CBR car (B) theory exam format since 7 April 2025?
50 questions in one combined exam, 30 minutes; you pass with at least 44 correct. (Replaced the old 65-question exam with three separately-graded parts.)
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The 3 hazard scenarios, and what to do in each
- Direct danger → Remmen (brake)
- Possible danger → Gas loslaten (ease off the accelerator and stay alert)
- No danger → Niets (do nothing, keep your speed)
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Your traffic light is green, but a police officer signals you to stop. Which do you follow?
The police officer. Instructions from an authorised person (aanwijzingen) override traffic lights.
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Who goes first at an intersection without signs, lights or markings
Give way to traffic coming from the right — including cyclists and moped riders.
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A tram and a car meet at an equal intersection — who goes first
The tram — trams have priority over other traffic at equal intersections, even when the tram comes from the left (unless signs or lights say otherwise).
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When you turn off a road, who going straight ahead must you give way to?
Traffic going straight ahead on the same road, including cyclists and moped riders on the bike path beside you.
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Who has priority when you pull out of a driveway, woonerf or unpaved road
Everyone on the road you're entering. You must give way to all traffic, including pedestrians and cyclists.
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What you must do when a pedestrian is at a zebra crossing
Give pedestrians who are on or about to step onto the crossing the chance to cross (let them go first).
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When a bus pulling away from a stop gets to go first
Where the limit is 50 km/h or lower (built-up area), let a bus that signals to pull away from a stop go first. The bus driver still may not force it dangerously.
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What to do while driving when an emergency vehicle with blue lights and siren comes up behind you
Give it free passage (vrije doorgang): move aside where it's safe, usually to the right, without braking abruptly or stopping in its path.
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What shark's teeth (haaientanden) on the road mean
Give way to traffic on the road you're approaching (same meaning as sign B6).
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The difference between the give-way sign (B6) and the stop sign (B7)
B6: give way (voorrang verlenen). B7: stop completely at the line and then give way.
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What the yellow diamond sign (B1) means
You are on a priority road (voorrangsweg): traffic from side roads must give way to you.
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What a round sign with a red border tells you
A prohibition (verbod): something you may not do.
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The speed limit in a built-up area (bebouwde kom)
50 km/h (many streets are signed 30 km/h zones).
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The speed limit on normal roads outside a built-up area
80 km/h
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The speed limit on an autoweg (expressway)
100 km/h (unless signed otherwise).
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The motorway speed limit, by time of day
- 06:00–19:00: 100 km/h
- 19:00–06:00: up to 130 km/h where signs allow (some stretches stay lower all day)
Always follow the signs.
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How fast you may drive in a woonerf (residential yard zone)
Walking pace (stapvoets, about 15 km/h).
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The speed limit on a motorway or autoweg when towing a trailer or caravan
90 km/h
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Which vehicles may use a motorway or autoweg
Only motor vehicles that can and may go faster than 60 km/h.
Not allowed: pedestrians, cyclists, mopeds, tractors.
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When you may use the hard shoulder (vluchtstrook)
Only in an emergency or breakdown.
Otherwise no driving, overtaking, stopping or parking on it.
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What a red X above a motorway lane means
The lane is closed — leave that lane (safely) as soon as possible and don't use it.
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Who has priority when you join a motorway from the on-ramp
You must give way to traffic already on the motorway; match speed and merge (invoegen).
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How to merge when two lanes become one (zipper merge, ritsen)
Zipper merge (ritsen): use both lanes to the end and merge alternately, one by one.
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Which side you normally overtake on
On the left.
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How close to a pedestrian crossing you may stop
Not on the crossing, and not within 5 m before it.
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How close to an intersection you may park
Not within 5 m of an intersection.
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What you need to park in a blue zone (blauwe zone)
A visible parking disc (parkeerschijf) set to your arrival time; stay only as long as the signs allow.
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When you may turn on your rear fog light
Only when visibility is less than 50 m due to fog or snowfall (not for rain).
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When you may use front fog lights
When visibility is considerably reduced by fog, snow or rain.
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When you must use dipped headlights during the day because of the weather
When visibility is considerably reduced by fog, heavy rain or snow.
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When you may use hazard warning lights (alarmlichten) on a stopped car
When your stopped car is a danger to other traffic.
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What to do when the traffic light turns yellow
Stop, unless you are so close that you cannot stop safely.
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What a flashing yellow light at an intersection means
Proceed with caution; the light does not regulate traffic — the normal priority rules/signs apply.
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The alcohol limit for experienced drivers
0.5 ‰ blood alcohol (= 220 µg/l breath).
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The alcohol limit for novice drivers (in your first years with a licence)
0.2 ‰ blood alcohol (= 88 µg/l breath).
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Whether you may hold your phone while driving
No. You may not hold a phone or other mobile device while driving.
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Who in the car must wear a seatbelt
Everyone in the car, front and back, wherever a belt is fitted.
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When a child needs a child seat
When the child is shorter than 1.35 m.
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The minimum legal tyre tread depth
1.6 mm
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How much following distance to keep on a dry road
At least 2 seconds behind the vehicle ahead (more in rain, darkness or slippery conditions).
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What stopping distance is made up of
Reaction distance + braking distance
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What to do when the red lights at a railway crossing start flashing
Stop before the crossing, even if the barriers are still up. A train is coming.
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Minimum age to drive a car (category B) in the Netherlands?
18 alone. From 17 with 2toDrive, accompanied by a registered coach until you turn 18.
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Whether you may drive through a red light to make room for an emergency vehicle with blue lights and siren
No. There is no legal exception, so running the red light is still an offence.
- Make room by steering a little left or right if there's space
- Otherwise stay where you are until the light turns green
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Who goes first when you have a green light and an emergency vehicle with blue lights and siren approaches the intersection
The emergency vehicle. Its priority overrides your green light, so don't enter the intersection until it has passed.
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Whether you must give way to an emergency vehicle with blue lights but no siren
No. The obligation to give way applies only when it uses both blue lights and siren. Blue lights alone are a warning to stay alert.
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What to do when a train has passed but the railway crossing barriers are still down
Keep waiting. Don't cross until the barriers are fully up and the red lights have stopped flashing, because a second train may be coming.
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You're already on the tracks when the crossing's warning starts. What do you do?
Keep going and drive off the crossing. Never stop on the tracks.
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