ICBC knowledge test practice 2026: 126 free questions

You reach this sign at a quiet intersection with no painted stop line and no crosswalk. Where must the vehicle actually come to rest?

Correct answer: Just before the point where the crossing road begins

The stop belongs at the last point where you can see along the cross street without putting your bumper in its path, so with no line and no crosswalk that point is the edge of the crossing roadway. Stopping too far back hides the cross street from you, and creeping past it hands the decision to the driver who has the right of way.

You reach a four way stop at the same moment as a driver coming the other way. You are signalling a left turn and they are going straight through. Who moves first?

Correct answer: The driver going straight, and you turn once they have cleared

When two drivers arrive together and face each other, the one turning left gives way to the one going straight. A left turn crosses the path of the oncoming driver, so the turning driver is the one who waits for a clear gap. Signalling early tells them what you plan to do, but it does not buy you the right to go first.

You are stopped inside the intersection waiting for a gap to turn left. The light turns amber and the oncoming traffic starts to stop.

Correct answer: Complete the turn as soon as the oncoming lanes are clear

Once you are legally inside the intersection you are meant to clear it, not sit through another cycle. Wait until the oncoming vehicles have actually stopped, then finish the turn. Keep your wheels pointed straight while you wait, so a hit from behind cannot push you into oncoming traffic.

You are following a car on a dry road in daylight. It passes a signpost and you reach the same post about one and a half seconds later.

Correct answer: You are too close, because two seconds is the least you should leave in good conditions

Counting the gap in seconds works at any speed, because the space it buys grows as you go faster. Two seconds is the smallest sensible gap on a dry road with a clear view, and most of it is used up simply reacting before the brakes do anything. Less than that and you are relying on the driver ahead never braking hard.

You signal to change lanes on a multi lane road, your mirrors look clear, and as you begin to move across a horn sounds beside you.

Correct answer: A mirror check on its own is not enough, and a shoulder check covers the area mirrors miss

Every car has an area behind and beside it that the mirrors do not cover, and a whole vehicle fits inside it. A quick turn of the head before you move is the only way to check that space. A signal asks for the lane, it does not take it.

You park facing downhill on a street with a curb. Which way do you leave the front wheels?

Correct answer: Turned toward the curb, so the vehicle would roll into it if it moved

Turning the wheels toward the curb gives the car something solid to stop against if the brake or the transmission lets go. Facing downhill, gravity pulls the front of the car forward, so the front tires need to be pointing at the curb. The parking brake still goes on, because the wheels are the backup and not the plan.

A school bus stopped on the other side of an undivided two lane road has its red lights flashing as you approach.

Correct answer: Stop before you reach it and stay stopped until the lights stop flashing and the bus moves off

Flashing red lights mean children are getting on or off, and they often cross in front of the bus where nobody can see them. On an undivided road, traffic in both directions stops and waits. Stop well back so you can see the whole area around the bus before you move again.

You hold a novice licence. You have one drink at a party, wait an hour, and feel completely normal before driving home.

Correct answer: Any alcohol at all can end in a roadside prohibition, because the limit for a new driver is zero

Drivers in the learner and novice stages have to be at zero, which is a stricter standard than the one applied to a full licence holder. It is set that way because crash risk for new drivers climbs at levels that barely register for anyone else. Feeling normal is not evidence, and the roadside device does not measure how you feel.

You are in the learner stage in British Columbia, driving with your supervisor beside you, and the L sign is in the glovebox because you find it embarrassing.

Correct answer: Not fine, the L sign has to be displayed on the outside of the back of the vehicle whenever you drive

Displaying the sign is a condition attached to the licence, and driving without it is one of the easiest violations to collect in this stage. The sign tells the drivers around you to expect a learner and to leave more room. Keep a spare sign in the car if you drive more than one vehicle.

The back of your car steps out to the right as you go through a bend on a wet road.

Correct answer: Ease off the accelerator, look where you want the car to go, and steer that way

A skid ends when the tires start rolling in the direction the car is travelling again, so the first move is to remove whatever caused it, usually throttle or hard braking. Your hands follow your eyes, which is why you look at the way out of the corner and not at the obstacle. Keep the corrections small and smooth, and unwind the steering as grip returns.