- Hi there, smart drivers,
three tips that will almost certainly guarantee you
to pass your driver's test.
And these are frequently asked questions from smart drivers.
Stick around, we'll be right back with that information.
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First tip.
Shoulder check on,
left-hand turns and any time
that you move the vehicle laterally.
It's a bit disturbing in the last couple of weeks
that I've had smart drivers come back to me
and tell me that their driving instructors told them
that they didn't have to shoulder check
on the left hand turn.
That's bunk and that's misinformation,
it's completely wrong.
Any time that you move the vehicle laterally,
move it sideways or turn,
you have to do a shoulder check to the left.
And years ago when I took my driving instructor course,
my very first one in the late 1990s,
I asked the instructor the very same question.
Why do we have to shoulder check
on left hand turns?
Wasn't the next day,
the very next day I was turning left into
the Ottawa General Hospital
and a taxi cab cut the inside off and went on
the inside of me.
If I had not shoulder checked,
I would have driven into that taxi cab.
So shoulder check,
every time you turn,
every time you move the vehicle sideways,
both forward and into reverse.
And for the complete video
on turning left and shoulder checking,
click the caret up in the corner there.
Tip number two.
Do a pre-trip inspection on your vehicle before you show up
for your driver's test.
Unfortunately, in the last couple of weeks,
I have had smart drivers come back
and tell me they were denied their driver's test
because they had a brake light out,
which was the center brake light on the rear of the vehicle,
or they had a dash cam in the vehicle
that they could not remove.
You cannot have recording devices in the vehicle
for the purposes of a driver's test.
All the lights,
the registration,
the insurance have to be up to date otherwise
the examiner will not take you out on a driver's test.
So the mini pre-trip,
the driving examiner is going to do
before you go out for your driving task is going
to consist of the lights on the front of the vehicle,
headlights, left-right signal,
they're going to check the license plate
and make sure that the registration is up to date.
They're going to go to the rear of the vehicle,
they're going to check the brakes, right left signal,
they're going to check the vehicle for any body damage,
and they're going to get you to tap the horn
and make sure that the horn works.
(horn honking) They're going to get
in the vehicle,
they're going to to make sure that it's relatively clean,
especially in this day and age of COVID
and the seatbelt and the seat are going to have
to be secure and both working on
the passenger side of the vehicle.
The other thing that I recommend to you is to go
and wash your vehicle before you show up
for the driver's test.
And, you know, give it a vacuum on the inside,
because remember we don't get a second chance
to make a first impression.
So know that you have to have a safe vehicle
and do a pre-trip inspection,
if you're going with a driving school,
ask your driving instructor
if he or she did a pre-trip inspection on your vehicle
before you show up for your drivers test.
For the complete pre trip inspection checklist,
click the caret up in the corner
and head over to the smart drive test website
and pick that up.
Tip number three.
Pick the best answer not necessarily the right answer.
At a comment from Margaret she's studying
for learner's permit there in the state of New York,
and she was doing practice test questions,
as you should be doing when you're studying
for your learner's test.
The question she had was,
what is the correct speed limit?
And it had a sign 25 miles per hour.
The choices were the speed limit at night,
the speed limit in the daytime,
the speed limit or the recommended speed limit.
Those were your choices.
Two of those can be eliminated almost immediately.
Speed limit in the daytime and speed limit at night.
The speed limit,
kind of sort of the recommended speed limit.
That's the correct answer because the speed limit,
the posted speed limit is under ideal conditions.
According to traffic and weather,
and any other condition that may influence
the speed of your driving.
If you look here in the British Columbia driving manual,
it says the fastest speed you can drive
in dry roads in good conditions.
Now the New York driver's handbook where Margaret is,
it's a little bit more convoluted
and verbose in terms of giving you the answer.
The maximum speed limit on any highway in the state
of New York is 55 miles an hour,
80 kilometers an hour,
but that's under ideal conditions.
So know that for the purposes of doing your learners tasks,
answering multiple choice questions,
that it's always the best answer,
not necessarily the right answer.
And this is a perfect example of that.
And for the complete video on multiple choice questions
and the learner's permit test,
click the caret up in the corner there.
Question for my smart drivers.
Do you have any tips for passing your on-road driver's test
or your learners permit?
Leave a comment down in the comment section there
and remember pick the best answer,
not necessarily the right answer.
Have a great day, bye now.