In this short video we are going to reveal the five most common driving test fails
I hope you're watching this video before your driving test not after your
driving test and we appreciate your time we did a short study in 2018 and 2019
and as a result we've come up with this particular conclusion number five most
common driving tests fail is level railway crossings to cross a level
railway crossing without causing any potential danger you must make sure that
you leave enough space at any point in time inside of the yellow painted zone
so it kind of works as if this is a railway tracks okay and there's a yellow
painted zone that goes roughly depending on the size of the intersection it would
go roughly around 15 to 20 meters so if if there's a car okay I'll grab a different
color if there is a car inside of the yellow painted zone do not proceed
unless they clear that particular zone so if the car is still there don't get
inside of the area where there's rail tracks because you may get stranded
if somebody blocks you up from behind you you might easily get stranded and if
there's a train at that the same time you might be easily in trouble okay
there's been an instance in Melbourne about five-six years ago where a
P plater got stuck in the middle and as a result, he had to flee the car so
car totally got destroyed you know that could not recognize a car at all okay so
you've got to be mindful of you know with the potential risk when
you're crossing level railway crossings and that's how the Assessors in
Perth see it as well it is extremely dangerous okay you've got to be spot-on
with these things all right okay so so just make sure that the the vehicle
that's in front has cleared past that particular zone before you can actually
proceed and get across okay so it's very very simple and it's very important
okay we attached the video explaining the real-life situation what to do and what
not to do number four most common driving test fail is turning right at
an intersection without a green arrow or after the green arrow drops okay so if
there's an intersection and you've got a traffic lights okay okay so and you would
have traffic coming from that direction and if clearly there's a traffic coming
from the opposite direction okay and if the green arrow drops which is which
leaves just a single green light having to give way to the traffic coming from
that direction so what you can and what you have to do is you've got to come in
inside of the intersection providing that you're the first vehicle and then
after these cars have proceeded you proceed to turn okay now in an instance
where the traffic is still proceeding and the lights changing okay so it's
very simple to judge whether the remaining traffic is still proceeding or
slowing down you've got to understand that in any situation of this nature
when your green light changes to Amber and then Red
this side lights will change at exactly the same time so from there on you must
be able to judge whether they're still proceeding or slowing down so number
three most common "driving test fail" is not stopping at a stop sign properly so
a lot of times there's an argument behind ah I stopped I didn't do anything
wrong I should have passed oh he didn't see me stop he was looking elsewhere so it's
usually not the case okay so we've attached a video and stop
signs as well and this is how it should work if that's a stop sign and that's a
stop line okay so we're not supposed to stop too far okay so we should be
relatively close to the to the line that way we'll be able to observe properly
any traffic coming from there or coming from there, so rather than being too far not
being able to see also if we cross the line at the lowest possible speed it
would still be considered as a fail and they do fail you on the spot for that in
everyday life if there's a police officer behind you on a bike and if you
roll over the line at the lowest possible speed it's still going to be a
hundred and fifty dollars fine and three demerit points recorded against you
which on a public holiday would mean six demerit points and on P plates or on a
red P plates you will lose your license for that how do we do it so once your
vehicle is stopped okay so once you have made a complete stop try to remain
completely stationary for at least two seconds what we advise people to do is
to count one thousand two thousand on the third count you can take your foot
off the brake providing this no one to give way to okay so that the main
priority is to give way okay also what we advise people to do or not to do
rather is not to be tempted to look before they get there okay so you're
more than welcome to but a lot of times we hear stories from people without
completely stopping thinking but I looked before so there was no car but even if
there's no car or even if there's no traffic at all you still need to make
that stop you've got a fully stop on our list number two most common driving
tests fail is a roundabout sometimes people struggle understanding how we
handle roundabouts because it's always different there's never an identical
situation there's always something different you cannot have one single
identical situation for as long as you live and for as long as you drive most
people make an error on approach to the roundabout okay so if you got a
roundabout and if you're coming from that direction and there should be
you know traffic from there and traffic from there
and clearly traffic from there okay so we need to anticipate any traffic coming
towards that same intersection alright your anticipation will impact your
actions okay so if this car is coming down towards
roundabout and if you believe if you slow down slightly to be able to let
