So happy to watch this! Im booked in to do my test at the same location in 2 days. I've been really worrying (especially about the ever changing roadworks in the general area) but I drive these streets constantly so now im feeling more relaxed!
Congrats on your passing for your restricted licence, I just passed mine before your took the 6 January even tho I thought I was gonna fail but there were no critical errors. Things I need work on is gap selection and mirror checks
Yeah, for some reason my test was really short... I think it could have been because it was the last test of the day, or maybe he took me on some shortcuts to avoid busy roads because of the time of day?
I think I checked my mirrors every 3 - 5 seconds (a bit excessive, I know, but apparently it’s very easy to lose points for this!) as well as checking my blind spot every time I changed a lane, while doing the parallel park, or whenever I turned at an intersection. When I was checking my mirrors, I would slightly move my head to the left and right (not a lot, just enough to make it obvious I was looking,) as well as raising my chin a bit when looking in the rear view mirror. Hope this helps!
When moving from the flow of traffic to the right hand median strip, I first begin indicating, then do a mirror check and shoulder check over my right hand shoulder, before moving onto the flush median when it’s clear, and I’ve been indicating for three seconds
question: do you take the restricted test in your own car?? I might be doing mine next month if I'm confident enough with everything but that's the main thing that I want to know. :))
I sat the test in my own car, just because I was super familiar with it and I had sat my AA lessons in it / driven it while on my learners. I think if you have had lessons with the AA in one of those AA Suzuki Swifts, your driving instructor is able to rent it to you for your test, at a cost to you I think? I reckon sit it in your own car if it’s available to you, just because it’s more convenient, free, and you’ll probably be more familiar with its size and handling! I definitely recommend taking your restricted test once you feel confident enough, once you get over your nerves at the start, it’s honestly not as bad as you would expect! :)
@@bridget27 okay cool thank you!! yeah my instructor who runs a local business drives a automatic suzuki which is small like my car so I wouldn't mind either way and like you say in your own car it's free lmao...thanks for the tips :))
@@helpingshelpings5838 You just need the learner license and someone to test drive it for you, you could do all the physical inspections like scratches etc. Depending on the dealer, you might get a higher interest rate because of being a learner if financing too.
When I sat through a few of my driving lessons with my instructor, he took me around a few of the possible circuits / part of circuits. We did not cover this route in those lessons. Because of how unusually short my test was, it would be unusual for your test to have the same circuit however, but you never know!
When taking the test, did you had your learner's plate on? When driving there too, was someone else other than the instructor there to be supervision until you got to the place? I'm planning on taking mine soon and was just curious if it's fine to go there myself without supervision.
Before you do the test, you will still be on your learners so no you can't drive there on your own. Although if you pass, you could drive back on your own. And you do have to display your L plates during the test.
I did head checks every time I turned a corner / pulled over during the parallel park, or basically any time I left my lane, and I did mirror checks every 3-5 seconds or so :)
I expected him to ask me to show him where the front and rear windscreen demisters were, however he never ended up asking me this - I did have to do this for my full license test however
I indicated left as I pulled up next to the car, and while I reversed backwards towards the curb etc. Once I had parked, and reversed backwards again to make room for my car to pull out (as seen in the video,) I indicated right to show that I would be joining the main road again. Hope this helps!
I indicated right for the entirety of the turn, as well as doing shoulder checks over my right shoulder and looking left occasionally for any oncoming vehicles, until I had come back around onto the road. (This is how my AA instructor taught me, so I’m hoping it’s right!) Good luck for next week!!
Everyone else I’ve spoken to, and what it should usually be, is that the test is about 45 minutes of driving time - I believe mine may be an outlier due to the time of day I booked (i.e. if it were the school term, more traffic would have been expected at this time of day, hence the circuit is shorter to account for traffic? At least this is my speculation :)
At about 1:30, I heard the examiner say turn left and I saw you enter the straight road directly. Is there an error here? I remember that the turn should turn to the nearest road.
