All DKT Defensive Driving Questions For Car Licence

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All Questions in the Defensive Driving Category for Car in the Driver Knowledge Test

All questions in this section (Defensive Driving) are listed below. If you click on a question it will show you the possible answers that you might be asked in the DKT theory test, plus the correct answer and an explanation if necessary.

• Under good conditions, when driving behind any vehicle, at any speed, you should:
• When driving in wet weather, your vehicle will:
• At night, if an oncoming vehicle's headlights dazzle you, you should:
• If you get sleepy while driving, it is best to
• In wet weather when it becomes hard for you to see, you should:
• If you are driving and it starts to rain, you should
• When driving on a slippery wet road, for example, one covered in early morning dew, your vehicle will:
• Why should you avoid heavy braking on a wet road?
• At night you should:
• When it is very foggy during the day or night and your vehicle has no fog lights, you should
• When going on a long trip, out of the following which is the most important to do?
• At night, when you approach an oncoming vehicle, you should:
• Which of the following attitudes is most likely to make you a safer driver?
• You are about to move away from the kerb in your car. What is the last thing you should do before you move into traffic?
• What is the best way to avoid hitting other vehicles, people or animals when moving off from the kerb?
• Many people crash within the first few years of driving. What is the best way of learning to drive on your own without crashing?
• It is important to scan while driving so you can see everything that is happening on the road. What does scanning involve?
• If you are a new driver and first start to drive at night you should:
• You set out on a fairly long drive to see some friends. After a while you start feeling tired. What should you do?
• You are driving an older relative for an appointment and are running late. They ask you to go faster to get there on time. You should:
• You are planning to drive from Sydney to the Gold Coast with some friends. To minimise fatigue and make the trip as safe as possible you should:
• You should leave a gap between your vehicle and the one you are following. In good conditions the gap should be:
• It is night time and you are driving home from the movies. You are travelling in a line of vehicles. What size gap should you leave between your vehicle and the vehicles in front of you?
• While driving, you come across aggressive, selfish or ignorant driving behaviour by another driver. You should:

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