Safety And Your Vehicle Practice Questions
About This Topic
This topic covers the checks and maintenance that keep a car roadworthy: tyres, brakes, lights, steering, fluid levels and warning lamps. It also takes in environmental questions — reducing fuel consumption, cutting emissions and where to park safely at night.
What the DVSA tests here
- Minimum legal tyre tread depth and the signs of faults in brakes and steering
- What dashboard warning lights mean and which faults make a car illegal to drive
- How servicing, tyre pressures and driving style affect fuel use and emissions
Practising this topic
You can work through 77 questions covering safety and your vehicle, with an explanation after every answer to reinforce the rule being tested. In the real car theory test the DVSA mixes all fourteen topics into one 50-question paper with a pass mark of 43, so no single subject can be skipped. Once your score settles above the pass threshold, move on to a timed mock test to check the topic holds up under exam pressure.
In the run-up to test day
Most learners find that little and often beats long cramming sessions: two or three short rounds of questions a day keep the rules fresh without wearing you out. Pair this topic with the matching chapters of the Highway Code, and use hazard perception clips to watch the same ideas play out on real roads. In the final week before your booking, switch from topic practice to full mock tests so you get used to the 57-minute time limit and to questions arriving in no particular order.