The “turn left” instruction is just referring to when I turn left onto Parkhouse Road from Jipcho Road. The “turning into the nearest lane” rule is true if the lanes were already two separate lanes at the point of turning, however, if you look closely at the video, I turn into a single lane, which splits into two lanes AFTER I’ve turned onto Parkhouse Road. Thus, you can choose the lane relevant to which direction you are going. Because the instructor had just told me to turn right, I joined the straight lane. I had practiced this specific turn with my driving instructor before my test, so I am pretty certain this is correct (plus did not receive any form of correction from the examiner about this move :))
The test started at about 3:25pm (this was one of the last booking times of the day I believe), which might explain why my test was only 27 mins long? I think he may have taken me on some shortcuts / cut some roads out, just because traffic was starting to get bad on some of the busier roads, as not to give me an unfair advantage? If you like, there is a timer in the bottom of the dashcam video if you’d like to know the exact start and finish timing!
On this circuit (and I think for this entire testing station) I didn’t go above 70kmh (that one short bridge part,) with most of the driving occurring in 50kmh and 60kmh areas. I think it’s because there aren’t any 80kmh zones near Sockburn? However at other testing stations in Christchurch I’ve heard you’ll most likely go in 80kmh zones, just not at Jipcho it seems I wouldn’t think they’d take you onto the motorway either (i.e. Christchurch Southern Motorway,) but I’m also not too sure about that sorry!
The car was auto - yep, did miss that spot, however was because I was obviously a bit nervous if I’d passed or not haha, so although he was a bit disgruntled, it was fine. Yes, I passed with no critical errors :)
Please would you give me heads up about the whole process u followed in the RPP ?? my test is really soon and sometimes I the reverse parallel parking perfectly and others I mess upppp :((
Yep! The method I used was taught by my driving instructor, and which I could use pretty consistently for my parks. It’s basically a step-by-step which once you memorize, you can replicate almost anywhere :) I’ve not actually done a parallel park since this test, so hoping the method is correct! This video was the closest I could find to my technique, with a few exceptions for visual cues etc, incase my explanation doesn’t make too much sense: th-cam.com/video/ivnRqTjqZKY/w-d-xo.html First, I’d pull up next to the parked car, and line my wing mirror with its wing mirror. I’d leave about a metre between the cars. Then, I’d reverse my car until my wing mirror was lined up with its rear door handle. (This was the case because the cars were similar lengths - if the parked car is longer than yours you may have to choose a different point on their car closer to the bumper.) At this point, I’d turn my steering wheel one full rotation to the left while stationary (as you can see on that attached video,) and reverse while holding the steering wheel at that position until the car was at an approximately 45 degree angle with the road. (This is different to the video, but either works. Other videos show this step quite well.) Then, at this 45 degree angle, I’d turn the steering wheel back to the straight position, and reverse in a straight line until the curb *just* disappeared from my rear view mirror, before stopping again. Obviously, this visual cue depends on how your mirrors are adjusted, so requires a bit of trial-and-error to figure out when to stop :) After stopping, I’d turn my steering wheel one full rotation to the right (or completely to the right as the video shows, but either works again,) and reverse until the car was lined up alongside the curb. Then, I’d move backwards or forwards until I was close to the curb, and not too close / far away from the car infront. While other methods involve moving the steering wheel while in motion, I prefer this method because it’s all step-by-step, so you can think about what your next move will be while stopped. I should also note that remembering to do your shoulder / mirror checks / indicating throughout the park is as equally important as the park itself!
I was expecting him to, but he didn’t for some reason? I had prepared to show him the windscreen and rear window demister buttons on the dashboard just in case he did though
@@Karenkyliev no worries, and well done! They did actually happen to ask me about the demisters for my full test, so it was lucky I remembered how to do it...
Yup, definitely come with a supervisor! On the way to your test you’re still on a learner license and therefore you’ll still have to abide by your license conditions :)
Unfortunately the camera lost power as soon as I turned the car off, however, he said that I had made no critical errors, but advised me to work my on my gap selection in the future
I do not believe highway driving is a compulsory component of the license test, although if there is one near your testing circuit they could possibly make you go on one. Because there is no highway near the Sockburn circuit, I suppose that is why I wasn’t required to go on one? Guessing here however - but yes, I did pass without going on the highway
Yes I did, oops - for some reason I had a moment of doubt halfway through sitting at the intersection and thought I should have been indicating right instead of left (I should have kept it left!) He didn’t notice, but I did realise after I watched the video back afterwards...
