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10 free practice questions on motorway and autoweg for the Dutch CBR car theory exam. Merging and exiting, keeping right, overtaking, peak-hour lanes, matrix signs and breaking down. After every answer you see the explanation and the source. The app has 157 questions on this topic.

What you need to know

As the merging driver YOU must adapt and find the gap; through traffic need not give way.
Be in the right lane early and slow down only on the exit lane, not the carriageway.
Keep right and overtake only on the left — except when driving in jams or columns.
The motorway is only for vehicles that can and may drive at least 60 km/h.
The emergency lane is for emergencies only: get out on the right and stand behind the barrier.
Obey matrix signs; a red cross means the lane is closed — leave it at once.

From the theory guide: Motorway Driving: Joining, Leaving, Keeping Right and the Exceptions · Special Road Types and Their Rules · Speed limits and every exception

10 free questions on motorway and autoweg

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1. You are driving on the motorway behind two lorries that are following each other closely and you want to overtake both. Keeping right is the rule. After the first lorry, may you stay in the left lane until you have also passed the second one, instead of briefly going back to the right in between?

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Je rijdt op de autosnelweg achter twee vrachtwagens die kort achter elkaar rijden en wilt ze allebei inhalen. Rechts houden is de regel. Mag je na de eerste vrachtwagen op de linkerrijstrook blijven tot je ook de tweede voorbij bent, in plaats van tussendoor even terug naar rechts te gaan?

Explanation: Yes. You must keep right as much as possible (art. 3(1) RVV), but not more than is reasonably possible: you cannot safely return into the small gap between two lorries without losing your following distance (art. 19, art. 5 WVW). You complete the overtaking of both lorries briskly and then move straight back to the right.NL: Ja Source: RVV 1990 art. 3 lid 1; art. 19; WVW 1994 art. 5

2. You are nearing the end of the acceleration lane and want to join the motorway. What is the correct way to merge?

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Je nadert het einde van de invoegstrook en wilt de autosnelweg op. Wat is de juiste manier om in te voegen?

Explanation: When merging you match your speed to the through traffic and slot into a gap; you have no priority and must give way to the other traffic.NL: Je snelheid aanpassen aan het verkeer op de snelweg en invoegen in een geschikt gat Source: RVV 1990 art. 54 (bijzondere manoeuvre: invoegen) en art. 55

3. You are driving on a quiet three-lane motorway and keep driving in the middle lane without any reason. What is correct?

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Je rijdt op een rustige autosnelweg met drie rijstroken en blijft zonder reden op de middelste rijstrook rijden. Wat is juist?

Explanation: You keep as far right as possible and return to the right after overtaking; staying in a middle or left lane without reason is not allowed.NL: Dit mag niet; je moet zoveel mogelijk rechts houden Source: RVV 1990 art. 3 (rechts houden)

4. You are stuck in a traffic jam on the motorway and notice the right lane moves faster than the left. What are you allowed to do?

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Je staat in de file op de autosnelweg en merkt dat de rechterrijstrook sneller doorrijdt dan de linker. Wat mag je doen?

Explanation: Passing on the right is forbidden, but in a traffic jam the lanes may move independently and the right lane may go faster than the left.NL: In de file mag rechts sneller rijden dan links; je hoeft niet van strook te wisselen Source: RVV 1990 art. 11 (inhalen)

5. You want to leave the motorway via the deceleration lane. Where do you only slow down to a lower speed?

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Je wilt de autosnelweg verlaten via de uitrijstrook. Waar rem je pas af tot een lagere snelheid?

Explanation: You keep your speed until you are on the deceleration lane and only brake there; braking on the main carriageway endangers the traffic behind you.NL: Pas op de uitrijstrook zelf, nadat je de doorgaande rijbaan hebt verlaten Source: RVV 1990 art. 54 (uitrijstrook oprijden) en art. 55

6. Around midday you are driving here with no additional speed sign posted. How fast may you drive your passenger car?

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Rond het middaguur rijd je hier zonder dat er een aanvullend snelheidsbord staat. Hoe hard mag je met je personenauto?

