P h knowledge test
Private Hire Knowledge Test
Test your understanding of private hire regulations with our comprehensive knowledge quiz! Designed for professionals and aspiring drivers, this quiz covers essential topics to ensure you are well-informed on the laws and best practices.
Participants will explore:
- Legal obligations
- Road safety and driving practices
- Vehicle regulations
What is the offence of ‘plying for hire’?
Picking up a passenger without being pre booked
Advertising your business
Touting for hire
Handing our cards to passengers
If you are diagnosed with a medical condition whilst you are a licensed driver, what are you required to do?
Stop working
Report it to DVLA & licensing authority
Carry on as normal
Report it to police
What should a licensed driver do if they receive any convictions or cautions?
Ignore it
Report it to taxi firm owner within 21 days
Report it licensing authority within 21 days
Carry on working
A licensed vehicle can only be driven by who?
The private hire or hackney carriage license holder
Anyone who holds a license
Full comprehensive insurance holders
Anyone who has held a license for more then 7 years
On checking the vehicle after dropping off a passenger, you discover they have accidently left property in the vehicle. What must you do?
Take it home
Leave it there and if not collected within 24 hours keep it
Contact the owner and if not collect contact council within 72 hours
Take it police station
How should a licensed driver behave at all times? ( 2 multiple answers)
Professional and honest
Trustworthy & polite
Kind & welcoming
Loud & abusive
While driving behind a vehicle on a road that is slippery and wet, what time gap should you leave between their car and yours?
4 seconds
10 seconds
2 seconds
6 seconds
How can excessive or uneven tyre wear be caused? ( 2 answers)
Bad road surfaces
Heavy loads
Excessive use
Long journeys
While driving you approach a bus at a designated Bus Stop, how might this effect your driving? ( 2 answers)
The bus might pull out on you
Pedestrians may walk out infront of you
The driver might open the door
He might be in your way
What is the national speed limit for the outside lane of a motorway?
70mph
60mph
50mph
80mph
What should the left-hand lane of a motorway be used for?
Normal driving at between 50 and 70mph
Over taking
Driving at 70mph
Pulling over
When approaching an unmarked crossroads, who has right of way?
The vehicle to the right of you
You
The vehicle to the left of you
Anyone
If reversing into a side road which you aren't sure is clear, what actions should you take? ( 2 answers)
Check mirrors, make sure its clear
Watch out for pedistrains and vehicles
Just reverse around the corner
Use cameras on car
After heavy rain, the motorway is wet and road spray is affecting visibility and overall driving conditions. What steps should you take in respects to your visibility? (2 answers)
Slow down, put heaters on windows
Put window wipers on at correct speed
Open windows
Stop until road surface becomes dry
If turning left to enter a side road, which hazard should you watch out for the most? ( 3 answers)
Motorbikes
Cyclists
Pedistrians
Animals
You're going down a steep hill, what should you do to help control the vehicle?
Foot control over the break and lower gears
Put ham break on
Put car into neutral
Nothing
How close may you park to a junction?
10m
40m
5m
15m
What can you do on a main road clearway (2 answers)
Pick up passengers
Drop off passengers
Park the vehicle
Stop
What is the national speed limit for a built-up area?
30mph
40mph
50mph
60mph
What is the national speed limit on a single carriageway?
60mph
70mph
50mph
30mph
Icy road, or surfaces with fresh snow, mean that it could take your car longer to come to a halt than it normally does. In these conditions, how many times more would the stopping distance be compared to the normal stopping distances?
4 times
6 times
10 times
2 times
When are you allowed to reverse from a quiet side road into the main road?
Never
When its quiet
When you need to turn around
All the time
When is it illegal for a horn to be sounded?
Between 11.30pm & 7.00am
Between 10.00 & 7.00am
Between 10.30pm & 6.00am
Between 9.00pm & 5.00am
Residential areas where the street is narrow may have a speed limit that is?
20mph
30mph
50mph
40mph
You are overtaking a stationary bus. Why should you proceed with caution?
On coming vehicles and pedistrans
The bus might pull out
Animals in the road
You cant see ahead
When is it best for the pressure of your tyres to be checked?
First thing in morning before you drive
After you have done a long journey
Whenever the tyres dont feel right
When the tread is getting low
A driver behind you on a motorway flashes their headlights, what should you do?
