Traffic Rules
This domain tests the rules of the road that a conductor must know well enough to anticipate risk and to keep the driver and passengers out of enforcement trouble. Expect questions on lane discipline, overtaking, speed limits, junction priority, prohibited parking and the conductor's role in restarting a bus safely.
Core rules
- Keep left on two-lane roads and stay within the marked lane on multi-lane roads; change lanes only after checking mirrors and signalling.
- Overtake from the right. Overtaking on the left is exceptional and permitted only where the vehicle ahead is signalling a right turn or in congested lane traffic.
- Do not overtake on bends, crests, narrow bridges, level crossings or at junctions where visibility is restricted.
- Speed must respect the posted limit and the mandatory limit for the class of vehicle; the conductor must never urge the driver to make up time.
- At an uncontrolled junction, slow down and give way to traffic approaching from the right; at a roundabout, give way to vehicles already circulating.
- Stop before the zebra crossing when pedestrians are crossing, and never halt a bus on a crossing, at a junction mouth or in front of a fire hydrant.
- Horn is prohibited in silence zones near hospitals and schools and during night hours; mobile phone use by the driver is prohibited.
Conductor's role
Before signalling the driver to move off, confirm that the door is clear, the last passenger is seated or holding a rail, and no pedestrian is alongside. Warn the driver of hazards on the near side that mirrors do not show.
Worked example
At a bus stop just before a zebra crossing, a passenger runs for the bus. Reasoning: the correct action is to let the bus remain stationary, take the passenger, and only then signal off - but never to move the bus forward onto the crossing to save time, because obstructing a pedestrian crossing is an offence regardless of how brief the halt.
Traps that cost marks
Treating the horn as a right rather than a restricted device; assuming a green light gives an unconditional right of way; and believing the conductor may direct the driver to exceed speed to recover a late schedule.