I would usually start to indicate first, to let other cars know you’re wanting to change lanes, then I would do the mirror and blind spot checks, to make sure it’s safe to go. This way you’re more likely to indicate for the correct amount of time, as well as doing the safety checks riiiight before you change lanes :)
@@bridget27 thank you so much :)) i had another question..sorry for the obvious questions but when you did the test did you use push n pull or hand over hand steering? cause i’m not sure if you’re allowed to cross hands.
@@BreakingTheInsanity no worries! In the test I used the push and pull method, only because that’s how I was taught. From what I’ve heard, you’re allowed to use either method in your test, obviously so long as it’s not dangerous
Hey! I think you should avoid that if possible, as it would appear to the testing officer that you’ve not got complete control of the steering wheel. (Although I don’t think you would get a critical error for it?) However, I didn’t see anything *exactly* against that in the “guide book,” other than to have two hands on the wheel and to not hold it from the bottom
Bridget Maw hey so this is the exact route I took last year so I can confirm that there are in fact no shortcuts as I took the test at 10am when there was minimal traffic
Watched this twice before doing my test. Literally the same route and this video helped out ALOT!! Thank you so muchh
Calmest testing officer I’ve heard. Passed third attempt: even with the most tense testing guy
So happy to watch this! Im booked in to do my test at the same location in 2 days. I've been really worrying (especially about the ever changing roadworks in the general area) but I drive these streets constantly so now im feeling more relaxed!
Ran out of time to watch this one, but glad I passed my full today
I practice driving to get restriced licence.
This video is very helpful to get experience for the test.
Thank you!
Congrats on your passing for your restricted licence, I just passed mine before your took the 6 January even tho I thought I was gonna fail but there were no critical errors. Things I need work on is gap selection and mirror checks
Pretty much the same i was on today. I passed with no critical errors. I was told tho to work on mirrors and gap selection.
i have my test here in two weeks i keep coming back to this vid thank u so much u seem so lovely
You took the test on my birthday! Good job on passing, and thank you for the video!
Hey, thanks so much!
happy late birthday 🎉
Just sat my restricted today, thank you so much for this video it was super helpful!
I'll do mine tomorrow in Sockburn Good luck to me
Charles Bunuan How did it go?
Hoping this is the same route 🙏🏾 I practiced here this afternoon, sitting mine this Friday hopefully I pass 😬
Was it the same route? 😂 7:14
only 27 minutes? huh, I thought it was 45
Yeah, for some reason my test was really short... I think it could have been because it was the last test of the day, or maybe he took me on some shortcuts to avoid busy roads because of the time of day?
Did the exact same route today, they had a little detour down Avonhead rd but luckily I passed no criticals and no errors.
Thomas may I ask what time you sat your test? Cheers :)
Sherelle King 1:45 I think
Very confident driving
Hi, how often did you check your mirrors and blinds or? And when you checked your mirrors did you move your whole head or just your eyes?
I think I checked my mirrors every 3 - 5 seconds (a bit excessive, I know, but apparently it’s very easy to lose points for this!) as well as checking my blind spot every time I changed a lane, while doing the parallel park, or whenever I turned at an intersection. When I was checking my mirrors, I would slightly move my head to the left and right (not a lot, just enough to make it obvious I was looking,) as well as raising my chin a bit when looking in the rear view mirror. Hope this helps!
Thank you, very helpful
what is the steps for using a flush median, do you shoulder check?
When moving from the flow of traffic to the right hand median strip, I first begin indicating, then do a mirror check and shoulder check over my right hand shoulder, before moving onto the flush median when it’s clear, and I’ve been indicating for three seconds
this video is so helpful thanks :)
i have my test tomorrow i am kind of nervous about the driving around the houses, if anyone has any tips to help i would appreciate that alot
Just a question when u drove around the narrow streets did u go 30km/p or still just 50??
question: do you take the restricted test in your own car?? I might be doing mine next month if I'm confident enough with everything but that's the main thing that I want to know. :))
I sat the test in my own car, just because I was super familiar with it and I had sat my AA lessons in it / driven it while on my learners. I think if you have had lessons with the AA in one of those AA Suzuki Swifts, your driving instructor is able to rent it to you for your test, at a cost to you I think? I reckon sit it in your own car if it’s available to you, just because it’s more convenient, free, and you’ll probably be more familiar with its size and handling! I definitely recommend taking your restricted test once you feel confident enough, once you get over your nerves at the start, it’s honestly not as bad as you would expect! :)
@@bridget27 okay cool thank you!! yeah my instructor who runs a local business drives a automatic suzuki which is small like my car so I wouldn't mind either way and like you say in your own car it's free lmao...thanks for the tips :))
@@bridget27 how can you buy your own car with learners?
