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Traffic signs questions — D licence
146 exam-style Traffic signs questions for the D licence with correct answer and explanation. Practice free, no signup.
- An identified driver personally disobeys a traffic sign while driving. With no special liability provision applying, who is responsible for that infringement?
- In 2026, which combination of accessories does Annex XII of Spain’s General Vehicle Regulations require on a bus registered in Spain?
- May a bus authorised to use the road travel in a lane opened against its usual direction because of roadworks?
- A bus authorised to carry standing passengers travels on an urban road with two or more ordinary lanes in each direction, without a shared carriageway-and-pavement platform or a specific posted limit. What is the general speed limit?
- A bus without a trailer and a car without a trailer meet head-on in a level narrowing wide enough for only one vehicle. No officer or signs regulate passage, and it is unclear who entered first. If one must reverse to let the other pass, which one is it?
- A bus without a trailer, equipped with seat belts and carrying no standing passengers, is not performing school or children’s transport. It legally overtakes a motorcycle on a dual carriageway outside a built-up area, with no lower specific limit. What is its general maximum speed while overtaking?
- You witness an accident while driving a Spanish-registered car. Under the PAS rule, what should you do first when intervening?
- If you encounter this sign at the entrance to a road narrowing, you must know that:
- At traffic lights reserved for regular bus services, the illuminated white band on a black circular background has the same meaning as a red light at a conventional traffic light when…
- In a traffic light reserved for regular bus lines, what does an intermittently flashing white band mean, equivalent to a fixed amber light on a conventional traffic light when…
- A bus without a trailer and a lorry towing a trailer arrive simultaneously from opposite directions at a narrowing on a stretch without a steep gradient. Neither has entered and no signs or directions regulate passage. If one must reverse, which will it be?
- You drive a bus on a street within a built-up area that is not a motorway or dual carriageway. There are three lanes in your direction marked by longitudinal lines, with no specific restrictions. Which lane may you use?
- If you are driving a large bus on a road, are you obliged to indicate to the vehicle following you that it may overtake you?
- Must a bus with a length of 13.50 metres display the V-6 Long Vehicle sign?
- On a carriageway with several lanes per direction, traffic is congested and each line moves at the speed of the vehicles ahead. A bus stays in the right-hand lane and its line moves faster than the others. Is that permissible?
- On a level narrow road, with no officer or signs regulating passage, a bus meets a car without a trailer. If one vehicle clearly entered first, which has priority?
- You drive a bus on a road with three lanes in your direction. After this R-305, may you overtake a lorry using only lanes in your direction, if no other prohibition applies and you can do so safely?
- Can the V-10 sign be used without the lower rectangle containing the 'school transport' legend?
- If you drive a charter bus, when must you obey traffic lights that have an illuminated band on a black circular background?
- In vehicles dedicated to passenger transport that are required to carry a complaints book, is it necessary to display a sign inside the bus indicating this?
- To overtake a motorcycle with your bus, you need to move the bus laterally, without entering the adjacent lane. Must you signal that movement?
- An adult driver, identified as the offender, drives a company vehicle through a red traffic light. Who is responsible for that traffic offence?
- Outside a built-up area, a bus needs to cross a continuous line to overtake a two-wheeled moped. Visibility is sufficient and all safety, clearance and speed conditions can be met. Do the rules permit this manoeuvre?
- If you drive a bus, as a general rule, will you be able to drive in a reversible lane?
- A bus travels on a dual carriageway with three lanes in its direction. After this R-305, may it overtake a lorry using only lanes in its direction if no other prohibition applies and the manoeuvre is safe?
- Where the school transport sign is an illuminated one, it must be lit:
- After this R-306, may a bus overtake a lorry if no other prohibition applies and it can do so safely?
- After the bus passes its periodic ITV inspection, must you keep the latest inspection report and be able to show it to traffic officers who request it?
