Road Traffic Law and Safe Driving
This domain tests the Road Traffic Act (vegtrafikkloven), the Traffic Rules (trafikkreglene) and safe driving behaviour expected of a professional taxi driver. The focus is on rules that commonly appear in daily taxi work.
Core traffic rules
- Norway drives on the right. Default speed limits are 50 km/h in built-up areas and 80 km/h outside unless signs say otherwise.
- At an unmarked intersection, yield to traffic coming from the right. Traffic entering from a private road, petrol station or parking area must yield.
- In a roundabout, yield to vehicles already circulating.
- All occupants must use seat belts, and children must use an approved child restraint according to height and weight.
- The blood alcohol limit is 0.2 per mille. Hand-held mobile phone use while driving is prohibited.
Safe driving
Adapt speed to visibility, road surface, load and traffic. Keep extra distance in rain, snow and darkness. Winter tyres with sufficient tread are required in winter conditions.
Worked example: You approach an unsigned crossing and a car comes from the right. Even if your road feels like the main road, you must yield. If you collide, the right-hand rule supports the other driver. Correct action is to slow down, assess the crossing and give way.
Traps: assuming a larger road has priority; entering a roundabout without yielding; using a phone while stopped in traffic; driving on summer tyres in winter conditions.