tachograph or equivalent recording obligations work in principle and what constitutes a violation
Compute a compliant weekly roster for a driver from a set of trip demands
Describe the employer's duties on working time, night work and health surveillance
Link labour-rule breaches to their financial and licensing consequences for the operator
Your checkpoint
A one-week compliant driver roster with a written justification showing every rest and break rule satisfied.
Technical standards and operation of road passenger vehicles & Road safety, accident prevention and traffic regulations
Describe the safety-critical systems of a passenger vehicle: brakes, steering, tyres and lighting, and their inspection points
List pre-departure and periodic vehicle checks and explain the consequence of each failure
Explain load distribution, centre of gravity and their effect on stability in a passenger vehicle
Interpret the priority rules and speed limits that most often appear in passenger-transport incidents
Classify five accident scenarios by primary cause and the regulation breached
Your checkpoint
A pre-departure checklist and a 20-question self-quiz on vehicle systems and traffic rules, scored with notes on every miss.
Road safety, accident prevention and traffic regulations & Passenger safety, accessibility and customer service
Analyse accident causation using a structured model (human, vehicle, environment) on three case descriptions
Explain defensive-driving principles and apply them to following distance, overtaking and junction decisions
Describe accessibility obligations for passengers with reduced mobility, including boarding assistance and space allocation
Draft a customer-service script for handling a complaint about a delay or a denied boarding
Explain how to secure passengers and luggage and manage behaviour that threatens safety
Your checkpoint
A written incident analysis of one scenario plus a customer-service and accessibility protocol one-pager.
Passenger safety, accessibility and customer service & Health, safety and emergency procedures
Produce an emergency action sequence for fire, collision, medical emergency and evacuation
Explain the driver's duties after an accident: securing the scene, first aid, reporting and preserving evidence
Describe first-aid priorities and when to move an injured passenger
Identify personal protective and fire-suppression equipment carried on a passenger vehicle and how to use it
Explain how to communicate with emergency services and account for all passengers
Your checkpoint
A laminated-style emergency procedure card covering four scenarios, plus a timed walkthrough of one evacuation drill.
Environmental protection, energy efficiency and sustainable operations & Health, safety and emergency procedures
Explain the main emissions and their health effects relevant to road transport
Describe eco-driving techniques and estimate their fuel-saving effect on a sample route
Compare energy sources and drivetrains for passenger fleets on cost and emissions
Outline waste, fluid and noise management obligations for an operator
Link occupational health risks (fatigue, noise, vibration, stress) to preventive measures
Your checkpoint
An eco-driving and environmental management plan for one route with quantified fuel and emissions estimates.
Civil and commercial law relevant to road passenger transport & Social legislation and labour rules for drivers & Road transport business management and financial administration & Technical standards and operation of road passenger vehicles & Road safety, accident prevention and traffic regulations & Passenger safety, accessibility and customer service & Environmental protection, energy efficiency and sustainable operations & Health, safety and emergency procedures
Complete two full-length timed mock exams under exam conditions
Score each mock by domain and rank your three weakest domains
Re-study only the weakest domains using your own notes and reference sheets
Recite the key figures (rest limits, speed limits, retention periods) from memory without notes
Write a final one-page cheat sheet condensing each domain to its five most testable facts
Your checkpoint
Two scored mock exams with a domain-by-domain error log and a final one-page cheat sheet.
Milestones
Week 2: Can compute break-even load factor and explain three carrier legal duties without notes.
Week 4: Scores at least 75% on the vehicle-systems and traffic-rules self-quiz and produces a compliant weekly roster.
Week 6: Can recite the emergency sequence for fire and collision and complete the evacuation walkthrough in under target time.
Week 8: Scores at least 80% on both mock exams with no domain below 65%.