Documents and Driver Duties

The essentials

This topic brings together the documents a driver needs and the main duties during everyday driving. It helps explain the driver’s responsibility toward the vehicle, passengers, documents and lawful requirements of competent authorities.

What to remember

A driver must have the appropriate entitlement to drive the vehicle and the documents required by law, and present them for inspection on a lawful request by a competent authority. Before moving, the driver is also responsible for the vehicle’s technical condition, seat-belt/helmet requirements, passengers and safe placement of cargo. In document-related questions, distinguish the driving licence, registration and insurance/other required documents according to the applicable rules.

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Must the bus driver on the established route give way in this situation? Must the bus driver on the established route give way in this situation?
  1. He must
  2. He must not
  3. He must not, because he is driving straight ahead

The correct answer: He must

The correct answer is the bus driver must yield. Priority given to a route vehicle leaving a stop does not permit it to cut across a vehicle that is already alongside or too close. The bus driver must first confirm that other traffic is yielding and that the merge is safe, then enter the lane.

Is a bus driver obliged to give way to a truck at an intersection with roundabout traffic? Is a bus driver obliged to give way to a truck at an intersection with roundabout traffic?
  1. Obliged
  2. Not obliged

The correct answer: Not obliged

The correct answer is the bus driver is not required to yield. No sign gives the truck priority at this roundabout, and it approaches the bus from the left. With equal-priority approaches, the right-side rule applies, so the truck waits and allows the bus on its right to proceed first.

Is the driver of a bus continuing straight ahead required to give way to a truck? Is the driver of a bus continuing straight ahead required to give way to a truck?
  1. Obliged
  2. Not obliged

The correct answer: Obliged

The correct answer is the bus driver must yield to the truck. The supplementary diagram shows the direction of the priority road, and the truck is following it. By continuing straight, the bus leaves that priority direction, so it stops before the intersection and proceeds only after the truck has passed.

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