- At a yield sign with a D1 or D bus, you must:
- In 2026, a car registered in Spain breaks down and is immobilised on the shoulder. How must you provide a hazard warning?
- If you are driving a bus, as a general rule, can you drive in a reversible lane?
- A bus with MAM exceeding 3,500 kg carries only its driver. May it use a high-occupancy vehicle lane?
- You are driving a bus and encounter sign B in the image before a level narrow passage. A vehicle combination approaches from the opposite direction. Neither has entered yet, and no officer or other sign changes priority. Who has priority?
- Your bus is permitted to use a reversible lane bounded on both sides by double broken longitudinal lines. What must you do?
- A school-transport vehicle has the V-10 identifier with the optional illuminated pictogram. When should this pictogram be lit?
- The driver of a bus, on seeing this sign:
- A 13-metre rigid bus without a trailer travels on a dual carriageway outside a built-up area with three ordinary lanes in its direction. With no snow, sign or instruction preventing it, may it use the leftmost lane?
- As a general rule, can a bus overtake on the right a vehicle travelling more slowly in the left-hand lane?
- A car maintains 90 km/h on a conventional road. Your bus has a 90 km/h maximum limit on that stretch. May you overtake the car while it maintains that speed?
- A bus is travelling in a lane reserved for buses and, at an intersection, sees this traffic light. What should it do if it intends to continue straight ahead?
- As a general rule, who has priority at a roundabout?
- As a bus driver, you should know that this sign indicates...
- The first breath-alcohol test exceeds the driver’s applicable limit. Must the officer perform a second breath test to check the result?
- Outside a built-up area, there are three ordinary lanes in the same direction, with no additional restrictions. Which vehicle is limited to the rightmost lane and the one next to it?
- An articulated bus 18 metres long, without a trailer, travels outside a built-up area on a carriageway with three ordinary lanes in the same direction. With no additional restrictions, may it use the leftmost lane?
- A bus without a trailer and an animal-drawn cart arrive simultaneously at opposite ends of a narrowing where they cannot pass each other. The section is level, neither has entered, and there are no signs or officer instructions. Who has priority?
- You drive a discretionary-service bus with MAM over 3,500 kg. The HOV-lane section expressly permits buses. May you use it even without passengers?
- On a school and minors’ transport service required to display the V-10 sign, where must the front and rear signs be placed?
- You drive a bus with MAM over 3,500 kg on a road outside built-up areas and tunnels, with one lane in each direction, overtaking allowed and no saturated traffic. You are not signalling an intention to overtake. Must you leave at least 50 metres behind the vehicle ahead?
- You drive a 15-metre bus outside built-up areas and tunnels, with one lane in each direction, overtaking allowed and no saturated traffic. You do not signal an intention to overtake. What is the numerical minimum gap behind the vehicle ahead to allow a following vehicle to overtake?
- Which vehicle categories used for school or minors transport governed by Royal Decree 443/2001 must have hazard warning lights for boarding and alighting stops?
- Because of the bus’s dimensions, you cannot complete a permitted turn while strictly following the ordinary positioning rules. What must you do when performing it?
- In a stay-and-play zone indicated by this S-28 sign, what is the maximum speed for a bus if there is no other lower restriction?
- If you witness an accident, what is the first thing you should do as a general rule?
- At a STOP sign with a D1 or D bus, you must:
- You drive a scheduled bus in the reserved lane controlled by a white-bar signal. A bar slanting right is steadily lit. What does it indicate?
- A bus with passengers seated and the corresponding seat belts travels outside a built-up area on a conventional road signed as a road for motor vehicles. It is not performing school transport or another special transport operation, and no lower limit applies. What is its general maximum speed?
- You witness a collision with injured people and assistance has not yet been organised. How should you generally act?
- Driving a bus, can you overtake the lorry in front of you when you pass this sign?
- A ten-metre bus with a trailer travels in the right lane of an interurban dual carriageway with three lanes in its direction. When traffic or road conditions warrant it and without hindering another vehicle, may it use the middle lane immediately to its left?