@@helpingshelpings5838 You just need the learner license and someone to test drive it for you, you could do all the physical inspections like scratches etc. Depending on the dealer, you might get a higher interest rate because of being a learner if financing too.
Hello I’m just wondering if the course will be the same when I sit my restricted? If you have any info It would help a tonne
When I sat through a few of my driving lessons with my instructor, he took me around a few of the possible circuits / part of circuits. We did not cover this route in those lessons. Because of how unusually short my test was, it would be unusual for your test to have the same circuit however, but you never know!
When taking the test, did you had your learner's plate on? When driving there too, was someone else other than the instructor there to be supervision until you got to the place? I'm planning on taking mine soon and was just curious if it's fine to go there myself without supervision.
Before you do the test, you will still be on your learners so no you can't drive there on your own. Although if you pass, you could drive back on your own. And you do have to display your L plates during the test.
I have a question, how often did u do Head checks and checking mirrors?
I did head checks every time I turned a corner / pulled over during the parallel park, or basically any time I left my lane, and I did mirror checks every 3-5 seconds or so :)
Hey, do you know how many different routes there are for Jipcho VTNZ?
No idea sorry!
@@bridget27 What advice would you give for the restricted test?
26:31 s15 chilling on the right
also can see when she parks lol
did you have to answer any questions before you started the test?
I expected him to ask me to show him where the front and rear windscreen demisters were, however he never ended up asking me this - I did have to do this for my full license test however
Mine is tomorrow at Wednesday and at the exact same time, wish I can pass ;-;
Did you follow the same route? I not, where did you go?
When you parallel park do u have to signal left and right?
I indicated left as I pulled up next to the car, and while I reversed backwards towards the curb etc. Once I had parked, and reversed backwards again to make room for my car to pull out (as seen in the video,) I indicated right to show that I would be joining the main road again. Hope this helps!
When you did the U-turns at the end of the roads how did you indicate? Doing mine at the same location next week ☺️
I indicated right for the entirety of the turn, as well as doing shoulder checks over my right shoulder and looking left occasionally for any oncoming vehicles, until I had come back around onto the road. (This is how my AA instructor taught me, so I’m hoping it’s right!) Good luck for next week!!
@@bridget27 thank you so much! I’m very nervous but fingers crossed 😁 your video helped a lot seriously thank you!
For the test you took roughly 25 - 27 minutes however the slots seem to be 60 minutes? Will my test be an hour long or closer to half an hour?
Everyone else I’ve spoken to, and what it should usually
be, is that the test is about 45 minutes of driving time - I believe mine may be an outlier due to the time of day I booked (i.e. if it were the school term, more traffic would have been expected at this time of day, hence the circuit is shorter to account for traffic? At least this is my speculation :)
@@bridget27 Ah fair enough I've got mine booked in for a Friday Morning at 9 A.M. so I'm expecting traffic. Only 2 years late 🥴
At about 1:30, I heard the examiner say turn left and I saw you enter the straight road directly. Is there an error here? I remember that the turn should turn to the nearest road.
The “turn left” instruction is just referring to when I turn left onto Parkhouse Road from Jipcho Road.
The “turning into the nearest lane” rule is true if the lanes were already two separate lanes at the point of turning, however, if you look closely at the video, I turn into a single lane, which splits into two lanes AFTER I’ve turned onto Parkhouse Road. Thus, you can choose the lane relevant to which direction you are going. Because the instructor had just told me to turn right, I joined the straight lane.
I had practiced this specific turn with my driving instructor before my test, so I am pretty certain this is correct (plus did not receive any form of correction from the examiner about this move :))
@@bridget27 Thank you for your reply! This is very useful for me.