Explanation: Since March 2020 a nationwide daytime limit (06:00-19:00) of 100 km/h applies on the motorway, unless a sign shows a different speed.NL: 100 km/h Source: Bord G1 (autosnelweg) / RVV 1990 art. 21

7. On the motorway you have just driven past your exit. What must you do?

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Je bent op de autosnelweg net je afrit voorbijgereden. Wat moet je doen?

Explanation: Turning around and reversing are prohibited on the motorway and expressway; you simply drive on to the next exit.NL: Doorrijden naar de volgende afrit Source: RVV 1990 art. 43 (verboden manoeuvres op autosnelweg/autoweg)

8. You have overtaken a slower car on the left on the motorway. What do you do next?

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Je hebt op de autosnelweg links een langzamere auto ingehaald. Wat doe je daarna?

Explanation: After overtaking you return to the right as soon as it is safe without cutting off the overtaken car; the left lane is only for overtaking.NL: Zodra het veilig kan, keer je op tijd terug naar de rechterrijstrook Source: RVV 1990 art. 11 (inhalen) / art. 3 (rechts houden)

9. May you enter the motorway with a moped-car or a vehicle that cannot go faster than 50 km/h?

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Mag je met een brommobiel of voertuig dat niet harder kan dan 50 km/u de autosnelweg op?

Explanation: Only motor vehicles that can and may drive faster than 60 km/h are allowed on a motorway; on an expressway the threshold is 50 km/h. A vehicle limited to 50 km/h therefore may not enter the motorway.NL: Nee Source: RVV 1990 art. 42

10. You accidentally pass an exit on the motorway. May you reverse along the emergency lane back to the exit?

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Je rijdt per ongeluk een afrit voorbij op de autosnelweg. Mag je op de vluchtstrook achteruit terug naar de afrit?

Explanation: Turning and reversing on a motorway (and expressway) is strictly forbidden and very dangerous. You continue to the next exit and turn around there.NL: Nee Source: RVV 1990 art. 43 — keren/achteruitrijden

Memory hooks for this topic

The emergency (hard) shoulder is only for emergencies: a breakdown or an accident. You may not drive on it, overtake on it, or stop there to wait or make a call.

Picture the hard shoulder as a hospital corridor: reserved for the ambulance and the broken-down car, never a shortcut for the impatient.

On the motorway (autosnelweg) only motor vehicles able by construction to go faster than 60 km/h are allowed. On the expressway (autoweg) the limit is faster than 50 km/h.

The longer word gets the bigger number: autoSNELweg (motorway) = 60, autoweg (expressway) = 50. Longer name, higher bar.

A red cross (X) on the matrix sign above a lane means that lane is closed. You may not drive under it and must leave that lane as soon as possible.

A red cross is like a wrong answer being struck out: that lane is 'crossed off', so switch out of it.

A green arrow pointing straight down on the matrix sign means: this lane is open. A flashing diagonal arrow means: leave this lane and move to the indicated side.

Green arrow = a green light to carry on; the flashing diagonal arrow gently 'pushes' you toward the side it points to.

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10 free questions on motorway and autoweg

1. You are driving on the motorway behind two lorries that are following each other closely and you want to overtake both. Keeping right is the rule. After the first lorry, may you stay in the left lane until you have also passed the second one, instead of briefly going back to the right in between?

2. You are nearing the end of the acceleration lane and want to join the motorway. What is the correct way to merge?

3. You are driving on a quiet three-lane motorway and keep driving in the middle lane without any reason. What is correct?

4. You are stuck in a traffic jam on the motorway and notice the right lane moves faster than the left. What are you allowed to do?

5. You want to leave the motorway via the deceleration lane. Where do you only slow down to a lower speed?

6. Around midday you are driving here with no additional speed sign posted. How fast may you drive your passenger car?

7. On the motorway you have just driven past your exit. What must you do?

8. You have overtaken a slower car on the left on the motorway. What do you do next?

9. May you enter the motorway with a moped-car or a vehicle that cannot go faster than 50 km/h?

10. You accidentally pass an exit on the motorway. May you reverse along the emergency lane back to the exit?

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