Typical risk situations

This topic gathers what fits into no single rule: situations where the norm is formally satisfied and the danger is there anyway. The exam is fond of them for exactly that reason — here you cannot answer by recalling an article.

A speed that is allowed but does not fit

The sign names a maximum, not a recommendation. A wet road, a queue, a narrow street full of parked cars, a school exit — in every one of those the right speed is below the permitted one, and the question tests whether you see the difference.

The mark of such a question is the text itself: the situation is described in more detail than the rule requires. Those details are the answer.

Try it yourself: [speed choice and risk](/en/oefenen?onderwerp=risk-speed-choice) — 76 questions.

Poor visibility

Fog, downpour, dusk, a low sun on the windscreen. There are two layers here: what you do about lights (dipped beam by day when visibility is seriously reduced, rear fog light only below 50 metres of visibility) and what you do about speed (art. 19).

The mistake is almost always in the first layer: people switch on the rear fog light in rain. The threshold is VISIBILITY, not the weather.

Try it yourself: [visibility and weather](/en/oefenen?onderwerp=vision-weather) — 30 questions.

Fatigue and the phone

The law puts no figures on fatigue, so the question tests understanding: twenty minutes of sleep in a lay-by works, coffee and an open window do not. Holding a phone is forbidden to anyone driving a vehicle — with no list of categories, so on a moped too.

Try it yourself: [fatigue and distraction](/en/oefenen?onderwerp=fatigue-distraction-phone) — 24 questions.

Overtaking: a manoeuvre others cancel

A broken line permits overtaking — but that permission is overridden by a sign, a junction and a pedestrian crossing. This is the topic's most frequent explanation: someone looks at the marking and not around.

Try it yourself: [overtaking](/en/oefenen?onderwerp=overtaking) — 33 questions.

What to remember

All four situations share one trait: the rule PERMITS, but the situation does not allow. If a question contains the word “allowed” together with a detailed description of weather, road or condition, the answer is almost certainly about reducing speed or dropping the manoeuvre.