Jamaica driving test
Jamaica driving test study questions
and answers 2024-2025
coasting -Correct Answer ✔The driver of any motor vehicle, when traveling down a hill,
must not coast with the gears or transmission of the vehicle in neutral.
slip road -Correct Answer ✔a short road on which vehicles join or leave a main road
What is the first rule of the road -Correct Answer ✔Keep well to the left unless you are
about to overtake or turn right
When should you not overtake? -Correct Answer ✔At a road junction, on a corner or
bend, on the brow of a hill, at a pedestrian crossing, on a hump-back bridge, where the
road narrows, or where the road is divided with an unbroken white line
When the road is divided into three lanes and there is no other marking or direction,
what is the center lane used for? -Correct Answer ✔For overtaking only
How close to a fire hydrant are you allowed to park? -Correct Answer ✔9m (30 feet)
When do you overtake on the left -Correct Answer ✔On a one way road, at a
roundabout when a driver in front gives a signal that he is about to turn right, passing a
line of slow moving vehicles in order to clear traffic congestion, turning left at cross
roads, on a four lane road
After overtaking à vehicle what should you do before rejoining the line? -Correct Answer
✔Check your rear view mirror
If two vehicles of different sizes meet on a hill, which one had the right of way? -Correct
Answer ✔The larger one
Give two causes of skidding -Correct Answer ✔Faulty driving, smooth tyres
If you wish to turn with when traveling on a one way street, what should you do? -
Correct Answer ✔Keep to the right of the road
What is a soft shoulder -Correct Answer ✔The unpaved side of the road which is not
intended for vehicular traffic
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When must you dip your lights -Correct Answer ✔On wet roads, in brightly lit areas,
approaching an oncoming vehicle, approaching a police officer, on point duty, at traffic
lights, approaching cattle, ascending a hill and when approaching a corner or bend
Who has the right of way on a hill -Correct Answer ✔The vehicle coming down, but a
heavier vehicle has the right of way up or down
Who has the right of way at a crossing which is not controlled by a police, traffic lights or
signs? -Correct Answer ✔No one
When should a driver make use of the right of way? -Correct Answer ✔When it is safe
to do so
Should a driver yield the right of way if a pedestrian enters the crossing -Correct Answer
✔Yes
What is meant by filtration? -Correct Answer ✔If you are held up at a road junction by a
person regulating traffic and you turn without getting a definite signal
When may you use a slip road at the traffic light? -Correct Answer ✔On any light
If you are driving along and your rear wheels skid, what should you do? -Correct
Answer ✔Steer in the direction of the skid
In which of the following situations may you overtake on the left?
1) on a four lane road (2) on a three lane road (3) on a one way street with two lanes
(4)on a wide bend on the road -Correct Answer ✔(1)on a four lane road (3) on a one
way street
What is a layby ? -Correct Answer ✔A place at the side of the street where motorists
may park
What should you do after passing through deep water? -Correct Answer ✔Ride your
brake gently for a while
What is a detour? -Correct Answer ✔It is a departure from the normal road
If the traffic light shows Amber alone, what would you expect the next light to be? -
Correct Answer ✔Red
For which of the following should a driver stop if requested? (1) a school crossing
warden (2)a uniformed deliveryman (3) a herdsman with a red flag (4) a flagman on
road construction site -Correct Answer ✔(1) a school crossing warden (3)a herdsman
with a red flag (4) a flagman on a road construction site
Jamaica driving test
Jamaica driving test study questions
and answers 2024-2025
coasting -Correct Answer ✔The driver of any motor vehicle, when traveling down a hill,
must not coast with the gears or transmission of the vehicle in neutral.
slip road -Correct Answer ✔a short road on which vehicles join or leave a main road
What is the first rule of the road -Correct Answer ✔Keep well to the left unless you are
about to overtake or turn right
When should you not overtake? -Correct Answer ✔At a road junction, on a corner or
bend, on the brow of a hill, at a pedestrian crossing, on a hump-back bridge, where the
road narrows, or where the road is divided with an unbroken white line
When the road is divided into three lanes and there is no other marking or direction,
what is the center lane used for? -Correct Answer ✔For overtaking only
How close to a fire hydrant are you allowed to park? -Correct Answer ✔9m (30 feet)
When do you overtake on the left -Correct Answer ✔On a one way road, at a
roundabout when a driver in front gives a signal that he is about to turn right, passing a
line of slow moving vehicles in order to clear traffic congestion, turning left at cross
roads, on a four lane road
After overtaking à vehicle what should you do before rejoining the line? -Correct Answer
✔Check your rear view mirror
If two vehicles of different sizes meet on a hill, which one had the right of way? -Correct
Answer ✔The larger one
Give two causes of skidding -Correct Answer ✔Faulty driving, smooth tyres
If you wish to turn with when traveling on a one way street, what should you do? -
Correct Answer ✔Keep to the right of the road
What is a soft shoulder -Correct Answer ✔The unpaved side of the road which is not
intended for vehicular traffic
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When must you dip your lights -Correct Answer ✔On wet roads, in brightly lit areas,
approaching an oncoming vehicle, approaching a police officer, on point duty, at traffic
lights, approaching cattle, ascending a hill and when approaching a corner or bend
Who has the right of way on a hill -Correct Answer ✔The vehicle coming down, but a
heavier vehicle has the right of way up or down
Who has the right of way at a crossing which is not controlled by a police, traffic lights or
signs? -Correct Answer ✔No one
When should a driver make use of the right of way? -Correct Answer ✔When it is safe
to do so
Should a driver yield the right of way if a pedestrian enters the crossing -Correct Answer
✔Yes
What is meant by filtration? -Correct Answer ✔If you are held up at a road junction by a
person regulating traffic and you turn without getting a definite signal
When may you use a slip road at the traffic light? -Correct Answer ✔On any light
If you are driving along and your rear wheels skid, what should you do? -Correct
Answer ✔Steer in the direction of the skid
In which of the following situations may you overtake on the left?
1) on a four lane road (2) on a three lane road (3) on a one way street with two lanes
(4)on a wide bend on the road -Correct Answer ✔(1)on a four lane road (3) on a one
way street
What is a layby ? -Correct Answer ✔A place at the side of the street where motorists
may park
What should you do after passing through deep water? -Correct Answer ✔Ride your
brake gently for a while
What is a detour? -Correct Answer ✔It is a departure from the normal road
If the traffic light shows Amber alone, what would you expect the next light to be? -
Correct Answer ✔Red
For which of the following should a driver stop if requested? (1) a school crossing
warden (2)a uniformed deliveryman (3) a herdsman with a red flag (4) a flagman on
road construction site -Correct Answer ✔(1) a school crossing warden (3)a herdsman
with a red flag (4) a flagman on a road construction site
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