Hi there smart drivers, Rick with Smart Drive Test.
Ooooooohhh, its test day. You can feel the
jitters, you can feel the anxiety.
Yes indeed! I had a comment from
Saber-toothed, he wanted me to do a mock
road test to show him and others what
they needed to do on road test day. On a road
test, remember the first principle:
breathe - in through the nose, out through
the mouth, and breathe all the way to
your navel. [DEMONSTRATING THE BREATHING TECHNIQUE]
This will help you to relax. It will help
you to relieve some of the tension and
some of the anxiety that you're going to
feel on test day. If you can relax you're
going to do better on your test. And I
know all about the jitters and all about
the anxiety because I've done no less
than a dozen road tests: different higher
class licenses, my car license when I was
16, and I had to do two or three tests
when I got my instructors license. Every
time I was anxious. Now keep in mind that
for the purposes of your road test, your
job is to take away the examiners right
to fail you.
That's all you have to do - nothing more,
nothing less.
And if you practice, practice, practice,
up until road test day, you're going to
do what you practice, and that's not
going to be a hard job. So stick around,
we're going to do a mock road test. We'll be
right back with that information.
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Hi there smart driver welcome back. Rick with smart
drive test talking to you today about
how to do a mock road test. The first
thing you need to do, is you need to show
up at least 45 minutes to 30 minutes
early for your appointment because you
have to go into the driving licensing
center and you have to check in. Now when
you come to the licensing center, make
sure that you bring identification -
you're going to need at least two pieces
of identification, and what I tell
students is to bring three pieces of
identification in case for whatever
reason one piece isn't accepted. So bring
three pieces of identification and don't
forget your money.
Yes, it's not free! You have to pay a fee,
whether you're at the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles), the MTO (Ministry of Transportation of Ontario) in
Ontario, or ICBC (Insurance Corporation of British Columbia) here in British Columbia.
So make sure you bring money. As well,
before you leave in the morning, whether
you're with the school or you're taking
your own vehicle, make sure you do a
pre-trip inspection on your vehicle
before you show up for road test day.
Make sure all the lights are working, the
horn is working, the seatbelts are
working, the seats are secure.
Make sure all the rubbish is out of the
car, because you are not going to get an
examiner in your vehicle if you have--you know--
fast food containers up to the knees
in in the footwells of your vehicle.
So make sure you clean it out and keep
it clean.
It's going to leave a better impression
with the examiner. As well, leave Ruffy at
home - don't bring your pets, don't bring
the cat, don't have anybody else in the
vehicle. It is just you and the examiner. So when
you show up to the road test, you go in
and check in. Just one other note about
pre-trip inspection - if you're going with
the driving school, ensure that you ask
the driving instructor if in fact he or
she did do a pre-trip inspection on the
vehicle in the morning, because
oftentimes if you've got a signal our, for
example, or brake light they will not let
you go on a road test. But if you detect
that during the pre-trip inspection
before you show up for your road test
it's easily fixed and you can go for
your road test and it's not going to
create more angst on the day of your
road test. So you go in, check in, wait--often in the vehicle--the examiners
going to come out and find the vehicle - he
or she is going to go through a pre-trip
inspection with you. They're going to get
you to check the signals, the lights, the
windshield wipers and the horn. They're
going to get to do that little mini
pre-trip inspection. Oftentimes, what
they'll do is, they'll tell you to roll
down your window and they'll indicate
what they want you to do: left signal,
right signal, brake lights, those types of
things. If the vehicle doesn't pass a
pre-trip inspection they are not going
to take you out on a road test. And
unfortunately, I've seen that time and
time again waiting at test centers for
students to come back on licenses. And
one of the most awful ones I've seen is
somebody that show up with an Alberta vehicle--
and they're not required to have a plate
on the front in Alberta--they borrow their Uncle's
car or whatever. They show up and because
they don't have aplate on the front, in British
Columbia they can't go for the road test
because it doesn't pass standards that are
set out in policy by that licensing
center. So make sure you do a pre-trip
inspection. I can't stress that enough on
test day when you show up the licensing
center. Oftentimes there's going to be
designated parking - here in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada we
don't have designated parking, it's
street parking. And a lot of the smaller
licensing centers, it's going to be
street parking. They're not gonna have a
parking lot with their own designated
parking.But if they do have designated
parking for licensing exams,
make sure you back into the space
because you're just too nervous at the
beginning of the test. So back into the
space, and if you go with the driving
school they're going to make you
back in any way. That way it gives you a
bit of practice of where you have to
back in -hat way you can drive out at the outset of your test. At
the end of the road test, when you come
back, the driving examiner will make you back into the
space. here in Vernon, BC, Canada, I'm not going to
do that because it's street parking
and they don't have designated parking.
