NZ Heavy Vehicle Theory Test case studies
NZ Heavy Vehicle Theory Test · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The New Zealand heavy vehicle theory test is the knowledge assessment you sit to progress toward a Class 2, 3, 4 or 5 driver licence, the classes that let you drive trucks and other heavy vehicles on New Zealand roads. It is aimed at drivers moving up from a car licence, at people entering the transport industry, and at overseas licence holders converting a truck licence. The NZ Heavy Vehicle Theory Test case studies are 5 cases and about 3,878 words.
1Class 2 ticket, a trailer, and a manager who says it's covered
Wiremu holds a full Class 2 licence and drives a rigid tipper whose manufacturer's gross vehicle weight is 14,800 kg. His new run is carting crushed rock from a quarry to a subdivision, 38 km each way, mostly two-lane rural road with one long climb and one steep grade.
757 words, about 4 min2A 9% descent in the rain with the pedal going long
Kiri is driving a six-axle semi-trailer rated at 44,000 kg, loaded with bagged fertiliser to about 41,500 kg, on a state highway. At the top of a hill a sign reads: 'Steep descent, 9% for 5 km, no escape lane'.
786 words, about 4 min3Pre-start check: an expired CoF, a bulged steer tyre and a 9 am deadline
Tama is doing the pre-start check on a 12-tonne rigid curtain-sider before a 260 km run. It is 5:40 am, dark and drizzling.
786 words, about 4 min4The weighbridge reading that is under GVM but over the RUC band
Rangi drives a three-axle rigid truck with a gross vehicle weight of 24,000 kg for a small freight firm. The truck's RUC licence was bought for the 20,000 kg weight band, because that was the cheapest option that covered the truck when it was running light, and the firm has kept renewing at the same band ever since.
775 words, about 4 min5Left turn in the wet with a cyclist beside the cab
At 7:20 am a driver is in a 19 m articulated unit, truck and semi-trailer, grossing about 42,000 kg, heading east in a two-lane urban street and wanting to turn left into a narrower street. On the left is a painted cycle lane, and a cyclist in a high-vis jacket is alongside the truck's front left corner, moving at about the same speed as the truck's 15 km/h.
774 words, about 4 min