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New Brunswick Class 7: Vehicle registration, inspection and equipment

Registration, plates, visitors and new residents, transit markers, disability placards, safety inspections, required lights and distances, horn, mirror, studded tire dates and safety chains.

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Where should a disability parking placard be hung?

Study reference: New Brunswick Driver's Handbook (2022 PDF edition), Ch. 2–3 Registration of Vehicles; Equipment — 2.1–2.13, 3.1–3.12, pp. 24–32

All 24 questions in this test

Every question and its answer choices. The correct answers and explanations appear when you take the test above.

  1. Where should a disability parking placard be hung?

    1. On the rear-view mirror while parked
    2. On the rear window at all times
    3. On the driver's sun visor
    4. On the dashboard while driving

  2. Which vehicle may use a flashing red light visible from the front and rear?

    1. A school bus while loading or unloading
    2. A rural mail carrier
    3. A vehicle carrying explosives
    4. A tow truck at a collision on the highway

  3. When may you use your four-way flashers?

    1. When driving slowly in heavy rain
    2. When parked on the road because of an emergency
    3. When towing another vehicle on a highway
    4. When parking briefly in a no-parking zone

  4. You buy a used car privately. When may you drive it?

    1. As soon as you pay the seller
    2. After the seller signs the bill of sale
    3. Right away, using the seller's plates for 30 days
    4. After the registration is recorded in your name

  5. What must be true of your rear licence plate at night?

    1. It must be removed for washing
    2. It must be lit
    3. It must be covered
    4. It must be reflective only

  6. For how long can a disability parking placard be valid?

    1. Up to five years
    2. Up to three years
    3. For life
    4. Up to one year

  7. Your brake lights must be plainly visible from what distance?

    1. 30 metres
    2. 60 metres
    3. 150 metres
    4. 15 metres

  8. You just moved to New Brunswick to live. When must you register your vehicle here?

    1. When your old registration expires
    2. Within six months
    3. Within 60 days
    4. Immediately

  9. Your vehicle fails its safety inspection. How long do you have to fix it and get it re-inspected?

    1. 14 days from the rejection
    2. Until the next registration renewal
    3. 30 days from the rejection
    4. 7 days from the rejection

  10. A visitor drives their own car in New Brunswick for personal use. How long can they do so without registering it in the province?

    1. 30 days
    2. Six months
    3. 90 days
    4. One year

  11. What vehicle document must you carry while driving in New Brunswick?

    1. The original purchase loan papers
    2. The bill of sale
    3. The last safety inspection invoice
    4. The registration certificate or a photocopy

  12. Your car has no working daytime running lights. What must you do when driving by day?

    1. Drive only on sunny days
    2. Keep your headlights on at all times
    3. Use your fog lights instead
    4. Turn on your four-way flashers

  13. You sell your car and buy another. What happens to your regular licence plates?

    1. They stay with the vehicle and cannot be moved
    2. You move them to your new car
    3. You can sell them to the buyer separately
    4. You must return them to the police

  14. From how far away must your horn be heard?

    1. At least 150 metres
    2. At least 15 metres
    3. At least 30 metres
    4. At least 60 metres

  15. How far behind the vehicle must your rear-view mirror let you see?

    1. At least 100 metres
    2. At least 60 metres
    3. At least 30 metres
    4. At least 150 metres

  16. How long is a transit marker valid?

    1. 7 days
    2. 30 days
    3. 48 hours
    4. 24 hours

  17. When may you use fog lamps?

    1. Any time instead of headlights
    2. Only when your headlights are on low beam
    3. Only when your high beams are on
    4. Only when you are parked on the shoulder at night

  18. How far ahead must low-beam headlights clearly show?

    1. 30 metres
    2. 60 metres
    3. 100 metres
    4. 15 metres

  19. You are following another vehicle at night. Within what distance must you use low beams?

    1. 100 metres
    2. 30 metres
    3. 150 metres
    4. 60 metres

  20. You register a vehicle brought in from Ontario. How long do you have to get it safety inspected?

    1. 7 days
    2. 30 days
    3. 60 days
    4. 14 days

  21. You are towing a trailer. Where should the safety chain be attached?

    1. To the frame or bumper, not the hitch
    2. To the towing vehicle's tow hook
    3. To the trailer tongue only
    4. To the hitch ball