Can you recommend your coach at the time to me? I have to take the test recently.
Hey girl what time of the day did you do this test? Was this entire test actually 27mins long only? xx
The test started at about 3:25pm (this was one of the last booking times of the day I believe), which might explain why my test was only 27 mins long? I think he may have taken me on some shortcuts / cut some roads out, just because traffic was starting to get bad on some of the busier roads, as not to give me an unfair advantage? If you like, there is a timer in the bottom of the dashcam video if you’d like to know the exact start and finish timing!
Bridget Maw amazing thank u 😍 that’s pretty lucky and good that it was so quick . Hopefully I can pass my restricted soon hehe
did u do any motorway driving? or did u do up to 80km roads?
On this circuit (and I think for this entire testing station) I didn’t go above 70kmh (that one short bridge part,) with most of the driving occurring in 50kmh and 60kmh areas. I think it’s because there aren’t any 80kmh zones near Sockburn? However at other testing stations in Christchurch I’ve heard you’ll most likely go in 80kmh zones, just not at Jipcho it seems
I wouldn’t think they’d take you onto the motorway either (i.e. Christchurch Southern Motorway,) but I’m also not too sure about that sorry!
is the car manual or Auto? He asked you to park at the end and you missed the spot? did you pass?
The car was auto - yep, did miss that spot, however was because I was obviously a bit nervous if I’d passed or not haha, so although he was a bit disgruntled, it was fine. Yes, I passed with no critical errors :)
@@bridget27 my test will be soon but Manuel 😊..
@@mayafatah9303 good luck!
@@bridget27 🙏👌
did you or they recorded the test?
Just park…….sorry just PARK😱
Good driving. :)
Please would you give me heads up about the whole process u followed in the RPP ?? my test is really soon and sometimes I the reverse parallel parking perfectly and others I mess upppp :((
Yep! The method I used was taught by my driving instructor, and which I could use pretty consistently for my parks. It’s basically a step-by-step which once you memorize, you can replicate almost anywhere :) I’ve not actually done a parallel park since this test, so hoping the method is correct!
This video was the closest I could find to my technique, with a few exceptions for visual cues etc, incase my explanation doesn’t make too much sense:
th-cam.com/video/ivnRqTjqZKY/w-d-xo.html
First, I’d pull up next to the parked car, and line my wing mirror with its wing mirror. I’d leave about a metre between the cars.
Then, I’d reverse my car until my wing mirror was lined up with its rear door handle. (This was the case because the cars were similar lengths - if the parked car is longer than yours you may have to choose a different point on their car closer to the bumper.)
At this point, I’d turn my steering wheel one full rotation to the left while stationary (as you can see on that attached video,) and reverse while holding the steering wheel at that position until the car was at an approximately 45 degree angle with the road. (This is different to the video, but either works. Other videos show this step quite well.)
Then, at this 45 degree angle, I’d turn the steering wheel back to the straight position, and reverse in a straight line until the curb *just* disappeared from my rear view mirror, before stopping again. Obviously, this visual cue depends on how your mirrors are adjusted, so requires a bit of trial-and-error to figure out when to stop :)
After stopping, I’d turn my steering wheel one full rotation to the right (or completely to the right as the video shows, but either works again,) and reverse until the car was lined up alongside the curb. Then, I’d move backwards or forwards until I was close to the curb, and not too close / far away from the car infront.
While other methods involve moving the steering wheel while in motion, I prefer this method because it’s all step-by-step, so you can think about what your next move will be while stopped. I should also note that remembering to do your shoulder / mirror checks / indicating throughout the park is as equally important as the park itself!
How many lessons did you get from your AA driving instructor before sitting the test ?
I had three (from the three free lessons initiative by the AA,) each a month apart :)
@@bridget27 thank you!
@@bridget27 wow how are you so good at driving from only 3 lessons lol
@@carrotisalie haha, while I only had three AA lessons I did do around 120 hours with my mum before I sat the restricted test :)
did he ask you how to demist the windscreen? if so, what did you say?
I was expecting him to, but he didn’t for some reason? I had prepared to show him the windscreen and rear window demister buttons on the dashboard just in case he did though
@@bridget27 damn, my car doesnt have demister buttons. I'm guessing I just turn the AC on full and set it to cold to demist the windscreen.
