Congratulations on clicking on this video. Now you have much greater chances of passing your
driving assessment here in Kelmscott. If you watch this entire video, your chances will increase even
further because you will know where to come to practice. In this section of the car park,
you have about 25 allocated bays for driving tests which is one of the reasons that most learner
drivers going for their driving test prefer this particular place. In this office, they don't
do registration paperwork or anything else. It's reserved for driving tests, and that's why the car
park is never too busy. It's best to reverse park in any of these bays, so you drive out forward
when you come out with the assessor. Don't turn right, don't turn against the arrows. It's easy to
follow the arrows, and that way, you're definitely not going to make a mistake. The examiner will not
trick you by asking you to turn the wrong way, and then as a result, they fail you immediately
without even exiting the car park. So if you mix left and right, you're allowed to ask the assessor
to repeat. Now when you're exiting the car park, make sure that you don't miss any pedestrians,
so if there are any pedestrians crossing where there are pedestrian crossings, you've got to
give way to them. Also, when you exit the car park when you're turning, so that's anywhere where you
turning, if there's a pedestrian about to cross in front of you, you would have to give way to them.
So you'll turn left or right on Gillam Drive in Kelmscott, and this this is a 60 zone. A lot
of people believe it's a 50 zone, and sometimes they lose points for flow. If you go down towards
7-eleven service station, it's likely they're going to take you to the IGA and Aldi car park,
which is only about a few minutes away. Later on, in this video, you're going to have opportunity
to see other car parks, such as Coles car park, which is a little bit trickier than the
Aldi and IGA, but the purpose of this tutorial is to make you more aware and familiar with the area
where they potentially might be taking it to. In one of the future videos, we're going to address
the technical issues about parking, and you know, low-speed maneuvers in general and exercises.
In this video, I'm going to use screen indicators only for roundabouts, so you know when to indicate
when you're exiting roundabouts because when you're turning when there's a normal turn,
it's pretty straightforward, and it's very logical that, you know, we need to indicate about
three to five seconds worth of blinking prior to any turn. So just stick to that. You should get at
least about between five and eight flashes before you start to turn. That way, you would communicate
to the other road users what your intentions are. I'll explain this particular roundabout when
you're coming from a different direction where there's lanes specifying which way you can turn.
So if you're coming from the opposite direction from Aldi and IGA carpark, you would have to line
up in the left-hand side lane in order to turn left, but I'll show you that in a minute anyway. I
hope that you find useful the speed limits and the Google map that I put in this particular video.
That way, you're gonna know what the speed limits are. Now, if you go slightly above the speed
limit, that's fine, okay, so they would give you a speed warning if it's within five kilometres over,
but if it happens a lot more than once, like if you're doing 65 in a 60 zone more than a
few times, so you know, you do really need to pay attention to it very closely. Be aware that the
speed limits shown in this particular video may not be the indication of the true speed limit on
the day of your driving assessment. Sometimes they modify speed limits for various reasons. It could
be roadworks. I'll show you later on in this video where there's actual road works happening without
the signage stating that it should be 40. Even when that's the case, you should keep 40 even if
there's no signs until you pass the personnel, you know, the people that are, you know, doing
the road works or if there's an ambulance or even cops. If there's people walking around it, you
should slow down to 40 until you pass that zone, and then you can increase to whatever the normal
speed limit on that road is. On the left-hand side here, you would have seen a few cars parked on the
side of the road, so it's not excluded that you will do the reverse parallel parking in
Kelmscott. It is very rare, but we had a lot of people who had to perform reverse parallel park
in Kelmscott. So our advice is, know how to do it, be pretty good at it, be able to do it nine out of
ten times okay, and that way you're not gonna have a problem with it. One of the major issues
that people face is approach speed. If you know you're going to be turning left, you've got to
slow down. Left turns are sharper and closer, so for that reason, we've got to significantly slow
down. We recommend about 20 kilometres an hour or less, depending on the situation. If there's a car
that's exiting the car park, it might be a bit too tight. You have to give way to pedestrians.
In this car park, a lot of people come back from their driving tests prematurely as a result of not
giving way to pedestrians. There are pedestrians frequently in this particular shopping centre.
Not only that you have to give way to people where there's a marked pedestrian crossing,
but you have to give way to people where you're turning as well, so whenever you are turning,
and there's a pedestrian attempting to step in front of you you've got to give way to them.
When you approach roundabouts, always anticipate the traffic from a distance, so you will know
if you are preparing to stop or preparing to take the turn. It will make your driving a lot easier,
and it's going to prevent loss of points for flow because if you check too late
and if you have to stop even if there was no, you know, a car coming from your right inside or
from the opposite direction for that matter, you would lose points for flow. So check before you
get there so you can make a little plan and you can sort of have an anticipation in place where,
you know, obviously you'd be able to plan more precisely what happens in the next few seconds.
This is a tricky roundabout and tricky turn that I mentioned before.
It's a roundabout just opposite the 7-elleven service station, but you've got to understand
that there's only a left turn from the left lane. So if the assessor asks you to turn left you have
to be in the left lane in order to turn left, so if for any reason you ended up in the right lane,
you should move over to the left lane before you make your left turn. This is a little car
park where the assessors occasionally bring candidates to do the reverse
parking. It's pretty quiet most of the day, and it's also a great place to come
and practice your parking. Avoid going to the licensing centre car park to practice parking,
because you could potentially congest the car park, and make it harder for the for
the learner drivers candidates who are, you know, starting and finishing their driving tests there.
Never step on the white solid unbroken lines that are dividing directions.