- You are driving a bus and travelling in a lane reserved for this class of vehicle. When you see this signal, you may…
- If the windscreen washer fluid level is low, how should you top it up?
- You drive a bus with working direction indicators and intend to change lanes. Must you signal?
- According to traffic law, traffic officers may immobilise your vehicle when they observe excess driving time of more than ...
- Which of these items must a bus registered in Spain carry as part of its legally required equipment?
- What should you do when joining a motorway or dual carriageway?
- A bus without a trailer and a car without a trailer reach an unsigned narrowing at the same time on a level section. Neither has entered and no officer or other authorised person is directing traffic. If they cannot pass each other, which must reverse to let the other through?
- At a junction with no signs or officers regulating priority, a bus approaches from an unpaved road and a car approaches from its left on a paved road. Who must give way?
- If you park your bus at night on the hard shoulder of an insufficiently lit stretch of road through a built-up area, what light must you use to signal it?
- A bus without a trailer and a car-derived vehicle without a trailer reach a level narrowing simultaneously, with no signs or officers. Neither has entered and they cannot pass each other. Who has priority?
- A bus more than 10 metres long travels outside a built-up area on a road with one lane in its direction, where overtaking is permitted and traffic is not congested. Without signalling an intention to overtake, what minimum gap must it leave to facilitate overtaking by following traffic?
- If you are driving a bus and see this sign in a toll area, it indicates...
- Among M1, M2 and M3 vehicles providing school or minors’ transport services regulated by Royal Decree 443/2001, which must have a hazard-warning light signal?
- A ten-metre bus with a trailer travels in the right lane of an interurban dual carriageway with three lanes in its direction. When traffic or road conditions warrant it and without hindering another vehicle, may it use the middle lane immediately to its left?
- The accident scene is safe and 112 has been called. An injured adult is unconscious, lying on their back, with no visible massive external bleeding. Before deciding whether resuscitation is needed, what should you assess?
- If you are driving a bus and wish to rejoin the traffic flow from a signposted stop, what should you do?
- Considering only this R-112 restriction marked 2 t, may a bus towing a light trailer with MAM no greater than 750 kg enter?
- If you come across this sign, you should know that access is prohibited for:
- During school transport covered by Royal Decree 443/2001, where must the V-10 sign be displayed on a bus with more than 19 seats?
- If, for justified reasons, you are unable to reach the minimum required speed with your bus and there is a danger of being hit from behind by vehicles travelling behind you, what should you do?
- For a tyre subject to EU labelling, which characteristics can the label’s performance classes and indications be used to compare?
- On a two-way carriageway, an additional temporary lane has been provided under Article 42. With no lower limits established or signed and under normal conditions, within what speed range must a bus use that lane?
- A rigid bus and a lorry without a trailer enter an unsigned narrow section at the same time, with no traffic officer and outside a steep-gradient section. If one must reverse, which must do so?
- What obligation does this R-404 impose on a bus driver?
- As a general rule and under normal traffic conditions, is a bus with an MAM of 7,500 kg permitted to drive on the hard shoulder?
- What can you do to reduce the possibility of having an accident if the vehicle behind you is driving too close to yours?
- If you are driving a 12-metre-long bus, can you enter the road where this sign is located?
- This white-bar signal controls a reserved bus lane on a road that also has ordinary lanes. Which vehicles must obey its indications?
- Outside a built-up area, on a dual carriageway with three ordinary lanes in your direction and no exceptional signs, you drive a 10-metre bus towing a light trailer. May you use the furthest-left lane?
- For a 22,000 kg maximum-authorised-mass articulated bus not intending to overtake, in which situation do the regulations require at least 150 metres clearance or a minimum six-second interval?
- Outside a built-up area, on a road with one lane in each direction, a bus intends to overtake a moped. May it leave less than 1.50 m lateral clearance?