Ignore them and when safe to do so pull over
Speed up
Do a suggestive hand signal out the window
Slow down
Cyclists travelling at slow speeds are likely to?
Turn left or right
Stop
Slow rides
Make a phone call
Can you drive in a bus lane?
If permitted to do so at designated times
Yes
No
Sometimes
If the rear of your vehicle is skidding to the right what should you do?
Turn the steering wheel to the right
Turn steering wheel to the left
Hit the brakes
Swerve the car
An overtaking vehicle cuts in, close in front of you. What should you do?
Speed up
Stop the car
Slow down and back off
Call the police
You break down on a two way road. At what distance should a red triangle be placed behind the vehicle?
10m
50m
45m
20m
You move home. Within how many days must you advise the Licensing Authority of my new address?
28 days
14 days
30 days
1 day
When can a private hire or hackney carriage driver refuse to carry a passenger’s assistance dog?
Yes
It up to the driver
If they have an exception notice from the doctor
No
How often will a licensed taxi driver be required to have a medical if under the age of 65?
Every 3 years
Every 1 year
Every 5 years
Every 2 years
Who is responsible for the wearing of the rear seat belt if the passenger is under 14?
The driver
The parents
The child
The licensing authority
What are the two main Acts of Parliament that govern hackney carriage and private hire licensing? ( 2 answers )
Hackney carriage act
Private hire vehicle act 1998
Transport act 1985
Road traffic act
Both hackney carriages and private hire vehicles are required to carry an illuminated roof-mounted sign indicating that they are a taxi and these must be lit when plying for trade. Is this statement true or false?
False
True
How long must you have held a full driving licence before you can apply for a hackney carriage/private hire driver’s licence?
7 years
Straight away
3 years
1 year
What is the minimum legal requirement of a tyre tread depth?
1.9ml
1.6ml
2.0ml
3.5ml
If your vehicle suffers any damage, what action do you take?
Report within 48 hours
Report within 72 hours
Report within 24 hours
Report within 56 hours
What must you do if you receive a criminal conviction during the period of your licence? ( 2 answers )
Dont tell anyone
Report to licenseing authority
Report to dvla
Report to transport police
Your passenger has a mental disability and is aided by a carer. What is an appropriate way to communicate with them?
Speak to both of them
Speak to just your passenger
Speak only to the carer
Ignore them both
A passenger says: "Could you help me get my shopping from the boot?" What should you do?
Say yes and help them
Say no and leave them to it
Just open the boot
Ignore them
Your operator wants you to work Monday to Friday from 0700 hours to 1900 hours with a one hour unpaid lunch break. How many hours will you work in a week?
12 hours
55 hours
60 hours
24 hours
When do you have to disclose convictions, cautions, fixed penalty notices and any pending matters?
14 days
21 days
28 days
72 hours
Do you have to help passengers with their luggage?
Yes
No
Only if you feel like it
If they ask nicely
When can a private hire vehicle stop, wait or park and pick up passengers from a hackney carriage rank which has been appointed by the Licensing Authority?
If pre booked
No
Yes if they flag you down
Sometimes
When can a private hire vehicle pick up a passenger who has not pre-booked?
When they wave you down
Never
All the time
If you see someone
Can a driver smoke inside a licenced vehicle?
Yes
If not carrying passengers
No
If the passenger is happy for you to
If the holder of a Vehicle Licence leaves their renewal too late to get a garage compliance done before the licence expires, would they be able to continue to use that vehicle for work purposes between the expiry of the licence and the date in which the vehicle has been tested?
Yes
No
You go to pick up your first booking of the day and realise that you have left your badge at home. What would you do?
Once you have finished the job go get it
Go home and get the badge
Carry on as normal
No cancel job and go home
You find a watch on your back seat after dropping off a passenger. What must you do? ( 2 answers)
Contact passenger and return item
If you cant get hold of the passenger hand in to council within 72 hours
Keep it
Return it when you see them again
If your vehicle suffers any damage, what action do you take?
Report within 72 hours
Report within 24 hours
Report within 48 hours
Report within 12 hours
The Licensing Partnership’s main office is located in which town?
Westerham
Knockholt
Sevenoaks
Shoreham
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