Theory test questions: Traffic laws, page 5
901 official Israeli theory test questions on traffic laws, with the correct answer to each.
- According to the following picture, is it permitted to make a U-turn?
Correct answer: No.
- Who is held responsible for safety in a vehicle that drives in reverse?
Correct answer: The driver.
- What is considered to be a reasonable driving speed?
Correct answer: Statutory speed, which takes account of the road condition, the surroundings and the traffic, and in which the driver stays in full control of the vehicle.
- When can reasonable speed exceed the maximum speed limit?
Correct answer: Never. It is against the law.
- When is it permitted to overtake another vehicle on its rights side?
Correct answer: When the other vehicle is driving in a left-turn lane and giving a left signal.
- It is allowed to make a U-turn:
Correct answer: From every lane, unless it is prohibited by a specific road sign.
- Is a motorcycle or a motorcycle with sidecar permitted to drive by the side of another motorcycle in the same lane?
Correct answer: Yes, only for the purpose of lawfully overtaking or passing another vehicle.
- When is it allowed to use the horn?
Correct answer: Only to prevent imminent danger that cannot be prevented in any other way.
- What is the speed limit for private passenger cars after crossing the following road signs?
Correct answer: 90 k.p.h.
- When there is heavy rain,
Correct answer: You are permitted to turn on the fog lights.
- the law demands that a pillion passenger on a motorcycle will:
Correct answer: place both feet on a support either side of a motorcycle
- According to the traffic sign placed on the right, How would you conduct yourself on the road ahead?
Correct answer: Pay special attention to vehicles merging from the right.
- On which type of road is a private passenger car permitted to drive at the speed of 110 k.p.?
Correct answer: A freeway(motorway)
- A certain restriction is shown in the following picture. What is the reason for the restriction?
Correct answer: Overtaking is restricted due to limited field of vision.
- What should a driver do when one of the vehicle’s two headlights is malfunctioning during the night?
Correct answer: He shouldn’t continue driving, and he cannot continue driving before the malfunction is fixed.
- A bus route permit regulates:
Correct answer: The service on that route.
- Why is it required to install a safety frame in a tractor?
Correct answer: To protect the operator./driver in the event that the tractor rolls over.
- Is a tractor required to have direction indicators from front and back?
Correct answer: Yes, every tractor that has a driver’s compartment.
- Define “Autobus”:
Correct answer: A motor vehicle designed to transport at least 8 persons besides the driver and is indicated as an Autobus on its registration documents.
- Define “private Autobus”:
Correct answer: An Autobus not for the general use of the public.
- What is the maximum number of passengers permitted to ride a minibus?
Correct answer: As indicated in the vehicle’s registration documents.
- The all up weight of a minibus shall not exceed:
Correct answer: 5,000 kg.
- What is a “touring vehicle”?
Correct answer: A public vehicle designed to carry up to eight passengers besides the driver and is indicated as a touring vehicle in its registration documents.
- When is a bus prohibited from crossing a railroad?
Correct answer: When there is no asphalt or cement road that leads to the level crossing, at a distance of at least 20 meters before the nearest track.
- Which of the following types of vehicles is prohibited to cross a railroad?
Correct answer: All vehicles carrying, or designed to carry, at least 11 passengers besides the driver, if there is no asphalt or cement road at a distance of 20 meters before the tracks.
- When a bus driver obeys a stop sign and stops before a level crossing, he is also obliged:
Correct answer: To open the front door.
- Which vehicles are obliged to have “safety shoes”?
Correct answer: Every motor vehicle with an all up weight of at least 5,000 kg, except for buses.
- Is it permitted to park a bus that is designed to transport a maximum of 16 passengers in a parking place of another vehicle?
Correct answer: Yes, if there is no road sign at place directing otherwise.
- Which vehicle may be used to transport school children?
Correct answer: A vehicle that was authorized to do so, as indicated in its registration documents.
- When is it obligatory to operate the vehicle’s different types of decelerators or retarders ?
Correct answer: When driving on a road section before which a “dangerous descent” sign is placed.
- Is it permitted to park a bus that is designed to transport at least 20 passengers in a parking place designed for private vehicles?
Correct answer: No.
- Is it permitted to park a bus that is authorized to transport at least 20 passengers within the limits of a sign that allows parking on the sidewalk?
Correct answer: No.
- What is the maximum passenger capacity allowance in a desert vehicle?
