- Hi there, Smart Drivers.
Rick from Smart Drive Test talking to you tonight
about eight reasons that you will fail
your driver's test, either outright
or you will accumulate enough demerits
that you're not going to be successful
on your driver's test.
Stick around. We'll be right back with that information.
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There's two ways that you can fail a driver's test.
The first way is outright automatic fail.
You commit a dangerous action.
You strike a fixed object.
For example, you are doing parallel parking with cones.
You strike one of the cones.
That's an automatic fail on a driver's test.
So if you're backing into a parking space
and you back into the concrete barrier,
that is an automatic fail on your driver's test.
If you commit a dangerous action.
I've had Smart Drivers in the last few weeks ask me,
in fact, "What is a dangerous action?"
A dangerous action is any action that you commit
that potentially could lead to a collision,
a crash, that you could be involved in a crash.
It's a dangerous action.
You are closer than three feet to a pedestrian, for example.
That is a dangerous action
because you don't have enough buffer of space.
So, outright fail is one way
that you can fail your driver's test.
The other way that you can fail your driver's test
is accumulation of points.
Every time that you have something
that's not up to standard in terms of driving,
for example, your turn is too wide,
you're going to be assigned 10 points.
If you're wandering in your lane, you're,
and you touch the fog line, for example,
that's another 10 points.
So the second way that you can fail your driver's test
is by demeriting out.
And most drivers tests, I think it's around 35 points
that you're allowed for a driver's test.
First impressions on a driver's test.
And I've heard some people say that,
"No, I'm not going to clean my car."
"I'm going to go down and do my test."
Well, if the driving examiner gets in the car
and it's like this, the foot wells are full of junk
and fast food containers, I can guarantee you
that is not going to leave a good impression
on the driving examiner,
especially right now,
during the days of COVID,
you must have a clean vehicle.
So I really recommend that the night before,
if you're taking your own vehicle,
take it down and wash it.
This was the new video this week, the DMV test.
So if you are studying for your learner's permit,
definitely have a look for this video.
And as I said, there's the Master one,
which is 150 questions.
The first reason that you will not be successful
in your driving test is you do not have good control
of the primary controls of the vehicle.
The second reason is lane positioning.
You are not able to hold the vehicle in the lane.
You're bouncing off the fog line.
You're bouncing off the center line.
You're sitting on, you're not sitting
in the center of the lane.
You're either on the right or on the left.
The number six, you're being too cautious
on a driver's test.
And yes, being too cautious is just as bad
as being too aggressive.
So, if you were driving around five miles an hour
under the speed limit for the duration
of your driver's test,
you're not going to be successful on your driver's test.
Number five, you don't have good observation.
And unfortunately, I've had, (Rick chuckles)
I've had a couple of Smart Drivers come back
in the last couple of weeks
who have failed their driver's test
because they didn't shoulder check.
And one driver said that they had, you know,
experience from another country
and they took one of the driver's tests
here in North America, and unfortunately,
they did not pass their driver's test
because they did not have enough shoulder checks.
So, shoulder checking, looking far down the road,
monitoring gauges, looking out the rear window
when you're reversing.
Yes, you can use a backup camera.
Yes, you can use your mirrors,
but as your primary line of sight, when reversing,
you have to be looking out the rear window.
Road signs - actions contrary to road signs.
So you failing, adjust, to adjust speeds
according to the signs.
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So, if you don't know what the speed limit is,
go over to the Smart Drive Test website
to the frequently asked questions
and figure out for your state or province
what the posted speed limit is, if you don't know.
For example, the state of New York,
in residential areas,
the speed limit is 25 miles per hour.
Striking a fixed object - and I talked about this
during the introduction, turning, parking and maneuvering.
There's only three states in the US
where you don't have to parallel park.
And if you read any information about any rubbish,
because I saw two or three websites this week,
I was looking up some information, that said,
"Oh, it's, it," you know,
"It's, it's required that you parallel park,"
"but you don't really have to do it"
"for your parking, for your driver's test."
And that is absolute bunk.
The only states that you don't have to do parallel parking
are California, Maryland, and Ohio.
And the, trust me, (Rick chuckles)
what they get you to do in California
and what they get you to do in Ohio
are way harder exercises than parallel parking.
As well, if you go to any metropolitan city,
eventually you're going to have to learn
how to parallel park.
So why don't you just learn
and become a safer, smarter driver
right off the hop anyway, and learn
how to parallel park? (siren wailing)
I just, I can't advocate that enough.
Dangerous action. We also talked about that.
Dangerous action is any time that a crash
could potentially be imminent
because you executed a dangerous action:
closer than three feet to a pedestrian,
backing up in an intersection.
If the examiner intervenes
because you're committing a dangerous action
or a crash is imminent,
automatic fail on your driver's test.
And the number one reason
that you're going to fail your driver's test
is because you don't know what's on the driver's test.
You don't know where they're going to parallel park.
Whether they're going to three-point turn,
you don't know where the schools are.
You don't know whether you're parallel parking
out on the street or you don't know
whether you're parallel parking with cones
and you haven't practiced in the test center
and backed up in the parking spaces at the test center.
So these are the reasons
that you are going to fail your driver's test.
Top 10 automatic fails on a driver's test.
Also the most common mistakes on driver's tests.
And both of those will help you to be successful
on passing your driver's test.
You have to put collision on it.
If you have financing on the vehicle
and you have a car payment,
every month you're going to have to make a car payment.
And if that happens, then you have to put
collision on your vehicle.
It's a requirement of the financing.
As soon as you put collision on your vehicle,
your insurance is now twice as much.
So, for example, without collision,
if your insurance is $1,500 a year,
and then you put collision on your vehicle,
now your insurance is going to be $3,000 a year.
Jim, some of the DMVs are now moving back
to the on-road driving test.
Some are still doing the closed circuit testing.
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