Welcome to Driving School WA YouTube channel. We're here at Joondalup licensing centre
and we're going to go through one of the potential test routes that you might be going through when
you go for your driving assessment here in Joondalup. It's important to take some notes
out of this video such as speed limits, double roundabouts, merging traffic, a lot of one-way
turns and one-way streets, reverse parallel parking and parking in general. We're exiting
the car park that's located opposite the licensing centre at Joondalup and uh we're turning right on
Boas Avenue so don't forget to stop at a stop sign. A significant number of learner drivers
roll over the stop line and as a result, they fail at the beginning stages of their driving
assessment. There are a lot of roundabouts in the area see that driver in the dark car indicated way
too early so you should never rely on indicators. You've got to check their position, their distance
and the speed so you can anticipate what their actions will be in the next couple of seconds or
so. Always check speed limits and make sure that you don't exceed the speed limit because that
would represent immediate fail. Speed limits can change sometimes you know it could be road works
and they sometimes change the speed limit after the modification of certain roads and we always
recommend a long lesson on the day before your driving assessment when you can check every speed
limit, any potential modification, roadworks, school zones so you ensure that you don't let
something important slip your mind. Anticipate double roundabouts from a distance because you
have to know if there's traffic approaching and if you're preparing to slow down to stop. Also,
be mindful of solid unbroken white lines. You will usually find them here in Joondalup around traffic
lights and they would usually go for about two or three lengths of the car. Also, you will find them
near the intersections that are not controlled by traffic lights and you shouldn't cross them
because you may potentially interfere with the traffic that's coming from the opposite direction.
You have to recognize if you can turn only one way because this is the most important thing at least,
you know, by the number of the reports that we have that somebody turned or attempted to turn
the wrong way. The examiner will not try and trick you because that's against the law. Now,
sometimes they may not say to turn left or right because they will assume that you as a
driver who's about to get their driver's licence, should know and should immediately recognize where
there's a sign clearly stating one way. If you're approaching a double roundabout you've got to make
sure that you are in the correct lane because if you're turning left you would have to be in the
left lane, if you're turning right you would have to be in the right lane. The assessor will not
separately ask you to change lanes because that is your responsibility. So if they said I'd like
you to turn right at the roundabout, you will have to change lanes without them actually specifically
asking you to do so. In this situation, you can't step on the white solid line on the right-hand
side because that would be immediate fail. Avoid cutting corners even in the residential
areas where there are no lines specifying where you should be. So just go nicely around without
cutting corners. Here is one of many situations where you can only turn left so it's very obvious,
solid white arrow and also make sure you give way to pedestrians whenever you are turning.
A lot of people question what about if there's no pedestrian crossing, so even if there's no
pedestrian crossing when you're turning you've got to give way to pedestrians. When you stop behind
the stationary vehicle at the traffic lights make sure that you can see their rear tyres clearly. Here
we've got a wide-angle camera it seems that I'm a lot further than that. If there's a truck or a
bus you would stay a little bit further, roughly around one, one and a half lengths of your car.
Joondalup driving test route is probably the most diverse route in Perth. You've got one-way roads,
you have merges and double roundabouts and you've got tiny laneways and you've got unusual layouts
of car parks, so if you pass your driving test in Joondalup you must be well prepared. It's a lot
more difficult to fluke it such as, reportedly, in some regional driving test centres. By the way,
we don't recommend to anyone to travel hundreds of kilometres to do the driving assessment in the
regional driving test centre. Firstly because you will have to know all the difficult stuff, which
you may not encounter if you're driving in in a rural area. So you're not going to have multi-lane
roundabouts and you know, merges everywhere, high frequency of pedestrians getting out of
the shopping centres and opportunities to park, reverse park in different ways such as reverse
parallel parking, reverse bay parking to the left, to the right or even forward parking between the
two cars on the left which is generally a lot more difficult. Change your mindset if you can,
so don't wish that things were easier wish you were better. There are an enormous amount
of places in Joondalup where you can do the reverse parallel parking. It's generally easy
as long as your observation skills are up to scratch. So if the car appears from behind and
you're in the process of reverse parallel parking you would stop and wait until they pass you. Make
sure that you use your mirrors, that you use your reverse camera if you've got one but don't overuse
your reverse camera. You have to combine your side mirrors, your rear view mirrors, turn your head
multiple times, left, right, rear window. Your posture behind the wheel must be adequate as well,
so you can't sink into the seat and expect that you can cover all the angles. So improve your
field of view and that way it's less likely that you're going to let somebody sleep your eye.
Some streets in Joondalup can seem that they might be one way because they're too narrow,
but you can see the cars, you can see the parked vehicles in this particular street so that would,
you know, be a good reassurance that you're not going the wrong way. See, there's a cyclist's lane
on the left-hand side, if you're coming up to an intersection and you're turning, if you don't slow
down significantly there's no need to check the blind spot. But if the speed fluctuates you may
need to check the blind spot to see if there's a cyclist that potentially caught up with you
and is about to overtake you. Flow plays an important role in your driving assessment,
so if you're driving in a 60 zone you shouldn't be 10 kilometres under. A lot of people report
that they got failed for losing too many points for flow. So try to be as close as possible to
the speed limit without exceeding it. Also, don't over speed when you're turning 90-degree corners.
