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Speed, distance & stopping distance

Chapter h04_snelheid_afstand

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  1. Near Akersloot you are driving 50 km/h on a road outside the built-up area. How many metres is the minimum 2-second dist
  2. Near Spanbroek you are driving behind a van. Your passenger asks how much distance the law says you must keep from that
  3. Near Hoogkarspel you apply the fixed-point method. Statement: 'You start counting as soon as you yourself reach a marker
  4. Near Heiloo you first drive 50 km/h, then you accelerate to 100 km/h on the same road. You want to stay at least 2 secon
  5. Near Hoofddorp you are driving 100 km/h on a road with no traffic jam. How many metres is the minimum 2-second distance?
  6. Near Bakkum you see the car ahead pass a lamppost. What is the correct order for applying the fixed-point method?
  7. About The 2-second rule: fixed point, counting, formula: which statement is WRONG?
  8. The legal rule is open: 'be able to bring the vehicle to a stop within the distance you can see and that is clear.'.
  9. On the N242 near Opmeer the car ahead passes a noise-barrier post. You count until you reach that same post and get to 1
  10. Near Bodegraven you are driving without a trailer and without a heavy load, but it is snowing lightly. What following di
  11. Near Boskoop you explain to a passenger: 'In rain you double your following distance: from 2 to 4 seconds.'
  12. On the A20 near Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel it starts to rain hard. You are driving an empty car without a trailer behind
  13. Near Reeuwijk it starts to snow. How many seconds of minimum following distance do you keep per the book?
  14. Near Gouderak you are towing a fully loaded trailer in clear, dry weather. What following distance do you keep?
  15. Near Zevenhuizen an instructor explains: 'Most rear-end collisions on motorways happen because of following too closely,
  16. Rear-end collisions on motorways are mainly caused by technical vehicle defects, not by driver behaviour.
  17. Near Waddinxveen on the A20 dense fog descends. You are not towing a trailer and your car is not heavily loaded. What ap
  18. Up to what permitted maximum mass (in kg) of the trailer may you drive 90 km/u with a caravan on an autoweg?
  19. Near Uitgeest you tow a light caravan (TMM 1,100 kg) behind your car on the A22, an autoweg. What is your maximum speed?
  20. At a riding school near Limmen you hitch up a horse trailer (TMM 4,000 kg) and drive onto the A22. Two kilometres later
  21. Statement: a brommobiel drives at the same maximum speed of 45 km/u, both within and outside the built-up area.
  22. You are towing a caravan with your car. You first drive through a village, then along an ordinary provincial road and th
  23. A brommobiel drives through the centre of Castricum and then continues outside the built-up area. What is the brommobiel
  24. About Towing a trailer or caravan: 90 km/u is never 'just always': which statement is correct?
  25. With a trailer on an ordinary provincial road (not an autoweg) outside the built-up area, 90 km/u also applies.
  26. At a riding school near Limmen you hitch up a horse trailer with a permitted maximum mass of 4,000 kg. You drive onto th
  27. It is 14:00, you are driving on the A9 near Heerhugowaard, no sign shows anything special. What is the maximum speed (in
  28. It is 22:30, you are driving on the A9 towards Schoorl, no sign shows a lower speed. What applies here?
  29. Statement: 130 km/u is a rare exception on the motorway, meant for quiet night-time hours; 100 km/u is the real standard
  30. It is exactly 06:00, you are driving on the A9 just past Julianadorp. At 05:55 it was still 130 km/u. What applies from
  31. At 23:00 you approach a ring road near a city with a fixed '80' sign. What applies here, compared with the motorway's or
  32. Statement: between 06:00 and 19:00 the standard maximum speed on the motorway is 100 km/u.
  33. The standard is 130 km/u; 100 km/u only applies between 06:00 and 19:00.
  34. About Motorway: 130 standard, 100 by day — and the fixed 80 on some ring roads: which statement is WRONG?
  35. The permanent 80 km/u on some ring roads only applies during the day, just like the ordinary daytime reduction.
  36. About Motorway: 130 standard, 100 by day — and the fixed 80 on some ring roads: which statement is WRONG?
  37. It is 21:00, you are driving on the A9 towards Julianadorp, no sign shows a lower speed. What applies here?
  38. Statement: on p.117-126 of this chapter there is a citation that fixes a specific minimum speed (in km/u) for the motorw
  39. Outside the built-up area near Hardenberg you are driving on a quiet road where 80 km/h is allowed. It is dry and you ha
  40. You turn onto the Lindelaan in Wijk bij Duurstede — no kerb, street-level surface, children playing: a woonerf. What is
  41. You leave Bunnik via a short woonerf street and then exit the built-up area onto the N225 — an ordinary road, no separat
  42. You drive through Wijk bij Duurstede: first you pass a '30 km-zone' sign near a primary school, then — still within the
  43. Statement: within the built-up area exactly 50 km/u always applies — signs can never change that.
  44. You drive from a woonerf through a 30 km zone out of the built-up area. Then you drive on an ordinary road, on an autowe
  45. Regardless of any time-bound reduction: what is the legal STANDARD maximum speed on a Dutch motorway (autosnelweg)?
  46. You are driving outside the built-up area on an expressway (sign G3). Before a bend you pass sign G4 (end of expressway)
  47. The LEGAL standard speed on motorways is 130 km/u; 100 is the daytime reduction between 06:00 and 19:00.
  48. About Maximum speeds per road type: the five-rung ladder: which statements are correct? (multiple answers possible)
  49. About Maximum speeds per road type: the five-rung ladder: which statement is WRONG?
  50. Km/u applies on ORDINARY roads outside the built-up area.
  51. You leave Wijk bij Duurstede via a 30 km-zone near a primary school, then exit the built-up area onto the N225, and furt
  52. On the A35 near Nijverdal you are driving 60 km/h. Per the book formula (speed:10)² : 2, what is your braking distance i
  53. On a provincial road near Wierden you are driving 100 km/h. What is your braking distance per the book formula?
  54. In the built-up area of Hellendoorn you explain to a passenger: 'If you accelerate from 50 km/h to 100 km/h, your brakin
  55. You are driving at 80 km/h on the road between Nijverdal and Wierden. You see that the car ahead has to brake hard. How
  56. Near Goor you are driving 130 km/h in the evening with no traffic ahead in your lane. What is your braking distance per
  57. On the A35 you read on an instruction card: 'At 50 km/h the stopping distance is exactly equal to the braking distance:
  58. About The braking-distance rule of thumb: (speed:10)² : 2: which statement is WRONG?
  59. On the A35 near Nijverdal you are driving 100 km/h in the right-hand lane. What is your braking distance per the book fo
  60. Near Den Ham you are driving 40 km/h through a transition into a 30-zone. What is your reaction distance in metres per t
  61. Near Daarle you are driving 130 km/h on a road without a speed limit. What is your reaction distance per the book's rule
  62. Near Notter you explain: 'Reaction distance grows with speed just as fast as braking distance — both quadratically.'
  63. Near Espelo you are driving 50 km/h on a dry road. A cyclist unexpectedly crosses. About how many metres do you still tr
  64. Near Zenderen you are driving 80 km/h on a road outside the built-up area. What is your reaction distance per the book?
  65. Near Bornerbroek you explain to a passenger: 'The reaction second is a time of 1 second on average, not a distance in me
  66. At night on the N36 near Vriezenveen you are driving 100 km/h. What is your reaction distance per the book's rule of thu
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