Rwanda Traffic Rules (Amategeko y'Umuhanda)
101 questions covering right-of-way, speed limits, overtaking, parking laws, and lighting standards for the Rwanda provisional driving test.
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Traffic rules form the core syllabus of the Rwanda National Police (RNP) provisional driving test, testing driver obligations, safety laws, and right-of-way on public roads.
How Traffic Rules Appear in the Real RNP Exam
When taking the computerized provisional test at an official testing center, the computer system randomly draws 20 multiple-choice questions from the national question bank. On average, 10 to 12 of those 20 questions evaluate core traffic rules and legal situational judgments.
You are allotted 20 minutes to complete the exam. To pass and receive your provisional permit certificate, you must achieve a score of at least 12 out of 20 (60%). Questions are single-choice with four options (A, B, C, D), and many contain nuanced conditions such as exceptions for emergency vehicles or nighttime lighting distances.
Test Structure
20 questions randomly selected, 20-minute countdown timer.
Pass Threshold
Minimum 12/20 required to earn your provisional license.
Question Style
Multiple-choice questions testing statutory definitions, distance measurements, and priority rules.
Core Legal Domains Covered in this 101-Question Bank
The 101 traffic rule questions in our bank cover every clause tested by the Rwanda National Police. Mastering these concepts ensures you never get surprised on test day:
Priority & Right-of-Way
General rule of priority to the right at uncontrolled intersections, absolute priority for vehicles already circulating inside a roundabout (traffic circle), and duty to yield to emergency vehicles emitting sirens or flashing beacons (ambulances, police, firefighting).
Speed Limits & Speed Management
Standard statutory speed limits: 40 km/h in built-up urban zones and agglomerations, and 80 km/h on open national highways. Mandatory speed reduction when approaching schools, hospitals, pedestrian crossings, sharp bends, and crests.
Overtaking (Passing) Regulations
Overtaking must be done on the left. Strictly prohibited on blind curves, hill crests, railway crossings, pedestrian zebra crossings, and when another vehicle behind has already commenced passing.
Stopping & Parking Laws
Clear distinction between stopping (temporary halt to drop/pick passengers) and parking (vehicle left stationary). Required clearance distances from intersections (5m), pedestrian crossings, fire hydrants, and bus stops.
Vehicle Lighting & Visibility Standards
Switching from high beams (road lights) to low beams (passing lights) when following within 50m or meeting oncoming traffic. Minimum reflector visibility (150m in clear weather), clearance lights for vehicles wider than 2.10m, and white/yellow front vs red rear indicators.
Towing, Loads & Safety Equipment
Rigid bar towing rules, mandatory reflective warning triangles, red flagging for projecting cargo, prohibition of carrying children under 12 in the front seat when rear seats are available, and safety belt mandates.
Proven Strategies for High Exam Scores
Many candidates lose marks not from lack of knowledge, but due to tricky phrasing. In Rwandan traffic law, pay close attention to qualifier words like "always", "strictly forbidden", "unless signaled otherwise", and "None of the answers is correct".
Take time to review the numerical figures: maximum width allowances (2.50m / 2.10m for clearance lights), reflector visibility distances (150m), high beam illumination distance (100m minimum), and low beam illumination (40m minimum).
Complete Traffic Rules Question Bank (101 Questions)
- 21Traffic RulesParking a vehicle is forbidden:
- AIn front of entrances and exits of public passages
- BOn the roadway at places where it is ported into traffic bands materialized by continuous marks
- CA and B are both correct
- DNone of the answer is correct
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Parking a vehicle is forbidden:
Correct answer: C. A and B are both correct
- 22Traffic RulesLuminous signs for warning a driver that he is going to be overtaken are used in the following areas:
- AIn built – up areas only
- BApproaching the mounted animals only
- CApproaching only livestock
- DNone of the answers is correct
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Luminous signs for warning a driver that he is going to be overtaken are used in the following areas:
Correct answer: D. None of the answers is correct
- 23Traffic RulesDanger road signs serve the purpose of warning the user:
- Aon existence of danger
- Bundefined danger
- Ccharacters of surprise danger.
