Monday 12 November 2012

My God!!!! There's a car coming from the right!!!

Date: October 2012
Test Centre: Upton
Reason for fail: Control - Steering.



Cassie failed because she steered into the kerb as she approached a roundabout near a place called Thurstaston. Really though, the issue isn't what she was doing with her hands, it was what she was doing with her eyes.

When you arrive at a junction (a roundabout is a junction!), ideally, you'll have done everything you need to do before you get there. If you arrive at the right speed, in the right road position, in the correct gear, then when you look right and decide whether it's safe to go or not, it will be easy for you. To sort all that stuff out, you need to look where you're going.

The reason Cassie looked right instead of where she was going? Well because she was nervous. That's just what nervous drivers tend to do. And then, if there's a car coming from the right, they tend to just keep looking at the oncoming car, and panicking. And that's just what Cassie did. So she bumped into the kerb because she'd drifted out to the right as she approached.

3 comments:

  1. Woah! Love the car crash image as the background pic. I'm going to take my North Vancouver driving test soon and I hope I do better than she did!

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  2. Before approaching towards the junctions and roundabouts it is advisable to observe the road carefully and stay at correct positions.

    Driving test practice

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  3. It's not her fault the roundabout is going the wrong direction. Come on people. Who do you think you are. I remember my North Vancouver driving test. It was easy.

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