K53 — Open Questions & Conflicts
Exam-format question count (unresolved)
Conflict: Wikipedia Driving Licence in South Africa implies a 64-question format (28 rules + 28 signs + 8 controls). K53-Test.co.za and other commercial sites state a 68-question format (30 + 30 + 8). No government source publishes any question count, pass mark, or time limit. Unresolved — both claims recorded in Exam Format — Light Motor Vehicle.
- Would resolve if: an official DLTC/eNaTIS or provincial Department of Transport page published the CLLT question allocation.
- Round 2 (2026-06-28) reinforcement: national (gov.za), provincial (Western Cape Government Learners Licence), municipal (George, Saldanha Bay), the RTMC and SAnews were all checked — none publishes any question count, pass mark or time limit. The official NaTIS Manual on Road Traffic Signs and NaTIS Learner Driver Manual contain only the three subject syllabi, no test-structure numbers. The conflict is now treated as unresolvable from authoritative public sources — a confirmed finding, not a coverage gap.
- New discrepancy: Saldanha Bay Municipality cites a 1,400-question database; commercial sites quote 1,200. Even the database size is not authoritatively fixed in public sources.
- Note on a misread statistic: a widely-cited “68% → 40%” figure after CLLT rollout is a pass-rate statistic (SAnews), not the “68 questions” claim — do not conflate the two.
Pass-mark internal inconsistency
The pass marks 22 / 23 / 6 are quoted identically by sources that disagree on whether the rules and signs sections hold 28 or 30 questions. This implies the percentage threshold is itself uncertain (≈74% vs ≈79%). Needs an authoritative allocation to reconcile.
Time limit
No source — official or secondary — states a fixed time limit for the computerised learner’s test. Open question whether the CLLT is timed at all.
Minimum age for motorcycles (>125 cc)
gov.za states 18; Wikipedia states 17 for an unrestricted motorcycle. Recorded in Exam Format — Motorcycle and Code A Motorcycle; government figure preferred.
Following-distance regulation number
The “reasonable and prudent” following rule sits in Chapter X of the National Road Traffic Regulations, but the exact regulation number could not be independently confirmed. The two-second rule is a teaching device, not a numeric statute. See Following Distance.
Alcohol limit pending change
Government has announced intent to move to a zero-tolerance (0.00) blood-alcohol limit. As of 2026-06-28 this is not in force; the 0.05 / 0.02 limits still apply. The Alcohol Limit note must be revisited if/when the amendment commences.
Secondary-source reliability
Several K53 study domains (e.g. myk53.co.za) were found parked/for-sale on access, so claims sourced only from them are tagged alleged until confirmed against the South African Road Traffic Signs Manual or NaTIS Learner Driver Manual.