- In 2026, a Spanish-registered bus is immobilised by a breakdown in the right lane of a motorway. Which device must be used to give advance hazard warning?
- If, for emergency reasons, you are obliged to drive your bus along a dual carriageway at an abnormally reduced speed, what must you do?
- If you are driving a bus and are involved in an accident, and other people involved request your identification, are you obliged to provide it?
- If a traffic officer is directing traffic while you drive a D1 or D bus, you must:
- You drive a bus with working direction indicators and intend to change lanes. Must you signal?
- A bus authorised to carry standing passengers travels with those passengers on a dual carriageway outside a built-up area. With no applicable lower limit, what maximum speed must it not exceed?
- If you stop your bus at a signposted stop to pick up passengers, must you take any special precaution to rejoin the traffic?
- An ordinary rigid lorry and a bus reach a narrowing at the same time and cannot pass each other. There are no priority signs, it is not a steep section and neither entered first. Who must reverse to yield?
- You fit a ski rack to the rear of your bus that hides the position lights. In these circumstances...
- In the event of a traffic accident, the most correct course of action will be to…
- You drive a 12 m bus on a motorway section with two lanes in your direction, outside tunnels and with no other specific separation rule. What must the gap to the vehicle ahead at least allow?
- You drive a bus in a reserved lane controlled by a white-bar signal. Which steady bar means no passage, equivalent to a red light?
- A bus is travelling in a lane reserved for buses and, at an intersection, sees this traffic light. What must it do if it intends to continue straight ahead?
- If you are driving a bus 12 metres long, can you enter the road where this sign is located?
- On roads with an acceleration lane, where must the driver of a bus who intends to use it to join the carriageway stop if necessary?
- What does this vertical sign indicate?
- If you are driving a bus, when may you be required by traffic officers to take a breathalyser test?
- On a road with a reserved bus lane, which buses must obey this white-bar traffic light controlling that lane?
- In school and minors' transport, when their presence is compulsory, what must the accompanying adult know?
- A bus meets a lorry travelling in the opposite direction on a bridge that does not allow simultaneous passage. If the bus driver saw this sign at the entrance, who must reverse?
- In a stay-and-play zone indicated by S-28, what is the maximum speed for a motor vehicle, with no other lower restriction?
- When must buses dedicated to school transport display the sign indicating the transport they are carrying out?
- Roadworks require a lane to be opened in the opposite direction to normal on a road where a bus is permitted to travel. With no express prohibition for that bus, may it generally use the lane?
- If you are driving a bus on a road outside a built-up area where, due to roadworks, a lane has been enabled for use in the opposite direction to normal, are you permitted to drive in that lane?
- Does this sign affect a bus driver?
- You drive a bus on a dual carriageway outside a built-up area with three lanes in your direction. Does this sign prohibit you from overtaking a motor vehicle?
- If you're driving a bus with a light trailer, on a road outside a built-up area with three lanes for the same direction, and the combination is over seven metres long, which lanes may you use?
- A rigid bus and a rigid lorry, neither towing a trailer, meet at a narrowing without a steep gradient or priority signs. It is unclear who entered first and one must reverse to allow them to pass. With no directions from an officer or authorised personnel, which must reverse?
- What does traffic lights showing a steady vertical white stripe on a circular black background indicate?
- You drive an 11-metre bus on a road outside a built-up area with one lane in each direction. You have signalled your intention to overtake the bus ahead on a section where overtaking is allowed. What following distance must you maintain?
- At the rear of a bus, you see a rectangular yellow plate with a red border, or two equivalent plates placed symmetrically. What does that marking indicate?
- If, while travelling in your bus, you intend to overtake the vehicle in front, are you required to indicate it?
- In 2026, which combination of accessories does Annex XII of Spain’s General Vehicle Regulations require on a bus registered in Spain?
- What does this sign indicate?
- At a narrowing on a level road, with no signs or instructions governing priority, a bus and a motor caravan cannot pass simultaneously. If it is unknown which entered first, which must reverse?