But know that at some of the center's
you're going to have designated parking
so make sure you park there for the
purpose of the road test
so the examiner can find you and take
you out on your road test. One important
note for road test day - if you make a
mistake
keep going. Don't dwell on the mistake
because if you dwell on the mistake
you're going to make more mistakes. So
just let it go - quickly carry on with the
road test. You do not stop until the
examiner--he or she--tells you to stop.
Otherwise just keep going. When you get
back to the examination office they will
indicate whether they saw it or not.
Because sometimes they may not even see
the mistake that you have made. They may
be looking out the window or thinking
about something else.
Oftentimes, there's a chance that
they didn't even see it, so just keep
going.
Again, as I said, we do what we have
practice, so if you practice, practice,
practice, up to road-test, you're going
to be great. As well, what they're going
to do - they're going to get in the
vehicle, the examiner is going to give you the
little spiel - they're going to tell you
that they will give you plenty of advanced
notice of where to turn at the
intersection. Oftentimes, what they're
going to say is, "At the intersection, turn
left." And I'll give you a couple blocks
notice. If it's just an intersection, it's
not a controlled intersection. As well,
they'll say: "At the controlled
intersection, turn right." When they say
"controlled intersection," what they're
doing is getting you to sort out whether
it's a stop sign, a yield, or traffic
light and how to deal with that
situation. And know that if it's a
controlled intersection, it's a stop sign,
a traffic light, or a yield. So that's the
other information that they're going to
give you. The examiner is going to tell you to obey all
traffic signs and obey all laws when
you're driving. So again, it comes back to
my tagline: "Pick the best answer, not
necessarily the right answer." As well, if
you end up with an emergency vehicle on
your road test, STOP, if you're not
already stopped. Make sure you pull over
to the nearest shoulder and stop as soon
as possible. And do the best you can - make
sure you do lots of shoulder checking. And
essentially, what we're going to do is,
we're gonna fire up the cameras here,
we're gonna go for a drive!
Alright, so the examiners gotten in the
car and given you the spiel. Obey all the
traffic signs; he or she will give you plenty of
notice about directions. At the
intersection turn left - turn right. Obey
all the traffic laws, and all the rules.
And he or she has indicated for you to proceed. We're going up
to the intersection and turning right and
then turn left at the next intersection.
So we're going to proceed - mirror, signal,
shoulder check. It is clear to go.
Shoulder check again immediately before
leaving. Mirror, signal, shoulder check
turning right. Moving to the right of our
lane. Stopping just when the stop line moves under
the front of the vehicle. We can't see, so
we're going to proceed forward and treat the intersection
as a yield. I can see -
we're proceeding. We have a pedestrian
walking across the road and we're just going
to slow down until the pedestrian attains
the curb. I'm stopping so the stop
line just rolls under the front of the
vehicle. And we've positioned the vehicle
to the left of our lane, but still right of the centre line.
And again, I can't see because of the
parked vehicles here, so I need to creep
forward.
That vehicle has preceded; the other
vehicle across from me has the
right-of-way. [WAITING] And the person really
doesn't know the traffic rules because
they're going straight. Straight through vehicle have the right-of-way over turning vehicles. And again, I got
caught out here because there was a car
coming. Fortunately there's nobody in the
intersection. And that's going to happen
on your road test. I'm scanning the
railway crossing there. The examiner has
indicated for me to proceed straight
through the controlled intersection here.
Going back to the previous left-turn: you're going to have to move
out into the intersection and some times
you're going to have to stop in the lane.
You're already committed to the
intersection, but you can't pull out
across in front of that car that was
coming.
You couldn't see it in the cameras
because it was coming from the right
side of my vehicle, but
you're going to have to do that: Just
STOP, because you need to give the
right-of-way to other traffic. Or
otherwise you're going to risk a crash.
So here, you can see at the intersection
it's busy. And I stopped so I can see the
tires of the vehicle in front of you
making clear contact with the road. When
you're stopping in traffic that's where
you want to stop.
And if you're driving a manual
transmission,
you cannot roll backwards on a road test.
and it is not North American culture
to put on the handbrake. In the UK (United Kingdom) and
Europe they have a driving culture of
driving manuals where when they stop
they put on the handbrake. We don't do
that in North America. So just know that
difference.
And I have to slow here due to the turning vehicle.
