ad4ozz

So what is the correct answer to the mythical 4 way junction everyone give way to right so no one can move or proceed with caution???

JackTheLad

Give way to the guy in the ute, cos he's not giving way to anyone

They don't actually ask about 4 cars all travelling in straight lines arriving at the 4 way unmarked junction. One or more of the cars will be turning across others, and then you just have to figure out who has to give way to who, assuming people coming from the opposite direction and turning across your path have to give way to you..

I have sat at those little pimple roundabouts in the UK with 4 cars all giving way to each other. Its quite annoying.

Cheers,
JTL

Big Galah

Here's the one for the ACT, click on Knowledge Test...

ACT Road Ready Home Page

... for the benefit of the other 2 ACTers.

I found out to my UK driving licence should have been changed already as you have 3 months within taking up residence to change it. This applies to Provisional Spouse Visas too, even though they're only temporary. It appears only ETA/Tourist and WHV visas are exempt from this one.

Taking my test tomorrow - fingers crossed.

Cheers,

Big.

JackTheLad

If you miss the 3 month deadline, do you not have to take the practical test again as well? It says so in the Highway book I've got, but then I heard an english women in the Department of transport trying to change her UK license after 18 months, and they were only asking her to do the written test,

Dies anyone know the correct story?

Cheers,
JTL

ABCDiamond

Not in QLD
I got my QLD licence in Feb 2004, don't ask me how long i've been here

JackTheLad

Okay how long have you been here... without driving?

Cos there is definitely a clause saying your UK licence is onlyvalid for 3 months. So have you not driven for a while?

I'm not a policeman or anything

Cheers,
JTL

ABCDiamond

I said "don't ask"

But yes, the licence is only valid for 3 months, if caught driving after that period, then you can get done for driving without a licence. But they still only required a Theory Test, and not a full driving test.

Since 2000 I kept telling myself that as I had an address in QLD and NSW, I could always tell the police that I was visiting from the other state, and hadn't stayed in either for over 3 months, and therefore each time I moved State the 3 month period would restart, and that I felt it would be wrong to get a NSW licence if I was to end up living in QLD and vice-versa.
I would then hope they would get confused, and not fine me, but as it happened I never got caught.

Regarding Insurance, I felt that as I had answered that I did not have an Australian Licence, the insurance company had accepted me as a driver without the Australian Licence, and therefore had to cover me. Having spent a few years working for Insurance companies, and being an Insurance Broker in the UK, I feel that I could have handled that. Also when I first came over in the 80's, a Car Insurance company paid out a claim for me in the same situation back then. I stopped at a Pedestrian crossing, (as one does when pedestrians are waiting to cross), but the uninsured car behind me didn't.

Smudgo

The Vic practice test is at

http://clt.vicroads.vic.gov.au/


Very easy apart from the tram issue