General Competence Assessment for all new HGV drivers

[JonnyBoy12]

I need to know the following facts about HGV driving as want to apply for a job soon. Can any of you truck drivers help me out with the following? Please be patient; you were a rookie once too:

1 List 5 of the most important vehicle checks before driving off.

2 What is the minimum height of an unmarked bridge?

3 A goods vehicle is found by the police to be overloaded. Who is liable to be prosecuted for the offence of using an overloaded vehicle?

A: The driver only
B: Both driver and haulage operator
C: The person who loaded the vehicle only
D: The haulage operator only

4 How should you drive round a bend on ice?

A: Using the clutch and brake together
B: In first gear
C: Slowly and smoothly
D: Braking as you enter the bend

5 In which 3 places must you never park your vehicle?

A: On a 40 mph road
B: Where there is no pavement
C: Within 10 metres of a junction
D: Near the brow of a hill
E: On double yellow lines
F: In a one way street

6 You are driving a car and travelling at 50 mph on a good dry road. What is your overall stopping distance?

A: 36 metres
B: 53 metres
C: 75 metres
D: 96 metres

7 Your mobile phone rings while you are driving. You should

A: Stop at once
B: Answer it immediately
C: Pull up in a suitable place
D: Pull up at the nearest kerb

Thanks in advance for your speedy and helpful replies, folks.

[factor-fiction]

7 Your mobile phone rings while you are driving. You should

A: Stop at once
B: Answer it immediately
C: Pull up in a suitable place YES
D: Pull up at the nearest kerb

These sound like the sort of questions you get on a GMTV phone competition

[Prudie]

Do you already have an HGV licence Johnny? If not you will learn this as you get one. If you do then get the answers from the Highway Code.