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Rules of the Road ver 21.04.11
Údarás Um Shábháilteacht Ar Bhóithre
Road Safety Authority
Contents
Foreword
7
Introduction
8
Section 1: Driving licences and categories of vehicles
10
Categories of vehicles and minimum
age for a first learner permit
10
Conditions attached to categories
13
Learner Permit
14
Section 2: Before you are a fully licensed driver
19
To obtain a learner permit
19
Driver theory test
19
Driving legally
20
Tax
21
Insurance
21
National car test
22
Conditions for learner permit holders
22
Learner Permit Expiration
23
Full driving licence
24
Carrying a driving licence
25
Section 3: The driving test
26
How to apply for your driving test
26
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Section 4: Vehicle safety
31
Tyres
32
Lights and reflectors
32
Windscreens
34
Mirrors
34
Safety belts
35
Child restraint systems
35
Roof racks and roof boxes
38
Vehicle registration plates
38
Other safety responsibilities
39
Section 5: Good driving practice
40
Moving off
40
Your position on the road
41
Changing traffic lanes
43
Overtaking
44
Reversing
46
U-turns
47
Slowing down or stopping at the side of the road
48
Towing
48
Driving at night
50
Using a horn
53
Section 6: Traffic signs and road markings
54
Regulatory signs
55
Stop and Yield signs
57
One-way streets
58
Road markings
60
Warning signs
62
Information signs
64
Traffic calming signs
68
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Special signs and markings for buses, bicycles,
trams, rail and light rail signs
69
Bus signs
69
Trams/light rail signs
71
Rail/light rail signs
75
Railway bridges signs
77
Road tunnel signs
79
Section 7: Traffic lights and signals
82
Traffic lights
82
Signals by motorists and cyclists
84
Hand signals
85
Section 8: Speed limits
87
Driving safely in traffic – the two-second rule
88
Speed limits
89
Speed limits on roads
90
Speed limits for vehicles
93
Stopping distances for cars
94
Section 9:
Junctions and roundabouts
98
Junctions
98
Yellow box junctions
104
Junctions and dual carriageways
105
Roundabouts
107
Section 10: Parking
112
Parking
112
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Road Safety Authority
Section 11: Motorways and tunnels
119
General rules
119
Joining the motorway
120
On the motorway
120
Leaving the motorway
124
Stopping and parking
125
What to do if your vehicle breaks down
126
Tunnels
127
Section 12: Assisting Gardaí
131
Signals
131
Instructions
132
Section 13: What not to do
134
Alcohol
134
Drugs
136
Driver tiredness and fatigue
136
Road rage and aggressive driving
138
Section 14: Correct behaviour at the scene of an accident
139
What drivers must do at an accident or in an emergency
139
What to do if you arrive at the scene of an accident
141
Accidents involving dangerous goods
142
Section 15: Penalty points, fixed charges and driving bans
143
Penalty points
143
Fixed charge system
145
Driving bans
146
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Section 16: Rules for motorcyclists
147
Licence
147
Insurance and tax
147
Carrying passengers
148
Personal protection equipment
149
Riding the motorcycle
152
Ten tactics for surviving as a motorcyclist
154
Section 17: Rules for cyclists
155
Keeping your bicycle roadworthy
155
Bicycle checklist
156
Protective clothing and equipment
157
Cycling safely
158
Rules on cycle tracks for other road users
160
Cyclists on roundabouts
163
Section 18: Rules for pedestrians
164
Walking beside or along a road
164
Crossing the road
165
Taking care near buses or trams
165
Safe crossing places
166
Section 19: Respecting other road users
169
Pedestrians
169
Cyclists and motorcyclists
172
Cycle tracks and parking
174
Animal traffic
174
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