- Dthere is no correct answer
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Danger road signs serve the purpose of warning the user:
Correct answer: A. on existence of danger
- 24Traffic RulesBetween twilight and daybreak or because of circumstances, when it is not possible to see distinctly up to a distance of 200m the presence on the public way of the agricultural machines and specials implements used by construction enterprises can be signaled by two red lights at the back. But on condition that:
- Athe vehicles or materials do not move at a speed of 20km/h
- Bthe length of the vehicle or material, load included, does not exceed 6m
- Cthe maximal length does not exceed 8m
- DA and B are both correct answers
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Between twilight and daybreak or because of circumstances, when it is not possible to see distinctly up to a distance of 200m the presence on the public way of the agricultural machines and specials implements used by construction enterprises can be signaled by two red lights at the back. But on condition that:
Correct answer: D. A and B are both correct answers
- 25Traffic RulesShown pavements and shoulders are reserved to pedestrians when:
- AThere are the special rules shown by signals
- BWhen there are in groups under supervision of school master
- CWhen there is not the exception of special rules shown by the signals
- DAll answers are correct
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Shown pavements and shoulders are reserved to pedestrians when:
Correct answer: C. When there is not the exception of special rules shown by the signals
- 26Traffic RulesOne of the following kinds of brake is allowing to maintain the vehicle whatever be the conditions of its loading on an up or down 16% slope, the braking active surfaces being maintained in tightening position by means of a device with purely mechanical action, even in the absence of the driver:
- Aparking brake
- Bservice brake
- Cemergency braking
- Dnone of the answers is correct
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One of the following kinds of brake is allowing to maintain the vehicle whatever be the conditions of its loading on an up or down 16% slope, the braking active surfaces being maintained in tightening position by means of a device with purely mechanical action, even in the absence of the driver:
Correct answer: A. parking brake
- 27Traffic RulesA width of trailer pulled by a tricycle cannot exceed:
- A75 cm
- B125 cm
- C265 cm
- DNo correct answer
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A width of trailer pulled by a tricycle cannot exceed:
Correct answer: D. No correct answer
- 28Traffic RulesRoad lights, of white or yellow color, must at night, by fine weather, permit the illumination of the roadway at a distance of at least 100m in front of the vehicle but for motor vehicles with engine capacity not exceeding 125cm3 this distance is reduced to:
- A200 m
- B100 m
- C85 m
- Dnone of the answers is correct
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Road lights, of white or yellow color, must at night, by fine weather, permit the illumination of the roadway at a distance of at least 100m in front of the vehicle but for motor vehicles with engine capacity not exceeding 125cm3 this distance is reduced to:
Correct answer: D. none of the answers is correct
- 29Traffic RulesAdditional signals may notify:
- Aparticular prohibitions only
- Bgeneral restrictions or exceptions or particular prohibitions or obligations
- Ca and b are both correct answers
- Dnone of the answer is correct
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Additional signals may notify:
Correct answer: B. general restrictions or exceptions or particular prohibitions or obligations
- 30Traffic RulesThe following road signs have similar designs:
- AIndication and obligation signals
- BThe danger and obligation signals
- CProhibition and obligation signals
- DNone of the answer is correct
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The following road signs have similar designs:
Correct answer: C. Prohibition and obligation signals
- 31Traffic RulesOutside the agglomerations, danger road signs and priority road signs must be placed at the following distance from the dangerous areas they signal:
- A150 to 200m
- B100 to 150m
- C50 to 100m
- Dnone of the answers is correct
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Outside the agglomerations, danger road signs and priority road signs must be placed at the following distance from the dangerous areas they signal:
Correct answer: A. 150 to 200m
- 32Traffic RulesNo light or reflector can be placed in such a manner that the lowest point of its lighting surface be below the following measures from the ground level, the vehicle being empts:
- A30cm
- B40cm
- C50cm
- D1.55m
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No light or reflector can be placed in such a manner that the lowest point of its lighting surface be below the following measures from the ground level, the vehicle being empts:
Correct answer: B. 40cm
- 33Traffic RulesWhich minimum number of windscreen wipers must be provided by every vehicle?
- A2
- B3
- C1
- DNo correct answer
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Which minimum number of windscreen wipers must be provided by every vehicle?