them through and then by the time you get there you can proceed without having
to stop okay so that would have a proper flow and obviously you would have made
sure that the car has made enough space for your car to fit before you committed
to turning into the roundabout so it's it's important that you start to
anticipate traffic from the distance okay often people get too close to the
roundabout and stop and then look and then try to make a quick decision
which usually results in mismanagement so just be aware and practice with your
instructors hundreds of roundabouts so I'm not talking five ten hundreds of
roundabouts because if you pay attention you will not have the same situation in
any of those roundabouts every time it's going to be something different it's
something that you just cannot have identical for as long as you drive
10 20 30 40 50 years okay you can reference situations that you've
encountered before so you can make better decisions in the next you know
similar situation but it will not be identical that's why we have to develop
our judgment skills and they've got to be very accurate if if the Assessor
senses that you are struggling making decisions in these situations yes they
will put you under microscope yes they will cause more situations of similar
nature which we encourage them to do and we always respect these things because
this is serious matter driving a car is operating a machinery and finally number
one most common driving test fail is overtaking parked vehicles on
residential streets okay okay so if you've got a car parked on
the left side of the road okay we must make sure that we indicate on time
that we look in the mirror to see if somebody else is overtaking us and the parked
vehicle and then to look over the shoulder and then to proceed around
okay and then back to the left okay so what most people do if they fail this in
a driving assessment their speed a lot of times changes significantly when they
get to this position they slow down significantly and basically inviting
drivers from behind to overtake them and any other cars that are parked on the
side of the road so this is really important not to do so what we would
need to focus on we would only slow down and wait behind that particular parked
car if there's a vehicle coming from this direction okay and then after that
car's gone then we would you know with your indicator still on you would check
your mirror up to see if anyone's are overtaking you and a parked car look
over your shoulder and then pass and then indicate left you would then look
over your shoulder and crossover to the left okay so sometimes
we have comments well there was no driver in a car so yeah okay so we we
get your point okay so and we agree that you know if you paid attention you know
to understand yeah there's no driver in the particular
car and it's it's extremely unlikely it's going to move while you are
overtaking that particular vehicle but from the assessment point of view the
Assessors would still want to see that you you know the level of your awareness
is up to scratch okay so because you're still an inexperienced driver
unless you are upgrading to c-class well you know some people who you know are
converting their overseas driver's licenses so as you get closer you would
indicate right okay and then you would check your rear view mirror to see if
someone else is overtaking your vehicle and them in a sort of a bit of a rushed
manner and then after checking your mirror providing that there was no-one
in the process of passing you and that particular car then check your check
over your shoulder so look at your blind spot briefly sometimes people ask
us why would I check the blind spot well there could have been a driveway right
there it could have been a car coming out of that driveway and if you
committed to overtaking and that car started to turn at the same time you
might might as well collide there in the middle somewhere okay
so for those reasons you know try to ensure that the Assessor
in the driving assessment sees that the level of observing is adequate and
there's no need that they should intervene or you know you've got to
understand their point of view as well that day you may walk out with your
license in your pocket and it's it's a huge responsibility if someone doesn't
satisfy criteria technical side of the things is not as important but safety is
number one and you're gonna have to show to that Assessor that you can drive
safely without causing any potential danger on roads for yourself and
others. So back again to the top five most common driving tests fails so number
five was level railway crossings just make sure that your car can fit before
you commit inside that particular intersection number four was turning
right at the major intersection without the green arrow number three was stop
signs just make sure you fully stop so you would stop even if there's no
traffic at all number two was the roundabouts which a lot of people dread
because it's never the same situation there's always something different
sometimes pedestrians involved there's sometimes people turning from the
opposite direction, sometimes you know the visibility of the right-hand
side isn't that great and people sort of struggle seeing it and you know if you
don't anticipate from the distance you you are less likely to be able to
proceed without major hiccups and number one was overtaking parked vehicles on
residential streets plan early indicate early look at the mirror early and check
your blind spot on time get around once you pass the vehicle indicate left check
your mirror see if the car that you've passed started to move look over your
shoulder just to make sure that nothing's changed
Thank you for watching and we will see you in the next video