Obviously here in the car park and you know a lot of times, just about 20 meters or so,
before any traffic lights or major intersections, even roundabouts such as here.
So, never step on a white solid line unless there's an emergency. Now, we're heading to Coles
carpark, which is sometimes one of the places where the assessor will bring you to randomly,
and there are also white painted lines specifying directions, and reportedly a lot of people fail
in this particular carpark. So ensure that you check everything, you know, that you don't go
against the arrows and that you don't go too wide and cut too many corners in the car park.
That way, you will ensure that you score the maximum amount of points for your path. As you can
see, the car in front of us was turning into the service station, and they cut into the red-painted
median strip, which is perfectly legal, in case you're wondering if that's correct or not.
Once again, watch your approach speed because when you're turning, even if it's not left,
this is a right turn. We still need to slow down significantly, so ensure that you're not fast on
approach because a lot of times, the assessors are forced to intervene by using their dual brakes,
or if you're using a private vehicle to do your driving assessment, they pull the handbrake on.
This car park is usually a little bit busier than the one that we went previously to,
and there are also a few pedestrian crossings. We have a lot of reports by people who didn't
make it, often they say the pedestrian came out of nowhere. Reportedly the traffic is a
lot busier here on Thursdays and Fridays between midday and late afternoon hours.
Don't ignore white painted arrows because if you go too wide or if you cut the corners,
your driving test may be terminated immediately. Also, in this car park,
a lot of times people get confused when they exit on this side, and you've got to partially go
through the service station, but this is the only exit in this particular situation.
Once again, do not think that assessor is trying to trick you by asking you to turn the wrong way,
and they fail you as a result of doing that. So that will never happen. So watch the arrows.
If you're unsure what they're asking you to do, feel free to ask them to repeat.
Let's explore the other side a little bit, so we're going to pass the licensing centre,
so it's going to be on our right-hand side shortly. Now we're going to pass the entrance
of the driving test centre, and then we're going to proceed down towards Railway Parade.
We're going to turn right at Railway Parade, and then we're going to go down towards Armadale road
where there's a tricky railway crossing that, you know, can be very congested, and if you
end up stranded inside the railway crossing in inside of the yellow painted zone more precisely,
you will definitely fail on the spot and look you know, that's something that we can't risk in
everyday life not even once. I can't stress enough how important it is that you never
let it happen, not once in a lifetime. So never ever, under no circumstances,
get stranded inside of the yellow painted zone at a level railway crossing.
So here it is. So, in the morning hours, if you're doing a test between 7 and 10 a.m,
it's probably going to be congested. Every car that's in front of you must clear the
yellow painted zone, so remember the rhyme don't commit unless your car can fully fit. If someone's
beeping you from behind because they don't understand what's happening, just ignore them.
Shortly we're going to have some road works but there are no specified speed limit signs.
Sometimes, they don't put the speed limit signs, but if there are road works,
you can't travel faster than 40 kilometers an hour until you pass that particular point.
That would include ambulances if there's personnel walking around the vehicle,
fire brigade, or police officers. If it's clear that something's happening that you might endanger
somebody by going faster, you must slow down to 40 kilometers an hour and obey rules that are not
written on the signs. If you do otherwise in your driving assessment, you will fail on the spot.
If there's a vehicle turning in front of you and there's not enough space to
overtake it on the left-hand side, make sure that you don't get too close to that vehicle,
so we must be a minimum of two seconds from any car that's in front.
Every part of that vehicle must clear before you proceed.
So
if your first vehicle at the traffic lights, make sure that you check left and right to see
if anyone's attempting to beat the red light on their side. It is extremely important, and you
get judged for it in your driving assessment. Now we've got a merge here, so make sure you indicate
right and check your blind spot where there's merging traffic. All components of merging safely,
looking at your rearview mirror, indicating right and checking your blind spot are extremely
important. Including the path and your flow as well. So do not miss to check the blind spot,
because a lot of people don't check the blind spot thinking that they've kept an eye on the mirror
the whole time and, you know, for that reason there's no need for them to check the blind spot.
But oftentimes, there are people who are attempting to overtake you while you're
merging. So be very careful. In this area here, there are lots of school zones. So if you're doing
a test between 7 30 and 9 00 am on the school day, or 2 30 to 4 pm, make sure you drive 40 in
that particular zone. Do not increase the speed until it says end of school zone. It is possible
that they ask you to do reverse parallel parking. If they do, observe well, watch your posture, how
you're seated behind the wheel, extend your body a little bit, cover as many angles as possible and
also, if you have a reverse camera, do not overuse it. Check out our other videos on reversing, you
know, parallel parking and reversing posture. What do I mean by not overusing the reverse camera?
Don't fixate your eyes on camera only. You have to check all the angles. You have to check between
the seats, you have to check the rearview mirror, and you have to check the side mirrors. I'll put
those videos in the description. As you could see in this video, this is why people prefer Kelmscot
licensing centre to go for the driving tests because it's not too congested, it feels like
a semi-rural area, carparks are relatively easy to handle, but if you come down here to practice,
just explore the entire area within sort of I'd say, within five kilometres or so and do the
exercise left something behind. You know, you can pick any side street, you know, there's no fixed
route, but this is a great overview. We covered most common carparks, we covered
that tricky roundabout opposite the 7-11 service station, railway crossing down on Armadale Road,
which people find a bit, you know, challenging, you know, a lot of people freak out thinking oh
how am I going to go through that at like 7 30 in the morning. I'll put a separate video in
the description of how to handle level railway crossings, and you know where to stop and why.
So check that out as well. As always, please feel free to give us any suggestions. What sort
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