Hazard Perception test - tell me about it

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I completed my CBT late last year and am looking to do my full test however as I passed my car test 18 years ago I now have to sit the theory test and hazard perception test.

I should be ok with the theory part but have no idea how the hazard perception bit works, can somebody give me a run down of what's involved please?
 
They play videos at you from the viewpoint of a driver's seat in a car.

The videos are prerecorded, so you simply follow a set path with no control over said car.

When something happens in the video that causes you to change speed or direction (i.e you see a hazard), you click the mouse.

You get a score of 1-5 depending on how quickly you responded to the hazard.

It's as simple as that. :)

[Edit] In terms of passing the test, best thing to do IMO is to invest in a Hazard Perception DVD, that lets you practice. Clock up a few hours and you should know exactly what to do.
 
What do they define as a hazard though? A pedestrian at the side of the road could be a hazard so you'd need to keep an eye on what they are doing. A car coming the opposite was could swerve and become a hazard, what exactly are they looking for?
 
I was never 100% sure on whether I've clicked it before the hazard counts as a hazard.. so did one click immediately and another click a second or so later :o

Click too much though and you'll be done for spamming :p

Edit: and I'd go for pedestrian if they look like they might cross the road, oncoming car if indicating right, car at junction, that sort of thing.
 
eidolon said:
What do they define as a hazard though? A pedestrian at the side of the road could be a hazard so you'd need to keep an eye on what they are doing. A car coming the opposite was could swerve and become a hazard, what exactly are they looking for?
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Well you get marked down for clicking too much, but you don't get points deducted for clicking when there isn't a hazard.

So I just clicked when there was a chance of a hazard occurring, but in practice a lot of the hazards are really obvious, like people walking right out in front of you, sheep in the road, someone driving quickly to beat you to a chicane, etc.
 
So each clip has a real hazard in it which you get 5 points for spotting early and that decreases depending on how slow you are to spot it?

They'll also have other potential hazards which may or may not turn into proper hazards but you won't get marked down for spotting them
 
Precisely. But you don't know which hazard is the proper one so you just have to click them all. Plus I believe one clip has two scoreable hazards.
 
I watched a fullscreen video from a driver's view on a 17" monitor. The video is miles clearer than those on CDs that you get from Amazon/supermarket.

What you're doing is looking for hazards that could/will make you stop, slow down or swerve. The trick is knowing just before the hazard develops when to click. So if you're driving down the road, and there's parked cars to your left, and the reversing lights light up on a parked car, I'd click in case it pulls out.

Best thing to do is to buy a CD with 500,000,000,000 videos on it, practice on as many as you can in full screen, then aim to get pass mark with windowed videos.
 
Just finished my test. 50 out of 50 on first part and 66 out of 75 on hazard perception. Pretty easy apart from the blurry quality of the clips.
 
I didnt like the test at all.

The videos were terrible quality, and seemed designed to make you unsure of what would and wouldn't be a hazard.

I included several randomly time clicks, hoping not to get too many for the undisclosed spam limit, because I genuinely didnt know if "pedestrian x" was supposed to count as a hazard or not.

I think they should make the videos a lot simpler, and state how many major hazards to expect, and time your reaction to them.
 
Remember to progressivly click,

See pushbike click
See pushbike look over shoulder click
See pushbike indicate click
See pushbike move over click

Don't just click when you first see somethnig, click when the cituation changes

I got 68 last month on the bike test

Good luck
 
I had a terrible time with the hazard perception. Spotted the hazards a mile away so was probably clicking too early for the big points :)

But when i did the Bike version i walked it easy enough. Just knowing the system really.
 
apatia77 said:
Sorry but you must be stupid not to pass hazard perception test, it's that simple really.
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I failed my hazard perception part of the test after scoring 50/50 on the questions part of the test. I'd never failed a hazard perception before that and was averaging 60's at home on my computer. I passed my practical first time with no minors and was told my driving was near flawless. ;) Conclusion - the hazard perception is a load of old bull **** and is pretty much meaningless.
 
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It's to filter out those who acknowledge a hazard and those who dont... Some people could have a easy practical where no real hazards arised... This will stop the dumb from even sitting a practical... To be fair you must be doing something wrong to fail it.
 
Pay attention and don't be scared by the 'don't click too much' warnings.

So long as you aren't clicking constantly (i.e. cheating) it won't punish you. The worst thing you can do is try to reserve your clicks out of fear of clicking too much.
 
NormanPorkinson said:
I failed my hazard perception part of the test after scoring 50/50 on the questions part of the test. I'd never failed a hazard perception before that and was averaging 60's at home on my computer. I passed my practical first time with no minors and was told my driving was near flawless. ;) Conclusion - the hazard perception is a load of old bull **** and is pretty much meaningless.
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Sorry to hear that you failed once and I also agree that the test is a bit pointless but I don't see anything changing any time soon.
 
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