Correct answer: As indicated in the vehicle’s registrations.
- What class of license is required for driving buses or commercial vehicles with an all up weight of more than 3,500 kg?
Correct answer: D.
- How many passengers is a bus driver allowed to carry?
Correct answer: According to the number indicated in the bus registration documents (if such a number is indeed indicated).
- What is the maximum number of passengers a minibus driver with a taxi driver’s license is permitted to carry
Correct answer: Up to sixteen passengers besides the driver.
- According to the law, how frequently should the brakes of a public vehicle be checked?
Correct answer: At least once every six months, in a licensed garage.
- What is a driver required to do when one of his two headlights malfunctions during “light time”?
Correct answer: He must stop. It is forbidden to continue driving.
- If a public bus driver runs out of tickets for a certain route – should he refuse driving a passenger who gets on the bus?
Correct answer: The driver must drive the passenger.
- What does the law state regarding the operation of a radio on a bus?
Correct answer: The driver must turn off the passenger loudspeakers and turn down the radio’s volume at the request of any passenger.
- Which norms of conduct are required from bus drivers and conductors?
Correct answer: They must behave politely and courteously.
- Is a bus driver permitted to talk with the passengers while driving?
Correct answer: Yes, but only about matters relating to the journey and without turning his head away from the road.
- What does the law state regarding the sale of tickets or change-giving by the driver of a public vehicle?
Correct answer: It is forbidden to sell tickets or give change while the bus or taxi is moving.
- When is a bus driver obliged to display an identifying document?
Correct answer: Whenever required to do so by any bus passenger.
- Which of the following items must be placed in a passenger bus on city route?
Correct answer: First aid kit
- Who is responsible to perform a security check on a bus?
Correct answer: The bus driver should do it before and during every ride.
- What is the maximum permitted speed of a bus other than a minibus (unless otherwise indicated in a sign)?
Correct answer: on an urban road - 50 k.p.h, on a non-urban road - 80 k.p.h, on an inter-urban road with a built dividing area - 90 k.p.h, and on a freeway - 100.
- Is the driver of a route service bus obliged to announce the stations along the route?
Correct answer: Yes, if the bus doesn’t have a map of its route.
- How many glass breaking hammers must be placed on a bus?
Correct answer: At least two.
- Is it required to have a stretcher in every bus?
Correct answer: No, except in buses driving on excursion or sightseeing tours.
- What is the largest banknote a bus driver is obliged to change for a fare?
Correct answer: Up to ten times the price of the fare.
- Who is obliged to check the proper function of the following bus systems: brakes, steering wheel, horn, windshield wipers, and the opening and closing of the bus doors?
Correct answer: The driver, before every ride.
- Can a bus driver prevent a passenger from entering the bus if he is wearing clothes that might contaminate the bus seats?
Correct answer: Yes.
- Is it permitted to carry carbon gas tanks on a certificated tour bus?
Correct answer: Yes. On an excursion only it is permitted to carry - on the bus’ roof or in the back side of the trunk - 2 cooking gas tanks in a maximum weight of 12 kg per tank.
- Is it permitted to put chairs into a bus or a taxi, other than the vehicle’s fixed seats?
Correct answer: No.
- Is it obligatory to install a tachograph on a route service bus?
Correct answer: Yes.
- On an inter-urban route service bus, who is designated to sit in the two front seats either side of the aisle?
Correct answer: Security personnel.
- Where is a route service bus driver required to stop in order to load and unload passengers?
Correct answer: Only at the stations that are indicated in the route license.
- Who is responsible for placing route signs on the service bus?
Correct answer: The bus driver.
- Is it obligatory to turn-on the bus headlights during the day as well?
Correct answer: Yes, every year between November 1st and March 31st.
- A passenger bus is required, among other things, to have:
Correct answer: Approved waste basket next to every door.
- What should be displayed on the taxi’s meter when the taxi is available to carry passengers?
Correct answer: Its light should be turned on and it should read “Available”.
- Is it permitted to solicit a passenger to get on a taxi at the Ben Gurion Airport?
Correct answer: No.
- Which types of taxi ride are permitted under a license issued by the Controller of Road Transport?
Correct answer: Sharing ride, private ride and sightseeing ride.
- Who is exempt from paying taxi fare?
Correct answer: One child under 5 years that is accompanied by an adult.
- Is a taxi driver permitted to take an additional passenger during a taxi ride that was ordered by another passenger?