  22. Within what distance of an oncoming vehicle must you dim your high beams?

    1. 100 metres
    2. 300 metres
    3. 150 metres
    4. 60 metres

  23. When must your vehicle's lights be on?

    1. When you cannot see 30 metres ahead in daylight
    2. Only when it is raining
    3. At night or when you can't see 150 m ahead
    4. Only between sunset and midnight

  24. During which period may approved studded tires be used in New Brunswick?

    1. December 1 to March 31
    2. November 1 to April 15
    3. October 15 to April 30
    4. October 1 to May 31

Vehicle registration, inspection and equipment: key rules to remember

Our summary of what the official handbook says on this topic, in our own words. Read it before or after the practice questions above, then check the original chapter. Read the official chapter ↗

Part 2 Registration of vehicles (pp. 24–27)

  • Every motor vehicle, trailer or semi-trailer driven on NB highways must be registered through Service New Brunswick; the driver must carry the registration certificate or a photocopy.
  • Licence plates belong to the Crown and must be surrendered on demand; plates must be securely fastened and clearly legible; the rear plate must be lit at night.
  • Plates stay with the vehicle and cannot be transferred, except personalized, conservation and specialty plates.
  • Altering or defacing a vehicle identification number is an offence.
  • A visitor's passenger vehicle may be used for personal (non-business) purposes for six months without NB registration, counted from first use in NB in the registration year. A new resident must register immediately.
  • Transfer of ownership: seller signs the registration certificate; the vehicle cannot be driven until the registration is recorded in the buyer's name.
  • Transit marker: temporary permit, valid 24 hours, to move an unregistered vehicle or take a vehicle with an expired inspection sticker to an inspection station; proof of insurance needed.
  • Expiry: passenger and light commercial = staggered dates; all-terrain vehicles = December 31; all other registrations = March 31.
  • Disability placard: hang on the rear-view mirror when parked in a designated space and remove before driving; the placard holder must be getting in or out at that stop; valid up to five years; parking in a designated space without a valid placard can bring a fine and loss of points.
  • Motor vehicle safety inspection: at an official inspection station by an authorized mechanic; police or a government inspector can inspect any time; an out-of-province vehicle being registered in NB has 14 days to be inspected; NS and PEI inspections are honoured until their expiry; a rejected vehicle has 14 days to be fixed and re-inspected (but it still may not be driven if unsafe).

Part 3 Equipment (pp. 28–32)

  • Lights required at night or whenever you cannot see a person or vehicle 150 m (500 ft) away.
  • Daytime running lights: required on new vehicles from model year 1990; all vehicles on NB roads must show DRLs, or headlights on at all times if DRLs are missing or broken (fine and points possible).
  • Headlights: at least two white; mounted 60–140 cm from the ground; high beam shows 100 m ahead, low beam 30 m.
  • Dim high beams within 150 m (500 ft) of an oncoming vehicle; use low beams when following within 60 m (200 ft), except while passing.
  • Tail lights: two red, visible 150 m to the rear; white licence plate light legible at 15 m.
  • Brake lights visible from 30 m; turn signals visible front and rear from 30 m.
  • Flashing/revolving red lights only on ambulances, police and fire vehicles, and school buses while loading/unloading. Flashing amber allowed on school buses, vehicles carrying explosives, or towing a wide trailer.
  • Four-way flashers: when parked on the highway because of an emergency or circumstances beyond the driver's control.
  • Spot lamp: no more than one; may not be aimed at or within 30 m in front of an oncoming vehicle. Fog lamps: no more than two, used only with low beams.
  • Foot brake and emergency brake required. Horn audible at least 60 m (200 ft); sirens, whistles or bells only on authorized emergency vehicles.
  • Mirror showing at least 60 m (200 ft) to the rear; portable door/fender mirrors illegal unless towing.
  • Windows clear of signs/posters that block view; no ornaments that block vision or distract; working wipers, muffler (no cut-outs), speedometer.
  • Size without permit: width 260 cm, height 415 cm; combination length 23 m.
  • Studded tires (approved type) permitted October 15 to April 30.
  • Trailers need a safety chain attached to the frame or bumper, not the hitch.

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