And we're scanning the roundabout to the
left and to the right. And we signal - the
examiners has indicated that he or she wants us to
go straight through. Scanning the
crosswalk,
scanning the crosswalk, scanning the
intersections and assuming 50 kilometers
an hour or 30 miles an hour as you will
be doing in the United States. And I have
temporary work signs here - you can see it
says,
"Prepare to Stop" And we're slowing right
down because we have to do a deviate out
to the right and the flagger has
indicated for me to stop.
I've slowed right down, and again you can see the
playground sign here that's 30
kilometers an hour. So it's 30 kilometers
an hour past the playground. And that is
kind of a deceiving sign because it's a
cautionary sign that warns you of the
playground, but it's a regulatory sign
underneath the bottom of the playground
sign. So you need to make sure that you
do 30 kilometers an hour (20 mph) past the
playground. if you exceed the speed limit
for any length of time, that's an
automatic fail on a road test. We're past
the park now, so we can resume 50
kilometers an hour (30 mph).
The examiner has told us to go left at
the controlled intersection. We' stop
at the stop line. As you can see, the stop
line is quite faded here. Stop the vehicle
when it just rolls underneath the front
of the car.
It's an all-way stop, so we can see all the
traffic has stopped. And we're in a
school zone, which is in effect from 8am
to 5pm. And again, it's 30 kilometers an
hour in the school zone (20 mph).
Scanning the intersection, scanning the
crosswalk - 30 kilometers an hour. The
examiner has indicated to go left at the
controlled intersection.
And we're stopping behind the traffic so
we can see the tires making clear
contact with the pavement. And we need to
come to a complete stop when the stop
line just rolls under the front of
the vehicle. We can't see, so we creep
forward. We have traffic - the way is clear and
we proceed - shoulder checking.
And the examiner has indicated to go
right at the next intersection.
I wasn't sure what that pedestrian was
doing so I covered the brake and
actually slowed down a little bit. Mirror,
signal, shoulder check for the right turn.
Steering through the intersection,
scanning my mirrors, making sure there
isn't any traffic.
The examiner has indicated to go right
at the next intersection.
Mirror, signal, shoulder check and shoulder
check again immediately before turning.
And the examiner has indicated that he
or she wants you to parallel park off
the red truck. And we can see that the
red truck is wide, which indicates that
we're going to have to go deeper into
the space. So we pull up approximately
three feet, just so we can see the back corner in
the back window. I put the transmission into reverse immediately. I activate my
right signal. I pick out my 45° anlge marker, which is the
front door of that house. Scan behind me, and turn the steering wheel
all the way to the right
until I'm facing directly on my 45° mark, which is
right there. I bring the steering wheel
back to straight and back up until I'm
most of the way down the hood on this
one because the truck is really wide.
So right about there - all the way to the
left.
Scanning, scanning, scanning and I'm
straight into space, and I pull forward
until I can just see the top of the
bumper - right there. And I tell the
examiner that I'm done. I secure the
vehicle - into PARK, parking brake on and I
would turn the vehicle off and tell the
examiner that I'm finished. And
usually the examiner will open the door
and see how far you are from the curb. So
that's how you parallel park and now the
examiner will tell you,
"Okay, we're going to resume. Put your foot on the brake pedal, release the
parking brake, put the transmission into reverse for an
automatic and a manual.
Look behind you and you're going to have
to move back, we roll back a bit because we're on a hill.
To leave the space mirror, signal, shoulder check.
Nothing coming - shoulder check
again immediately before proceeding.
And we proceed.
And the examiner has indicated that we
go right at the controlled
intersection. Mirror, signal, shoulder check.
I'm moving to the right of our lane and stopping
so the stop line
just disappears under the front of the
vehicle. I can't see, so I move forward and treat it like a yield.
The way is clear and we can proceed.
And we're approaching a 30 kph, so we slow to 30 kilometers
an hour. And the examiner has told us to
go right again at this STOP sign. And
we're in school zone. And the the school's on the right
there.
We creep out - no one there and we proceed.
And 30 kilometers an hour is the speed
because we're in a school zone.
No one at the crosswalk.
And in British Columbia, they don't put
End school zone signs in, so we look for
the back of the other pentagon sign,
which is right there on the left, which
indicates that we can now resume speed.
And we resume speed to 50 kph (30 mph).
And the examiner has indicated for us to
go left. We turn left here - the way
is clear,
and we can go. And we're going slow because the road
is narrow and there's lots of parked
vehicles. And again, we're back into the
30 kph playground zone
Mirror, signal, shoulder check - the examiner's
told us to go right. We stop so the
stop line just goes under the front
of the vehicle. We can't see so I move forward so I can see.
Okay.