Correct answer: Yes, but only with the consent of the passenger that ordered the ride and without extra payment until the destination that was determined.
- Is a taxi driver required to help a passenger to load or unload his luggage on or off the taxi?
Correct answer: Yes, if needed.
- Which of the following items should be placed on a school transport vehicle?
Correct answer: Only flashing lamps and signs; and a permit of the Licensing Authority should be indicated within the vehicle’s registration documents.
- Where is a proper place to install plates with the details of the taxi owner and of the driver?
Correct answer: On the inner part of the taxi’s left and right door frame-heads.
- Is it obligatory for taxis to have air-condition installed?
Correct answer: Yes.
- What is a meter-based tariff?
Correct answer: The tariff from the taxi’s location until the location of the person ordering the ride.
- Taxi meter tariff 1 is:
Correct answer: Day tariff from 05:30 until 21:00.
- Who is required to certify that the meter is properly functioning if its seal is disconnected?
Correct answer: Only a qualified service provider.
- Whom should a taxi driver approach when his taxi meter malfunctions?
Correct answer: A certified taxi-meter repair service provider.
- Can a minibus be regarded as a taxi?
Correct answer: A minibus is a taxi with all it implies.
- Is a taxi driver permitted to drop passengers next to a sign or marking that prohibits stopping or parking?
Correct answer: Yes, on an urban road only.
- Is a taxi driver permitted to load passengers within the limits of signs that prohibit stopping or parking?
Correct answer: Yes, but only on an urban road.
- What is the maximum number of passengers a taxi driver is permitted to carry?
Correct answer: As the number of passengers that is indicated in the vehicle’s registration documents.
- What is the maximum number of passengers a minibus driver is permitted to carry?
Correct answer: As stated in the vehicle’s registration documents and not more than ten.
- Is a taxi owner or driver permitted to change the taxi’s ride fare?
Correct answer: No.
- Is a bus driver permitted to stop at a place other than a station in order to disembark the Inspector?
Correct answer: Yes, where stopping is permitted for all other types of vehicles.
- Is it permitted to carry animals on a bus?
Correct answer: Yes, when their size enables them to be carried on the passenger’s knees or held in his hands.
- How frequently should a bus be disinfected?
Correct answer: Once a year.
- What is a taxi sightseeing ride?
Correct answer: An exclusive taxi ride for the person who ordered it, for the purpose of touring, traveling or sightseeing.
- What is a special taxi ride?
Correct answer: An exclusive taxi ride for the individual who ordered it.
- When is it prohibited to refuel a bus?
Correct answer: When it carries passengers.
- What is the fare for carrying a wheelchair in a taxi?
Correct answer: It should be carried free of charge.
- Is it obligatory to remove the meter from a taxi if its owner doesn’t have a valid taxi operation permit?
Correct answer: Yes.
- What are the rules concerning the transportation of children on a route service taxi?
Correct answer: Not more than two children under 5 years who sit on the knees of full-price paying adults are allowed to ride for free.
- What is tariff 2?
Correct answer: Taxi ride tariff from 21:01hrs. until 05:29hrs and during the Sabbath and Holydays
- What is a zotobus?
Correct answer: A taxi that weighs 2,200 – 3,500 kg and is permitted to carry up to 10 passengers.
- When a public vehicle lets off passengers - is it regarded as stopping?
Correct answer: Yes, it is regarded as stopping.
- Is a bus driver required to hold in the vehicle an extra pair of glasses / contact lenses?
Correct answer: Yes.
- Is a public vehicle permitted to drive on all the marked lanes?
Correct answer: Yes, it may also drive on lanes that are not marked as bus lanes.
- Do the driver and passengers of a public minibus need to wear seatbelts whilst driving?
Correct answer: Yes, on every type of road.
- Are passengers on the taxi’s back seat exempt from wearing a seat belt on urban roads?
Correct answer: Yes.
- Is a taxi driver exempt from wearing a seat belt while driving?
Correct answer: Yes, but only on urban roads, when there are passengers in the taxi.
- What measure should be taken before the start of every bus ride?
Correct answer: Signaling in the direction of the road.
- For how long should a bus stop in a bus stop?
Correct answer: For as long as it takes to load and unload passengers.
- Is it obligatory for a route service bus driver to allow any person into the bus?
Correct answer: Yes, unless other statutory restrictions apply.