Category: K53 Articles
- Parking and stopping: the signs and distances to knowNo stopping versus no parking signs, plus the K53 distances: 9 m from a pedestrian crossing, 5 m from an intersection and 1.5 m…2 min read
- Night driving: headlights, dipping and visibilityWhen your headlights must be on, the 100 m and 45 m beam distances, when to dip your lights and how to drive safely…2 min read
- Overtaking and lane markings: when passing is legal and safeThe K53 overtaking rules: pass on the right, when passing on the left is allowed, where overtaking is banned and what to do when…3 min read
- Pedestrians and crossings: when you must give wayHow to approach a pedestrian crossing, the 9 m stopping rule, crossings with and without an island, and giving way to people when you…2 min read
- Emergency vehicles: giving way to sirens and warning lightsWhich vehicles count as emergency vehicles in South Africa, what their red, blue and green lights mean and how to give way safely.2 min read
- Traffic lights and arrows: what every robot signal meansRed, amber and green, flashing red and amber, steady and flashing arrows, and what to do when the robots are out of order.3 min read
- Speed limits and stopping distance: what the test expectsSouth Africa's general speed limits, the lower limits for buses and heavy goods vehicles, and why stopping distance grows so fast as speed goes…2 min read
- Vehicle controls: the 8 questions and the numbered car diagramThe vehicle controls section of the learner's test uses a numbered diagram of a car. Learn all 11 controls, what each does and how…2 min read
- How the K53 learner’s test works: three sections, three pass marksThe learner's licence test has three sections scored separately: 8 vehicle controls, 28 road signs and 28 rules of the road questions. Here is…2 min read