Hazard perception

[DiCe!]

I have real beef with this "test"

I took it when i was 18 and passed it but it expired after 2 years so i had to take it again recently.
The first time i took it i turned up, no revision and passed with flying colours.
After taking it more recently i failed 2 times in a row....aceing the question part 49-50 both times but fails on the hazards...what i have issue with is the "magic window" that opens and closes when you must click, why dont they change the test so you click on the hazard so the machine knows you have seen it?

Anyhow i finally passed it a few months ago but only after i changed how i was clicking, i threw the official DVD away and just did what i did the first time and clicked a bit more often even though they try to scare you out of that.

Has anyone else had any horror stories of this bloody test? Not only that my test is next friday and now i have to do another aprt in the practical where i take the examiner somewhere....i swear its all a money earner....

end rant

 

[DiCe!]

I actually failed it twice because they try to deter you from clicking too often, but if you don't you'll just fail.

It's a ridiculous test though - if you can't perceive hazards you won't pass the practical, simple. It's an excuse to charge more for the test.

It was the clicking that got me well that or the "window"

Seeing the hazards is very easy, you really do have to be a complete mug not to spot them, its just clicking when they "become" a hazard. So glad i got it out the way. Also i hated the people at the test centre in guildford. some fat bloke who snorts and coughs 24/7

 

[DiCe!]

Or perhaps I used a bit of intelligence.

You know the introductory part of the test, where it tells you EXACTLY what to do, and shows you examples?

Mirror that technique.

Couldn't be easier - if you can't do that, I'm worried about your intelligence.

Hows the air up there on your high horse? I watched the clip, I had revised/practised and yet i still failed. And as for my intelligence its hardly rock bottom.

I just think the whole learning to drive process is very painful, from having to deal with instructors, HPT and now the practical as well. Glad I did only the basics with an instructor and then the majority with a parent.

 

[DiCe!]

If you aced it you would have got 50 out of 50. What you did is pick the wrong answer to a - frankly - easy question.

Please forgive me for getting 1 question wrong?! Frankly I dont know how I get on with life on a day to day basis without coming to you to correct me on any mistakes I make.

Or you could stop nit picking and post a decent answer about what you think about the test in question.