Usually, you'd be travelling around 20 to 25 kilometres an hour, but you have to be a lot
more cautious when you're entering car parks. Even though it's the 90-degree corner you've got to be
a lot more cautious because it's less space and you have to consider other traffic exiting the car
park. So always drive to the conditions. Stopping for shopping can be reverse parking, reverse
parallel parking or even forward parking. So don't be surprised if your assessor says just park
forward anywhere. If you do a standard reverse bay parking use the three-line guide that way
you can be more accurate and also just make sure that your field of view is adequate. Reversing
posture is important as well because the better you are positioned when you're reversing the more
and better you're going to be able to observe. Check all the angles and if there's somebody to
give way to just wait or if the driver that's behind you, gestures to you to continue, it may
be okay to do that, but still keep an eye on them throughout the process of your maneuver. Use your
indicators it's a common courtesy, you're letting everyone know what your intention is. We call them
indicators because we indicate our intention. When you're about to reverse park, you would indicate,
if you're reversing on the left, you would indicate left but when you stop you would
switch off the indicator prior to beginning your maneuver. They changed that rule back in October
of 2017 when they changed the logbook rules, which is not the case in most parts of the world.
The white solid line that's just in front of us represents the dividing line for cyclists' lane.
So do give way to cyclists before you proceed. It is legal to cross the cyclists' lane like in this
situation if you were about to turn to this street or if you wanted to reverse parallel park behind
that vehicle, but you may need to check your blind spot to ensure that you're not interfering
with the path of the cyclist. We have a separate video on that topic so you might check that out.
Once again, we're coming out of the car park that's located opposite the licensing centre
at Joondalup. You've got to stop at the stop line and then you might turn right here which
is Boas Avenue, and you might go all the way down to the car park to perform the exercise stopping
for shopping first and then you would proceed with your driving sections and exercise left something
behind. It's usually not congested around here. If you don't know the speed limit always stick
to the default 50 kilometres an hour because some of the roads don't have speed limit signs. Also,
I have to mention that if there are road works without any signage, so if there's
no 40 kilometers an hour signs, you would still have to do a maximum of 40 kilometres an hour.
Reportedly, a lot of driving test candidates do reverse parallel parking on this street.
Be aware that some assessors can ask you to reverse parallel park and then to remember
that particular spot where you parked and then to drive off and to return to the same spot.
So, that would be exercise left something behind and potentially stopping for shopping at the same
time. This is a great place to practice parking, reverse parking, forward parking
because it's pretty quiet most of the time and there's no restrictions how long you can stay.
Sometimes we have reports that the instructors or private supervisors allow learner drivers to be
inside of the car and practice reverse parking or forward parking while the supervisor is standing
or walking outside and guiding them where to turn and what to do. Just to let everyone know that
is against the law and no instructor or private supervisor should do that under no circumstances.
As you can see this particular street doesn't have markings but you can easily judge whether it's the
two-way or one-way because there's cars parked on the opposite side facing the opposite direction.
When you're approaching roundabouts always anticipate traffic from the distance,
that way you're gonna know if you're slowing down a stop or if you're getting ready to proceed.
Always use your indicators promptly and correctly, when you exit you've got to indicate left because
you have to let other drivers know that you're no longer proceeding towards their direction.
When you see drivers stepping out of their cars be extra cautious because they might not be aware
of your presence. This video was shot during a peak hour traffic, so it would have been about
4 30 4 45 pm and as you can see, according to the density of traffic Joondalup is probably
one of the easiest places to pass your driving assessment. When you're turning on the road with
multiple lanes, always go to the left lane unless you know that you're going to be turning right
shortly. There are so many spots to perform reverse parallel parking so my advice is that you
don't hope that you're not going to get asked to do the reverse parallel parking. Practice as much
as you possibly can and you're going to become better every single time. Same as with standard
parking you have to observe well, you've got to look at your rear window, you have to check your
side mirrors, your rear view mirror, you can use your reverse camera but don't overuse it.
I've mentioned it a few times, but people do fail for overusing the reverse camera. What it means,
they fixate their eyes to the reverse camera and they don't check the mirrors or windows.
When exiting these types of car parks you've got to indicate your intention where you're going.
Also, if it's a little bit heavier traffic and if you can't squeeze through to the turning lane,
you will have to wait, like in this situation. Now, given that we've stopped and if there's a
cyclist travelling in the cyclists' lane on our left before we cross over to the turning lane
we've got to check the blind spot to see if there is a cyclist that we may potentially interfere
with as we are transiting through the cyclists' lane. Some main roads in Joondalup such as Grand
Boulevard seem like they might be 60 zone but this is certainly 50 so check the speed limits
everywhere. If you perform your driving test to the standard and you are just about to pass even
in the last minutes or seconds of your driving assessment, you can fail by exceeding a maximum
speed limit. So be careful, check things out before you start your driving assessment because
they can intermittently change the speed limits due to road works or if you're doing your driving
assessment during school times Monday to Friday 7 30 to 9 00 am and 2 30 to 4 pm in the afternoon.
It's a good indication that you may have passed if you've been out in the test for longer than
30 minutes. But don't make any analysis until you park the car and switch the engine off. So you've
got to park your car so listen carefully, don't celebrate prematurely, so if the assessor asks
you, just park anywhere, pick the easiest spot. Just go forward in one of the bays,
doesn't matter where it is, don't waste too much time picking the spot. Sooner the better unless
the examiner asks you to park in a specific bay and in a specific way. Please feel free to ask
any questions in the comments below. Don't forget to hit the like button so that YouTube recommends
our content more frequently. Thank you for watching and I'll see you in the next video.