Traffic rules and road signs (Trafikkregler og skilt)
Traffic rules and road signs (Trafikkregler og skilt)
This domain tests whether you can apply Norway's priority rules, speed limits, lane rules and sign meanings to a Category D bus, including bus-specific privileges and duties.
Core rules
- Norway drives on the right. General limits are 50 km/h in built-up areas and 80 km/h outside unless signed otherwise. A bus carrying passengers must not exceed 80 km/h even where 90, 100 or 110 is posted; a lower sign always wins.
- At an unsigned equal junction the right-hand rule applies: yield to traffic from the right. It does not apply when you leave a private road, forecourt, parking area or petrol station; there you yield to all traffic.
- In built-up areas, traffic must yield to a bus that signals its departure from a marked bus stop. In a roundabout, yield to traffic already circulating; signal right on exit.
- Kollektivfelt (bus lane) is reserved for scheduled buses; other vehicles may use it only where the sign or markings allow a turn. Do not use it as an overtaking lane.
- Overtaking is prohibited at pedestrian crossings, before crests and at junctions unless signs or markings permit it. A bus needs a long clear distance.
Worked example
You approach a T-junction from a minor road with a yield sign. A car comes from the left. The right-hand rule does not give you priority because the yield sign controls the junction. You must yield to the car from the left and to any cyclist on the main road. If the junction had no signs at all, the car from the left would yield to you.
Traps
Assuming the right-hand rule always applies; missing that a bus leaving a stop in a built-up area has priority; treating a bus lane as a general lane; and forgetting that a lower speed sign overrides the 80 km/h bus limit. Check sign supplements: a 7.5 t limit usually does not apply to a bus, but a width or height limit does.