Welcome to Driving School WA tutorials. Is it possible to pass a driving assessment
by just using a driving instructor's vehicle on the day of your driving assessment and without
any professional driving lessons? So can you pass the driving assessment with no professional
driving lessons and one single lesson prior to your driving assessment on the day of your test?
From our experience, we've been in the industry since 2001
it's almost impossible to meet the criteria set by the Department of Transport unless you are
familiar with all the procedures that form part of every practical driving assessment
here in Western Australia. It's difficult to perform well if your knowledge of procedures is
either inadequate or limited. So you gotta you know know pretty well how and what to do.
Here is how your driving test is assessed and what you must know in order to succeed, in order
to pass your driving test. First of all if you opt to use a private vehicle make sure you get to the
to the test center 15 minutes early at least, have all the necessary paperwork and most importantly
don't forget your ID which is your learner's permit in in most cases. If you are more than five
minutes late you will not be assessed and you will lose the test entitlement which means you will
have to pay to book the next driving test. If you have a medical certificate from your doctor that
validates your late cancellation and you know or that you didn't show up for your driving test you
will have to submit it to your nearest Department of Transport office and they will reinstate your
test entitlement, so that way you're not going to have to pay any extra to rebook.
Here is how your driving is assessed on the day of your driving test. The following items would be
automatic fail. If the assessor has to intervene to avoid a potentially dangerous situation
that would be an automatic fail. If you disobey a regulatory sign or marking so that that involves
lines and traffic lights and everything between. If you travel over the speed limit so you've got
to be within the speed limit it is very important, and one of the most common reasons people fail.
If you disobey any traffic regulation that immediately or potentially threatens safety.
If you fail to respond to any crisis that would normally be anticipated by experienced drivers.
if you cause any crisis or potential crisis as a result of your actions which is most
likely something that you would do out of being unprepared. You have to understand that assessors
do not trick you into doing something that's illegal potentially, such as asking you to turn
wrong why and you know and similar stuff and then as a result they fail, so they do not do that and
that is against the law for them to do it. During a driving assessment, the examiner will assess
all of the seven criteria points. So they are, looking, signaling, flow, movement,
path, responsiveness and vehicle management. They will also judge how well you combine all of these
components and you know how how's your decision making as well so all of those skills will
obviously be determining factor whether you pass or fail your driving test. Every practical driving
assessment has five sections here in Western Australia. Three of the sections are driving
sections where you simply follow directions given by the assessors you know so it's sort of point to
point driving uh places you visit are random so there's no set driving test route. So you know
you could watch a lot of videos where you know it'll give you a good idea where you're going
to go but there's no set driving test route. Two of the sections are exercises where you will have
to perform a combination of low and high-speed maneuvers we have separate videos about exercise
left something behind and stopping for shopping so you can check those out. Before you perform these
exercises the assessor will explain to you what you need to do but they will not explain how you
need to do it, because they're not instructors you know and they never offer help. Also, any verbal
intervention by the assessor can be automatic fail depending on the nature of that intervention
For example if they say oh you've got to switch the indicator off if you indicated too early and
you're not turning on the street where there's a car standing, and a driver obviously can be
misled by your actions and you know that is one of the situations where your test might be terminated
if they give you a verbal intervention. So what happens at the end of the practical
driving assessment? At the end of the assessment regardless of whether it has been discontinued
or not you will find out the verdict whether you passed or failed when you switch off the engine
and when you come back to the office. Don't ask if you passed or failed before you come back to the
driving test centre, only concentrate on what you're doing at any particular point in time as
you're driving as you easily might miss something important by thinking about something else,
even if you're driving perfectly up until that time. Now if your question is can you pass your
driving test without any professional lessons if you're only using driving schools car and you know
the short lesson with the instructor just an hour or you know a short time before your test. I'm
sorry to disappoint you, but the chances are very slim. I always say that repetition is a mother of
all skills and if you're doing the first practice session with an instructor on the day of your
driving test maybe an hour before maybe a little bit longer I wouldn't really be so confident that
that person will pass. So how will you benefit from this video and the information I provided
here? Make some notes if you're serious about getting your license without going multiple times.
You've got to have a good understanding of how you need to execute all of these tasks
that I've just mentioned. Practice as much as you possibly can with both your instructors or private
supervisors depending on you know your budget, and at least do a mock test a couple of days before
your driving assessment that way you're going to know if you can pass or not. This shouldn't
be a discouragement for people who are attending their driving assessment without too much
practice, so try to do everything to the best of your ability and obviously as much as your budget
allows you. So you know that way you will at least increase your chances of passing. Watching video
tutorials is pretty good but look it's not a substitute for practising, so you know you've
got to do a serious amount of practice in order to pass. So if you've got any questions, feel free
to ask us down in the comments below. Thank you for watching and I'll see you in the next video