Special attention
You need to pay special attention to things that are important to your driving for the next 2-3 seconds. If you brake for something (e.g. children), then you don't need to pay special attention to things that come after what you braked for - you won't reach those things within 2-3 seconds.
You are never asked if you are paying attention to... you are only asked if you are ESPECIALLY paying attention to... and you are only doing so when what you are asked about has an impact on our driving right now. For example, a traffic light regulation: if it is green, you drive, if it is red, you have to stop.
Pay special attention to cyclists/mopeds:
When they ARE in the picture and are important to your driving right now, or when you cross their lane in connection with a right/left turn, overtaking a left-turning car on the right where you, for example, cross over the curb line to the shoulder.
Special attention to oncoming traffic:
1: When there is an oncoming traffic in the picture who intends to cross into your lane, for example, is overtaking or is flashing left.
2: EVERY TIME you have to cross into the lane of oncoming traffic, e.g. when overtaking, turning left or turning the car. You must pay special attention to oncoming traffic in the 3 maneuvers REGARDLESS of whether there is an oncoming traffic in the picture or not, also in light regulation where you turn for e.g. green arrow.
Pay special attention to lane markings:
You only pay special attention to lane markings when they are important to what you want or are allowed to do right now. For example, if you are driving on a straight road with no other cars in front, lane markings will NEVER be important to you. You can pay special attention if you want to overtake and the markings are important to whether you want/can do so right now. (For example, if you are not allowed to drive faster than the person in front, it does not matter what the markings look like.)
Pay special attention to the condition of the road surface:
This simply means whether the road/road surface is slippery (reduced grip). This could be, for example, snow, ice, rain, gravel, cobblestones or similar.
You always pay special attention to: Children, bicycles, the elderly and the "clown", but we also have to think about tractors' poor brakes, motorcycles driving too fast and braking poorly, trucks/buses driving in the opposite direction when making sharp turns, trucks/buses accelerating slowly and braking poorly, motorcycles + bicycles and mopeds are very sensitive to crosswinds, etc.
Distance
Another thing you may be asked about/assess is the distance to the vehicle in front. As a rule of thumb, you should have a safety distance equal to half your speed in meters. Since it is difficult to assess meters, we count in seconds. A distance in driving time of less than 2 seconds is too short to always be able to prevent a collision if the vehicle in front suddenly slows down or brakes.
– You may be asked about using your high beams when overtaking, and you can or MUST use your high beams according to the table below:
| When you want to overtake | during the day | During the lighting time |
| Ordinary car | Can(optional) | BOWL |
| Truck/bus/trailer | BOWL | BOWL |
Height/length/width
Max: must be marked at the overhang of:
Height 4 m
Length 12m 1m.
Width 2.55m 15cm.
Goods must never hang so far over the car that it exceeds the limit of 12m/2.55m.
Warning triangle: min. 50 m. on public roads and min. 100 m. on motorways.
Towing another car: max. 30 km/h, not on motorways, max. 4 m. tow rope + marked if more than 2 m., steering and brakes must work, the driver of the towed car must have a driving license.
Brake or stop
Braking and stopping are not the same thing. When you brake, you slow down by pressing the brake pedal – but you do not stop. When you stop, you press the brake pedal until the car stops. (You brake to a stop)
Orientation
You have to pull off the side of the road, change lanes, merge onto the highway, etc. Before you perform the maneuver, you should of course check your side mirror and over your shoulder.
There is no one driving behind.
If you are told that there is no one driving behind you, you know this because you have already oriented yourself correctly. Therefore, you can perform the maneuver, unless something else tells you otherwise.
You won't know anything about what's coming from behind.
If you don't hear anything about someone coming from behind, you haven't looked over your shoulder and checked your blind spot yet. So don't do the maneuver right away. Even if you can see in your side mirror that there's a clear path, you should first look behind you and cover your blind spot.
Alcohol
It is illegal to drive with a blood alcohol level above 0.50, which is equivalent to more than 0.25 mg per liter of air you exhale. Remember that it is also illegal to have a blood alcohol level below 0.50 if you are involved in a traffic accident or if you drive unsafely.
It is forbidden to leave your car with someone who is clearly intoxicated. Medicines/drugs can be just as dangerous as alcohol and a mixture of alcohol/medicines/drugs will make driving a car even more dangerous. The police can demand breathalyzer tests from you at any time.
Answer quickly
When you practice, try to answer as soon as you get the question. Avoid spending too much time on ONE question. Mark your answer even if the correct answer sometimes comes at the end. Once you have marked your answer, you know what to correct.
Not sure about the answer?
If you are unsure about the answer, follow your first instinct (you have heard the answer before). Mark your answer, forget the question and be ready for the next picture. There is at least a 50% chance that your mark is correct. But if you spend too long on a picture, it is almost 100% certain that you will not be ready when the next picture comes and therefore get errors in the next pictures.
