Traffic Rules and Road Signs
What this domain tests
This section checks that you can read Norwegian signs and apply priority rules while driving a goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes. Questions mix ordinary car-level rules with lorry-specific signs, speed limits and junction behaviour.
Core rules
- Traffic drives on the right. At an unsigned junction, yield to traffic approaching from the right.
- An inverted triangle means give way; a yellow diamond marks a priority road; a red octagon requires a complete stop.
- General limits are 50 km/h in built-up areas and 80 km/h outside, with higher limits only where signed. Heavy combinations are often restricted to 80 km/h even where cars may drive faster.
- Overtaking is prohibited at pedestrian crossings and wherever signs or visibility forbid it. Never overtake a vehicle stopped at a crossing.
- Signs showing a lorry, axle-weight plates or weight restrictions apply to your vehicle class, not to the car you drive privately.
Worked example
You drive a 26-tonne lorry at 80 km/h on a rural road. A pedestrian waits at an unsigned crossing and a car behind starts to overtake. You slow and stop for the pedestrian. The overtaking car is breaking the law, but you must not speed up or wave the pedestrian across; you stop and let the pedestrian choose when to cross.
Traps that cost marks
Treating the right-hand rule as universal - priority-road and give-way signs override it. Confusing the yellow priority diamond with a warning sign. Assuming a signed 90 km/h limit applies to your lorry. Ignoring supplementary plates that restrict a sign to goods vehicles above a stated weight.
Key points
- Right-hand rule applies only when no sign or signal says otherwise.
- Give-way, stop and priority-road signs override normal priority.
- Check whether a speed limit or prohibition applies to your vehicle class.
- Never overtake at a pedestrian crossing.