Correct answer: C. 1
- 34Traffic RulesThe section of the public highway delineated by two broken and parallel white lines, and not wide enough for automobile vehicles traffic constitutes:
- ACycles
- BBicycles and mopeds
- CThe wheel barrows
- DNone of the answers is correct
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The section of the public highway delineated by two broken and parallel white lines, and not wide enough for automobile vehicles traffic constitutes:
Correct answer: A. Cycles
- 35Traffic RulesThe device used for slowing down the vehicle in case of brake failure is called:
- AService brake
- BParking brake
- CEmergency braking
- DNo correct answer
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The device used for slowing down the vehicle in case of brake failure is called:
Correct answer: C. Emergency braking
- 36Traffic RulesBetween twilight and daybreak or because of circumstances, when it is not possible to see distinctly up to a distance of 200m the presence on the public way of the trailers coupled to bicycles, mopeds, and motorbikes without a side car but except non ridden bicycles and mopeds when the bulk of this or its load makes the trailing vehicle light invisible must be signaled by:
- AA white, yellow or orange light fixed at the back of the trailer
- BA greener yellow or orange light fixed at the back of the trailer
- CA and B are both the correct answers
- Dnone of the answer is correct
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Between twilight and daybreak or because of circumstances, when it is not possible to see distinctly up to a distance of 200m the presence on the public way of the trailers coupled to bicycles, mopeds, and motorbikes without a side car but except non ridden bicycles and mopeds when the bulk of this or its load makes the trailing vehicle light invisible must be signaled by:
Correct answer: A. A white, yellow or orange light fixed at the back of the trailer
- 37Traffic RulesThe width of the loading on motorcycles without a side car and trails pulled by these cannot exceed these measures:
- A1.25m
- B30cm
- C75cm
- Dnone of the answer is correct
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The width of the loading on motorcycles without a side car and trails pulled by these cannot exceed these measures:
Correct answer: A. 1.25m
- 38Traffic RulesOut of agglomerations, a driver of a car or a set of cars of which the maximum authorized weight exceeds 3.500kg or of which the overall length exceeds 10m must except when it overtakes or gets ready to overtake another vehicle, leave between his car and that which proceeds him a sufficient interval to permit to vehicles which overtake it to cut in without danger in case of necessity. But this provision is however not applicable when:
- Awhen a traffic is heavy
- Bon the position of the public way overtaking is forbidden
- CA and B is correct answers
- Dnone of the answers is correct
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Out of agglomerations, a driver of a car or a set of cars of which the maximum authorized weight exceeds 3.500kg or of which the overall length exceeds 10m must except when it overtakes or gets ready to overtake another vehicle, leave between his car and that which proceeds him a sufficient interval to permit to vehicles which overtake it to cut in without danger in case of necessity. But this provision is however not applicable when:
Correct answer: C. A and B is correct answers
- 39Traffic RulesThe authorized maximum weight of trailer must not exceed half the sum of the empty weight of the towing vehicle and the weight of the driver for the following trailers:
- AThe trailer provided with an in-service brake
- BThe trailer not provided with an in-service brake
- CThe trailer with maximum weight not exceeds 750kg
- DNone of the answer is correct
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The authorized maximum weight of trailer must not exceed half the sum of the empty weight of the towing vehicle and the weight of the driver for the following trailers:
Correct answer: B. The trailer not provided with an in-service brake
- 40Traffic RulesThe signal (path for cattle required) has the following characteristics:
- Aa circular shape with a surface in blue color with the image of a cow in black color
- Ba circular shape of the surface is of a white color and the image of a cow in blue color
- Ca circle with a surface in blue color the image of a cow in white color and a symbol in black color
- Da triangular shape whose surface is of a white color with the image of a cow in black color
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The signal (path for cattle required) has the following characteristics:
Correct answer: D. a triangular shape whose surface is of a white color with the image of a cow in black color
Frequently Asked Traffic Rules Questions
Key legal questions from the Rwandan provisional exam with verified correct answers and explanations.
1Borders of the public highway or the roadway must be signaled by reflectors. These devices must be so set up to let users see them in the following manner:▾
- 01Traffic RulesBorders of the public highway or the roadway must be signaled by reflectors. These devices must be so set up to let users see them in the following manner:
- AThey see on their left the red reflectors only
- BOn their right they see only the orange reflectors
- COn left they see the yellow reflectors
- DNone of the answers is correct
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Borders of the public highway or the roadway must be signaled by reflectors. These devices must be so set up to let users see them in the following manner:
Correct answer: D. None of the answers is correct
2When the other seats are not available in the car, it is forbidden to carry on the front seat children of less than:▾
- 02Traffic RulesWhen the other seats are not available in the car, it is forbidden to carry on the front seat children of less than:
- A10 years
- B12 years
- C7 years
- DNone of the answers is correct
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When the other seats are not available in the car, it is forbidden to carry on the front seat children of less than:
Correct answer: B. 12 years
3The vehicles with the width which is superior to the following measures must be provided with loading light:▾
- 03Traffic RulesThe vehicles with the width which is superior to the following measures must be provided with loading light:
- A3Meters
- B2.50Meters
- C2.10Meters
- D2Meters
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The vehicles with the width which is superior to the following measures must be provided with loading light:
Correct answer: C. 2.10Meters
4When they are illuminated by road lights of the vehicles, the reflectors must be seen at night, by fine weather,by the driver of another vehicle at a distance of the following measures:▾
- 04Traffic RulesWhen they are illuminated by road lights of the vehicles, the reflectors must be seen at night, by fine weather,by the driver of another vehicle at a distance of the following measures:
- A100m
- B150m
- C200m
- Dnone of the answers is correct
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When they are illuminated by road lights of the vehicles, the reflectors must be seen at night, by fine weather,by the driver of another vehicle at a distance of the following measures:
Correct answer: B. 150m
5When the road has two traffic bands and the traffic moves in two directions, its forbidden to:▾
- 101Traffic RulesWhen the road has two traffic bands and the traffic moves in two directions, its forbidden to:
- ATo use the right hand band
- BOvertake
- CTo use the left hand band
- DAll answers are correct
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When the road has two traffic bands and the traffic moves in two directions, its forbidden to:
Correct answer: C. To use the left hand band
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