A 7-day Road Code study plan (with GO Drive)

This is a suggested study schedule, not an NZTA timetable or a promise that seven days will be enough. Extend any day where you still cannot explain the rule.

How to use this week

• One car (Class 1) path. Motorcycle or truck learners can mirror the same rhythm on their own mock and topic pages; the links below are for car theory.
• No account required to practise. Guest records stay in this browser; Help explains optional signed-in account sync.
• Each day: skim the topic tip → practise with explanations → write one sentence you can say out loud (“why the wrong options fail”).
• Mocks: Day 6 and Day 7 only under exam-like conditions (no mid-test hints). Warm-up lengths (10 / 20 / 35 / 50) on the exam hub are for skill building and show a score without a pass/fail result.
• Official Road Code stays the source of truth for rule wording. This page is a free study rhythm, not a booking or fee guide.

Use the related study guides below for deeper methods on diagrams, roundabouts, signs, following gaps and mock review.

Day 1 — Road signs and markings

Goal: connect shape / symbol / marking to the situation, not only to a flashcard name.

1. Open Road signs and markings and read “What to focus on.”
2. Practise a short set (about 15–25 items). After each miss, name whether you failed on appearance, meaning, or where it applies.
3. Keep a tiny list of signs you still confuse (for example similar parking plates or temporary warning signs).

Checkpoint: you can explain one correct answer and why two distractors look plausible but fail.

Day 2 — Intersections and giving way

Goal: for every diagram, control → paths → rule before you touch the options.

1. Open Intersections and giving way.
2. On each picture, mark: Stop / Give Way / signals / uncontrolled; who is turning; who is going straight.
3. Practise until you can reject “whoever arrived first” and similar distractors without guessing.

Checkpoint: T-junctions and opposing left/right turns no longer feel like coin flips.

Day 3 — Core rules + road position

Goal: everyday situations (following distance, overtaking, speed sense) plus where the vehicle belongs in the lane layout.

1. First block: Core road rules — following gaps and changing conditions (dry vs wet/frosty). Check official pages for exact two-second / four-second phrasing.
2. Second block: Road position and lane use — start position → manoeuvre → exit.
3. Optional: 10–20 warm-up questions on the mock hub for timing only — still not a full mock day.

Checkpoint: you can say when a longer following gap is needed, and you can point to lane markings that decide position.

Day 4 — Parking + driving behaviour

Goal: read parking as a whole scene (sign + markings + nearby features), and link behaviour answers to attention / planning / courtesy — not “what feels polite.”

1. Parking rules and signs — practise locating the detail the stem actually asks for.
2. Driving behaviour — for each item, name the choice before the situation becomes difficult.
3. Revisit yesterday’s weakest core or intersection misses for 10 minutes only.

Checkpoint: parking plates and “what should the driver do?” stems no longer get mixed up.

Day 5 — Emergencies, hazards + vehicles / licences

Goal: sequence questions (“what first?”) and separate vehicle knowledge from licence-class wording in the stem.

1. Emergencies and hazards — read the order of actions carefully.
2. Vehicles and driver licences — watch for the vehicle type or licence class named in the situation.
3. Light review: skim your Day 1–4 miss list; do not sit a full mock yet.

Checkpoint: you can answer “what to do first” without inventing steps that are not in the options or the Road Code.

Day 6 — First full mock + sort the misses

Goal: find gaps under quiet, exam-like conditions — then tag and review before another mock.

1. Open the mock test hub → Car · Class 1 → start the 35-question mock.
2. No hints, no mid-test topic hopping, no googling between items.
3. When finished, note the on-screen result and the topics you need to review. A GO Drive mock is independent practice and does not establish an official NZTA pass mark or test readiness.
4. Sort every miss into a topic (use the Day 1–5 pages) and a mistake type: rule gap, diagram miss, wording trap, or rush/guess.
5. Rebuild only the top one or two weak topics with short practice + explanations.

Checkpoint: you have a tagged miss list, not just a score.

Day 7 — Rebuild weak topics + re-mock

Goal: shrink repeat mistakes, then check once under exam-like conditions.

1. Spend most of the session on the topics that dominated Day 6 (often intersections, signs, or core).
2. Optional: practise about 10–20 questions through those topic pages. This is a suggested manual study set; exam-hub warm-ups are not filtered to your weak topics.
3. Sit a second 35-question car mock on the exam hub — again without hints.
4. Compare tags with Day 6. If the same diagram or condition word returns, write a one-sentence rule in your own words and check it against the official Road Code before more practice.

After day 7: if repeat misses remain, loop Days 6–7 (review → mock) rather than restarting the whole week from Day 1. Use learn/car as the map back into any topic.

Quick weekly checklist

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Practise on GO Drive (free)

• Car study guide — topic map and study tips
• Mock test hub — 35-question car mock + warm-up lengths
• Topics: Signs · Intersections · Core · Road position · Parking · Behaviour · Emergencies · Vehicles & licences
• Help — guest vs signed-in progress

Official further reading

Use the official sources below to check rule wording. The NZTA Road Code remains the source of truth.

• NZTA — General road code
• Drive — Learn the road code

This guide supports practice. It does not replace the official Road Code or professional driving instruction.

Put the method into practice

Learn → review → practise

Use the day-by-day topics as a starting point and allow extra time where you need it.

Explore car topics →Open mock test hub →Review your learning →