- On narrow sections with a steep gradient where priority has not been signposted, as a general rule, the vehicle that must give way is the one:
- At the rear of a bus, you see a rectangular yellow plate with a red border, or two equivalent plates placed symmetrically. What does that marking indicate?
- A bus driver indicates with the left indicator their intention to change lane to overtake. When should the indicator be switched off?
- What does the anticipation principle of defensive driving consist of?
- If you are driving a bus with a maximum authorised mass of more than 3,500 kg in a built-up area, are you obliged to maintain a minimum separation of 50 metres?
- Driving a bus, on seeing this sign, you should know that…
- You drive a bus on an occasional service with a maximum authorised mass above 3,500 kg. May it use a HOV (VAO) lane?
- A bus fitted with seat belts, carrying no standing passengers and not performing school or child transport, travels on a conventional road outside a built-up area signed as a road for motor vehicles. With no lower specific limit, what is its general maximum speed?
- At a narrowing that is neither a bridge nor a steep-gradient section, a bus and car cannot pass together. Without signs or special directions, it is known which entered first. Which criterion determines priority?
- If a bus has a laden mass of 6 tonnes and, on entering a road, encounters the sign in the photograph, may it enter?
- Your bus travels in a reserved lane separated by a single continuous longitudinal line. With no officer’s direction, signs authorising crossing or other regulatory exception, may you cross it to reach your destination?
- Which school-transport or child-transport vehicles must carry the emergency warning light?
- If there is a traffic light like the one in the photograph on a road where there is a lane reserved for buses, which buses does it affect?
- You drive a bus in the reserved lane controlled by this signal. The white bar slanting left is steadily lit. What movement does it permit?
- A bus is travelling without a trailer. When must it display the V-6 “Long vehicle” sign at the rear?
- If you are driving a bus and you encounter a STOP sign, you must:
- A 60-seat bus without a trailer travels on an interurban road with three lanes in its direction. If no sign prohibits it and it is safe, may it use the third lane, the leftmost in its direction, to overtake?
- When approaching an unsignalised pedestrian crossing in a bus, what must you do if stopping is necessary to respect a pedestrian’s priority?
- You are driving a combination of vehicles consisting of a bus and its trailer, with a total length of 11 metres. Are you allowed to drive on a road at whose entrance this sign is displayed?
- You drive a 15-metre bus outside built-up areas and tunnels, with one lane in each direction, overtaking allowed and no saturated traffic. You do not signal an intention to overtake. What is the numerical minimum gap behind the vehicle ahead to allow a following vehicle to overtake?
How to ace the traffic signs questions on the D licence
Traffic signs questions are usually among the highest-failure areas in the D licence exam. Each of the 146 exam-style questions here includes the options, the correct answer and an explanation of why it's correct.
The most effective way to master this topic is to alternate syllabus reading with question practice. Start by reading the full topic, then click into any question to study it in detail. Failed questions enter the smart-review queue until you master them.
Frequently asked questions about traffic signs on the D licence
- How many traffic signs questions are in the D licence question bank?
- Our exam-style question bank includes 146 traffic signs questions for the D licence. Each comes with the correct answer and explanation.
- How should I study traffic signs for the D licence exam?
- The D test has 20 questions. Use this bank to practise traffic signs with explanations, and combine topic review with full mock exams.
- What are the most common traffic signs mistakes?
- Three typical causes: 1) misreading prompts with decisive keywords ("always", "never", "except", "only", "at least") — they flip the correct answer; 2) switching correct answers in the final review due to self-induced doubt; 3) studying only by topic without full simulations, which penalises block-switching speed.
- How should I practise traffic signs to prepare for the D licence?
- Alternate three modes: first study the full topic syllabus; then practise the 146 exam-style traffic signs questions until you understand the logic of each; finally launch full D-licence simulations (20 questions, max 2 wrong) to train block-switching under pressure.