Safety and Your Vehicle

Safety and your vehicle covers the legal and practical responsibilities of keeping your car roadworthy — and it is one of the most detail-heavy categories in the theory test. Topics include tyre tread depth (the legal minimum is 1.6mm), braking systems, lights, mirrors, seatbelts, and the rules around using a mobile phone while driving. Questions in this category often involve specific numbers and legal requirements, so precise knowledge matters more here than in scenario-based categories. The penalty for using a hand-held mobile phone while driving, the minimum tyre tread depth, and the rules around child car seats are all regularly tested. Show Me Tell Me questions — where an examiner asks you to demonstrate or explain a vehicle safety check — are also covered in this section. These questions come up in the practical driving test, but understanding them helps with the theory test too. Work through all 60 questions to make sure you have the legal requirements and safety checks firmly memorised.