On the Irish car mock, answer 40 questions inside 45 minutes and score 35 to pass, as Citizens Information sets out; flag uncertain answers to review before finishing. Source: Citizens Information, page edited 6 May 2026, checked on 15 September 2026.
A built-in countdown timer and progress tracking are shown on screen
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Skipping and flagging questions
Questions can be skipped or marked and returned to at any stage within the test time
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Changing and reviewing answers
An answer can be cancelled and another selected, and all answers can be reviewed and changed before finishing
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How questions are drawn
Questions are selected at random from the question bank for the relevant test sections
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Question 1
From 1 November 2026, will proof that you booked a driving test secure a one year permit in the car, tractor, moped or motorcycle categories?
AYes, whenever a booking reference is shown
BYes, on two successive applications
CNo, you must have sat the driving testCorrect answer
DYes, if the test is within 3 months
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Correct answer: C
From 1 November 2026, regulation 19(1)(b) of the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations 2006 removes a booked test as a route to that permit, so the test must have been sat.
A no right turn sign on a city street has a plate reading Except Buses and Taxis, with the Irish legend Ach Amháin Busanna agus Tacsaithe. Who does that plate let through?
AEvery vehicle outside business hours
BMotorcycles as well as buses
CAnyone, because the plate is only advice
DLarge public service vehicles and taxisCorrect answer
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Correct answer: D
Regulation 14 of the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 allows that plate only under the no straight ahead, no right turn and no left turn signs. It means the prohibition does not apply to large public service vehicles and taxis. It does not open the turn to everyone outside business hours, and it does not cover motorcycles.
The electrically powered vehicle symbol is painted in white on the roadway, without car share words. What does that marking show?
AA parking bay for any small vehicle
BA disabled persons' parking bay
CAn electrically powered vehicle recharging bayCorrect answer
DA bay for hybrid vehicles
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Correct answer: C
Regulation 85 of the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 provides that the electrically powered vehicle symbol painted in white on the roadway indicates an electrically powered vehicle recharging bay. It is not a general small-vehicle bay, a disabled persons' bay, or a hybrid-vehicle bay.
You are travelling along a one-way street that has a contra-flow cycling sign. A cyclist is coming towards you. What is the position?
AThe cyclist is allowed to travel against the one-way flowCorrect answer
BThe cyclist is breaking the law, so you may hold the centre of the road
COnly e-scooters may travel against the one-way flow
DYou must reverse to let the cyclist through
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Correct answer: A
Where the contra-flow cycling sign is provided, pedal cycles, e-mopeds and e-scooters may lawfully travel against the one-way direction. Article 14A of the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997, inserted in October 2025, means you should expect them and allow for them. It does not order you to reverse.
Where the traffic stream splits around an island, this sign stands at the near end. What message does it give?
ATurn left here
BKeep straight ahead
CYield right of way to traffic on the major road ahead
DKeep to the right of the signCorrect answer
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Correct answer: D
This is the keep right sign. Regulation 4(1) of the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 makes a blue mandatory disc show the direction or route traffic must take. This one, listed in Part 1 of Schedule 1, sends traffic to the right of it.
Driving along a city street with tram tracks, you see this sign. What is it telling you?
AA bus lane running with the flow of traffic
BA tram laneCorrect answer
CTrams must yield to other trams or to traffic on the road ahead
DU-turns are not allowed
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Correct answer: B
You are looking at the nearside tram lane sign. Regulation 90(1) of the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 provides that, with the tram lane line, it indicates a tram lane.
Which vehicles may stop or park inside bus stop markings?
ALarge public service vehiclesCorrect answer
BAny vehicle, for one minute
CAny vehicle lining up behind a bus
DGoods vehicles using it as a loading bay
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Correct answer: A
Under Regulation 81 of the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025, the markings show the area in which vehicles other than large public service vehicles must not be stopped or parked. A one-minute wait, lining up, or treating it as a loading bay does not authorise other vehicles.
What is the default limit for a rural regional road when no special or roadworks limit applies?
A120 km/h
B100 km/h
C80 km/hCorrect answer
D60 km/h
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Correct answer: C
The regional road default outside a built-up area is 80 km/h under section 6(1) of the Road Traffic Act 2004, as substituted by the Road Traffic Act 2024.
What does a no U-turn sign forbid, as against what a no right turn sign forbids?
AAny right turn, including into a side road
BReversing, but a U-turn is still allowed when the road is clear
CA U-turn only at a gap in a central reserve
DA U-turn past the sign, not a right turn into a side roadCorrect answer
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Correct answer: D
Under Regulation 14 of the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025, the no U-turn sign and the no right turn sign are different prohibitory signs. No U-turn forbids a U-turn past the sign. No right turn forbids a right turn past its own sign. A clear road does not allow the U-turn, and the sign is not limited to gaps in a central reserve.
You see a disabled persons' parking bay marking on the roadway and no upright sign beside it. What does the marking show?
AA disabled persons' parking bayCorrect answer
BA loading bay until a sign is added
CA recharging bay
DAn advisory space because there is no upright sign
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Correct answer: A
Under Regulation 67 of the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025, the marking indicates a disabled persons' parking bay. An upright sign is not required for that indication. It is not a loading bay or a recharging bay, and it is not merely advisory without a post.
Sign D is the clearway sign. It is one of the prohibitory signs in Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025. Regulation 14 lets a prohibitory sign forbid parking or stopping where it is provided, and a plate beneath can give the hours.
A cyclist is ahead of you approaching a traffic island that narrows the road. What must you do?
AOvertake quickly to spend less time beside the cyclist
BSound the horn and overtake
CSqueeze past because the cyclist is close to the kerb
DWait until you can overtake without endangering or inconveniencing the cyclistCorrect answer
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Correct answer: D
You must not overtake, or try to, if that would endanger or inconvenience a cyclist. A pinch point at a traffic island is a place where squeezing past does exactly that. Article 10(1) of the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997 does not reward a quicker pass, a horn, or a tight gap at the kerb.
You approach a blind bend on a narrow local road with a 60 km/h limit. How should you choose your speed?
AStay exactly 10 km/h below the limit
BDrive at 60 km/h if no vehicle is visible
CUse a speed that lets you stop within the clear distance you can seeCorrect answer
DKeep to the limit as long as your lights are on
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Correct answer: C
The Traffic and Parking Regulations 1997, article 7, require a speed that allows you to stop within the clear distance visible. The limit is a maximum, not a target.
You see parking bays marked at right angles to the kerb, and others marked at an angle. What are those markings?
APerpendicular and angled parking bay markingsCorrect answer
BA guide only
CMarkings that apply only where there is a machine
DA layout that lets a long vehicle take two bays
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Correct answer: A
Regulation 66 of the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) Regulations 2025 includes perpendicular parking bay markings and angled parking bay markings among the signs that indicate parking bays on a public road. They are not a mere guide, they do not depend on a machine, and they do not authorise taking two bays.