And there's pedestrians in the crosswalk.
And the examiner's told us to go left at
this intersection. And we stop so we can see
the tires of the vehicle making clear
contact on the pavement in front of us.
And it's still 30 kilometers an hour - 30
kilometers an hour through the
playground until w're to the end of the
playground, which is on our left here.
And we have construction workers with
the slow sign, but he's not really paying
attention.
We're still doing 30 kilometers an hour.
It's resumed to 50 kilometers an hour now (30 mph)
that were past
the playground and past the construction
workers.
I'm scanning the intersections - we have a
pedestrian on the left - the pedestrian is
good. The road is clear, and I have a controlled
intersection up here. The examiner has
indicated for us to proceed straight
through. On the other side of the controlled intersection
we have a school zone sign.
It's not a reduced speed, it's
just indicating that there is a school
in the area. The traffic is clear and I've come to
a complete stop, and
we can proceed.
And it's faint here with the road marking. You can
see that there is
a bicycle lane here on the
right and we move over to the left and scanning.
And the examiner has indicated that he
or she wants us to park on the right
here, just past the intersection. Mirror,
signal, shoulder check and we proceed
past the intersection. Mirror, signal,
shoulder check into the space. And
just before the vehicle straightens, we turn the steering wheel all
the way to the right and then all the
way to the left because we're parking
downhill with a curb. And I allow the vehicle to roll into the curb until
the front tire touches the curb. Put the transmission into the first
gear or PARK. Apply the parking brake and tell
the examiner that you're finished.
The examiner will tell you to proceed.
Put your foot on the brake pedal, release the parking brake.
Mirror, signal, shoulder check, and turn the wheels to the
left. And when it is way is clear, we proceed.
It's just starting to
become winter here and the the windows
are becoming fogged up. You may have to
work the defrost controls as I just did
they to keep your vision and being
able to see and communicate to other
drivers.
Mirror, signal, shoulder check, and I'm
stopping so the stop line just rolls
under the front of the vehicle. We bring the vehicle to a complete stop.
We can see and wait for that vehicle
because it's going fairly fast.
Shoulder check immediately before
proceeding, and proceed into the righthand
lane.
I'm going downhill so our speed is going to
accelerate. So we're monitoring our speed -
50 kilometers an hour (30 mph).
50 kilometers an hour or 30 miles an hour
in the city, unless otherwise posted.
Mirror, signal, shoulder check - we have a
pedestrian. The predestrian is looking around
so we're just going to slow down and
make sure that the pedestrian is staying
there. [SCANNING THE INTERSECTION] No vehicles, it's a
yield sign, so we don't have to stop. And
again there are no speed signs along
here, so it's 50 kilometers an hour (30mph) unless
otherwise posted. And it's easy to lose
your speed here because it's downhill
and the traffic flow is much higher than
50 kilometers an hour. So it's important,
especially on a road test, that you
practice these areas because you're
going to get caught out if you start
following traffic or you get distracted.
And you're going to go faster than what
you should and this is the reason that
yes, I'm reshooting this because the
first time I came down here I was
speeding. I was following the other traffic and
was narrating on the camera and not
focusing on my driving and reverted to
social driving.
So it's 50 kilometers an hour! The examiner has
indicated that at the second traffic that he
or she wants us to turn left. And again
I'm speeding! So see, I started following
the traffic and my speed went up. Yet, that's
okay - you're generally not going to lose
demerits for that if you catch
yourself right away and bring your
vehicle back to the posted speed limit.
The examiner will not assign demerits
for that
as long as that he or she knows that
you're controlling the vehicle and
working to attempt to control the speed.
And the examiner's indicated that we're
going to turn left at the next traffic
light. And we need to move over to the
left-hand lane so we turn our signal on
to ask other drivers to help us out. And
again the vehicle behind us has created a
gap for us because we asked to move over. And
we leave our signal on all the way into
the other lane. And we cancel our signal when we get
into the other lane. And the traffic is
stopping and there's somebody here that
wants to turn left - turn right in front
of us. And we're not going to block this intersection.
So we're gonna
stay back.
And the other vehicle has proceeded. The
traffic in front of us is moving forward
and we can proceed.
Remember, it doesn't take any time out of
your day to be nice other people.
And the overhead lane signs indicate
lane use here. The right-hand lane goes
straight through. Mirror, signal, shoulder
check. The examiner indicates that we
want to go right at the next
intersection. We put our right signal on
immediately. Mirror, signal, shoulder check and move
across into the other lane.
Mirror, signal, shoulder check, and shoulder
checking across the bicycle lane. We have a
pedestrian on the island - the traffic
island, but it looks like they're going
the other way.
