Only Brits in the top 10% of drivers can correctly answer these five theory questions

Before you're licensed to be behind the wheel of a lump of brick and wheels powered by exploding gloop millions of years old, you need to pass some tests.

Of course everyone knows and dreads the big old driving test, and lots of people who pass it might be surprised at how they'd struggle with it these days.

Then there's your theory test, as you demonstrate you actually know the rules of the road and can also perceive potential hazards as you drive along.

You'll get 50 questions to answer and you have to get at least 43 correct, meaning this is a test with a passing grade of 86 percent.

Just as you might struggle to pass your driving test if you had to take it again, are you really confident about being able to ace the theory test if you had to retake it?

You've got to pass a couple of tests before you get to drive one of these. (Getty Stock Image)

According to Independent Advisor Car Insurance, 88 percent of UK drivers couldn't answer five pretty basic questions about how the rules of the road go.

It has rustled up a bit of a quiz to test drivers, but if you can go five out of five then you're in the top set of drivers who actually know their stuff.

Not to toot my own horn or anything but I got four of these right just off the top of my head and it's been eight years since I passed my theory test with flying colours.

If you want to do better than me and 88 percent of other people in the UK you'll need to go five for five.

Granted, I'd have to take it again these days as I never actually ended up doing my driving test afterwards and a pass on your theory test has an expiry date, so it's worth dipping one's toes back into the pool of highway code knowledge.

Anyhow, the answers will be provided below so no cheating by scrolling down.

Here's the five questions you'd need to answer:

1. What, if anything, do you think triangular road signs indicate?
2. What lights, if any, do you think are appropriate to turn on when driving on the motorway at night, when there are cars ahead of you?
3. What, if anything, do you think the legal speed limit on a motorway is, if no signs indicate otherwise?
4. When driving on a wet road, what time gap, if any, do you think you need to leave between your car and the car in front of you? (Answers in seconds, please).
5. What, if anything, do you think you should do if you have to quickly slow down when driving on the motorway?

"We got you the car, but until you actually pass your test all you can do is sit in it making brum-brum noises." (Getty Stock Image)

Some of those questions seem pretty easy, others are trickier as you might think you have the answer but it could be something else.

In this case getting four out of five would be a pass, but you really want to go for full marks and show you still remember driving theory even if you don't have a copy of the highway code to hand.

Here's your answers:

1. Warnings
2. Dipped headlights
3. 61mph to 70mph
4. 4-5 seconds
5. Turn on your hazard lights

About 21 percent of people didn't know that triangle road signs meant warnings, and a similar proportion thought you should have your headlights on full beam when driving at night with cars ahead of you.

Here's hoping you did better.

Topics: UK News, Driving, Cars

Joe Harker

Joe graduated from the University of Salford with a degree in Journalism and worked for Reach before joining the LADbible Group. When not writing he enjoys the nerdier things in life like painting wargaming miniatures and chatting with other nerds on the internet. He's also spent a few years coaching fencing. Contact him via [email protected]

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