@@bridget27 i didnt get asked either haha. thanks for the vid! happy to have passed on my first go
@@Karenkyliev no worries, and well done! They did actually happen to ask me about the demisters for my full test, so it was lucky I remembered how to do it...
I watched this with so much concentration it’s not funny
very helpful！
Why 1:27, as officers said turn left, but you were turn Right?
I did turn left at this point :)
@@bridget27 thank you for reply me. So that’s a little bit error part right?
The correct things should be turn left? Am I right?
@@kaufancy4142 yep, he had instructed me to turn left, so I turned left - no error here
@@bridget27 okay, understand now. Thank you very much for your reply. And your video very useful
When you went to do your test did you happen to have a supervisor with you? or was it a drive by yourself to VTNZ
Yup, definitely come with a supervisor! On the way to your test you’re still on a learner license and therefore you’ll still have to abide by your license conditions :)
@@bridget27 I drive by myself on my learners lol. I went 160km/h on a back road that no one was on.
@@ethanm5432 that aint something to brag about lmfao
@@ethanm5432 oooo your ard
I used to live in Wigram, now live in Queenstow lol, doing it soon fuck me
So was there any errors or mistakes he said?
Unfortunately the camera lost power as soon as I turned the car off, however, he said that I had made no critical errors, but advised me to work my on my gap selection in the future
chur for the vid
Wait did you pass I thought you had to do the highway too ?
I do not believe highway driving is a compulsory component of the license test, although if there is one near your testing circuit they could possibly make you go on one. Because there is no highway near the Sockburn circuit, I suppose that is why I wasn’t required to go on one? Guessing here however - but yes, I did pass without going on the highway
Did u pass the test
At 9:08 did you stop indicating left and start indicating right?
Yes I did, oops - for some reason I had a moment of doubt halfway through sitting at the intersection and thought I should have been indicating right instead of left (I should have kept it left!) He didn’t notice, but I did realise after I watched the video back afterwards...
Bridget Maw cheers
just a quick question. when changing lanes do you indicate before checking mirrors and blind spot or other way around?
I would usually start to indicate first, to let other cars know you’re wanting to change lanes, then I would do the mirror and blind spot checks, to make sure it’s safe to go. This way you’re more likely to indicate for the correct amount of time, as well as doing the safety checks riiiight before you change lanes :)
@@bridget27 thank you so much :))
i had another question..sorry for the obvious questions but when you did the test did you use push n pull or hand over hand steering? cause i’m not sure if you’re allowed to cross hands.
@@BreakingTheInsanity no worries! In the test I used the push and pull method, only because that’s how I was taught. From what I’ve heard, you’re allowed to use either method in your test, obviously so long as it’s not dangerous
@@bridget27 you’re awesome dude
Hii, is this R1, R2, or R3?
Hiya, according to the results email this is R3 :)
@@bridget27 Awesome, thank you so much! :) I heard that R2 and R3 are usually shorter than R1! Not sure how accurate that is though.
Funny to think people out there been on there leaners for years.
Did you pass?
Yes, with no critical errors :)
Hey im sittting mine tomorrow at sockburn, does it matter if you let the steering wheel slip through your hand to re center after a turn?
Hey! I think you should avoid that if possible, as it would appear to the testing officer that you’ve not got complete control of the steering wheel. (Although I don’t think you would get a critical error for it?) However, I didn’t see anything *exactly* against that in the “guide book,” other than to have two hands on the wheel and to not hold it from the bottom
@@bridget27 cheers for the reply ill let you know how i get on laterr
@@saltyboidoto15 good luck!
@@saltyboidoto15 so could you let go of the wheel to recenter 😂
I’m doing mine next week AhHh
how come was only 27mins?
Not entirely sure, I think he took me on some shortcuts to avoid some of the busier roads due to the time of day
Bridget Maw ahk fair enough looks like u scored lucky
Bridget Maw hey so this is the exact route I took last year so I can confirm that there are in fact no shortcuts as I took the test at 10am when there was minimal traffic
@@eimearwilson9506 how long did you do the test for?
Auto or Manual?
Auto :)