There's nobody in the crosswalk - the way
is clear. We have a yield sign so we can
proceed.
And it's 50 kilometers an hour (30 mph). The light is
green. The pedestrian is good. Nothing at the
crosswalks, nothing at the intersections.
50 kilometers an hour - I'm travelling at just under 50
kilometers an hour 30 miles an hour in
the United States. Nothing at the
intersection - pedestrians are all good.
The examiner's indicated we want to go right
at the next intersection. Pedestrian is
good.
Mirror, signal, shoulder checking
approximately half a block from the turn.
Moving the vehicle to the right of our lane and
stopping when the stop line is just under
the front of the vehicle.
We're going to move forward so we can
see. If the way is clear we can go, but
we're not proceeding into the
intersection in case pedestrian show up.
Iids are all good - looks like the traffic
is going to clear. And
sometimes you're going to need to lean
forward so you can see the other traffic
without actually moving the vehicle
forward. And the way is clearing. The way is
clear - shoulder check again and we proceed.
The examiner's indicated that we go left at
the intersection. We mirror, signal, shoulder
check into the turning lane as soon as
possible.
And I'm stopping so the front STOP line
rolls just under the front of the
vehicle and we come to a complete stop.
And the way is clear and we proceed.
Mirror, signal, shoulder check into the
parking space.
And pull up, stop, into PARK, parking brake
on. Cancel your signal and turn the vehicle
off. And you are done your road test. And
at this juncture, the examiner will
indicate whether you have passed or
failed and give you feedback. Quick
review of road test day. Remember to
breathe because you're going to be
anxious you're going to be tense. As well,
your job on road test day is to do
nothing more than to take away the
examiners right to fail you.
In other words, if you've practiced--
because driving is not a spectator sport--
and practice well, you're going to do
what you've practiced. For the purposes
of the road test. Speed and space
management are you're two biggest components
of your road test. Maintain the posted
speed limit or the traffic flow,
whichever is less. And stay away from
other traffic, road users, and fixed
objects, and pedestrians. Before you turn when pedestrians are present,
you're going to need one lane of traffic
between you and pedestrians. Stop at the
correct position at stop signed
intersections and obey the speed limits.
Especially when you get into school
zones, it's going to be 30 kilometers an hour (20mph)
or if you get around a playground that
has a speed sign underneath the
playground cautionary sign. It's a kind
of a tricky sign because it's a
cautionary sign with a small rectangular
regulatory sign underneath. Parking, slow
speed maneuvers - don't get too worried if
you're parallel park and you hit the
curb; just pull ahead and adjust the
vehicle. Hill parking - remember the
three-and-one rule: three times it's in
towards the shoulder of the road. The
only time that it's out towards the
center of the road is uphill with a curb.
And if you have a curb, you're going to
secure the vehicle against the curb.
Three-point turns, as well there's
another video here on the channel. So
those are your main slow speed maneuvers
that you're going to have to do. U-turns,
three-point turns, parallel park and
hill parking. Otherwise speed and space
management, stopping at controlled and
uncontrolled intersections - you don't
have to stop uncontrolled intersections
if the way is clear, but speed and space
management. Prove that you're safe and as
I said, if you're not taking driving
lessons go out and do a mock road test
with a driving school before road test
day.
They will be able to identify the
weaknesses in your preparation for road
test and you'll be able to
fix that and strengthen that. As well,
shoulder check, shoulder check, shoulder
check - every time that you move the
vehicle laterally, make sure you
shoulder check. And if there is
designated parking at the licensing
center, back into the space that way you
can drive out. At the end of the test
they're going to make you back into the
parking space as a demonstration of due
care and control the vehicle and that
you can reverse park the vehicle.
Okay, some of these bigger licensing
centers are going to be busy, so go in
and practice parking on the weekends.
There's no one there on the weekend, so
you can go in and practice parking in
these parking lots on the weekend.
Question for my smart drivers: do you
have any tips for drivers preparing for
a road test? Leave a comment down in the
comment sectionthere, all that helps
out the new drivers working towards
getting their license.
I'm Rick with Smart Drive Test Thanks
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Stick around to the end of the video,
some funny bits and links to the other
videos and to my website. Thanks again
for watching - good luck on your road test.
And remember, pick the best answer not
necessarily the right answer.
Aave a great day. Bye now.
It's test day - Oh my God
breathe [ERRATIC BREATHING].
What did that guy say in that video? What
do I do?
Okay, okay I ccc....I can do this, I can do this!
Okay, here we go!
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