Test Centre: Wallasey
Reason for fail: serious fault, Controls - Handbrake
This is Portland Street in New Brighton. At the top of the picture you can see a give way triangle. This is a junction that causes a lot of problems for people both when learning to drive, and when on test. Common faults are rolling back, stalling, and just generally panicking.
For Jenny, it was all three. First she stalled. Then she panicked. Then she rolled back. The examiner stepped on the footbrake for her.
Blimey! That's a nasty looking hill! How can you do it safely?
Ideally, when you're dealing with T Junctions, you want to have everything sorted out before you get to the give way line. If you get the speed right, and sort out first gear, you can often balance the car on the clutch, make sure it's clear, and move away with a bit of accellerator. Trying to move away up a steep hill with your foot on the brake is... well, difficult to say the least.
If you haven't had time to get everything sorted out, you still need to be ready to go before you try to go, so stopping, and applying your handbrake allows you to find your biting point on your clutch, and to get your right foot off the brake pedal and onto the accellerator.
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