2nd time for me and going back to school after the test and having to tell all my mates i failed SUCKED. Got it next go though, i was 16 or 17, i can't remember.
In New Zealand, and I'm sure in Australia too, you can't even start learning behind the wheel until you have passed the theory test...the reasoning is you need to know the road rules even when learning to drive. Then in NZ you need to wait six months before you can sit a practical driving test and if you pass, you get a restricted license. This license allows you to drive unsupervised, but you can't dive with other passengers (unless one has had a full license for over 2 years), and you can't dive certain hours during the night and you can't have any alcohol. After 18 months on a restricted you can go for a full license which involves another driving test, but this one more focuses on your abilities to drive defensively and identify the risks, it's up to the testing officer to make a judgement call on whether or not you have gained enough skills and are safe enough to have a full (unrestricted) license.
Have to do a computer test for your learners licence if you donot pass that test you donot have a learners licence then you have to rebook to do the test again . If you pass then you get your learners licence then book with a driving school my son when through a driving school for six months my son was over 25 years old when he done it with a driving school. My son has a gold drivers licence nsw. A full, unrestricted licence is gained after two years without suspension on the P2 License. Unrestricted drivers licences are coloured gold.
Do know that has been abot for many years driving on private property i was working on a private property before i had my licence back in the 1980s and that is how most of my brothers learnt back in the 1970s to drive. Have growen up in the country not in a mayor city. @@dwindeyer
Had to learn how to drive manual by myself. I started work in my late teens and the workshop supervisor threw me a set of keys and told to be go and get some car parts. When I walked to the ute, I realised it was a manual, went back in told the supervisor I dunno how to drive one yet. His reply? "Stiff sh*t, f*cking learn". Those were his exact words lol. Stalled it a couple of times, but eventually got the hang of it haha. It was a bloody miracle I didn't have an accident that day lol. It's just like riding a bike really, once you learn it, you'll never forget.
In the 70s I was failed on my 1st test for avoiding a collision! A car came through a give way sign so I stopped. The examiner failed me saying I should not have stopped as the other car had a give way sign. I was so angry and let him know it.
On my driving test my tester and instructor talked about a recent test where the learner avoided a spare wheel coming out of a service station. The test stopped there and then with the learner passed. He had shown more awareness and road skills by avoiding that than any further testing could show. It seems to me you are in that category too.
At the time I did my test, only people that had used Private driving schools passed 1st time. As youngsters we believed they were getting kick backs from the schools. He was looking for an excuse to fail me.@@johnd8892
As an Aussie, that was definitely the same test I did. The instructor that was testing me was asking me questions about my job and we were laughing and smiling throughout my test (but of course we were both serious when it came to doing anything that was being marked e.g. Parking). I passed first go and he said I did a good job and the first thing I did afterwards was go through a Maccas Drive Thru with my sister who was kind enough to wait an hour by herself at the RTA (DMV) whilst I did my test and got all of the paperwork sorted out
I had. y first test a few weeks ago, and the tester specifically said there would be no talking that wasn't test related (i.e tester giving instructions). Wish I got someone more chill and laid back.
I passed my driving test first go. One of the roads that the instructor took me on, I was heading out of town and the cops were doing random breath testing. So I got pulled over within the first 10 minutes of my test. The cop who pulled me over said he’d make sure he would let the officers know on the opposite side of the road, to not pull me over when I would drive back into town. My driving instructor was excited that I got pulled over during my test, it mustn’t happen often haha.
He may look like he's going slow to you, because our limit is 50kph in residential streets. Manual is still the standard for our licence, in fact, if you take your test in an automatic cars you get an automatic only license and it gets marked on your license. Our school zones usually have flashing signs when they are active.
Btw automatic and manual in SA are the same license so you can take your test in a automatic and be qualified to drive manual as there is just the one licence I think some other states or territories do the same. And the length of your L's also varies states. Like SA is 1 year (government changing it to 2 years as of 2024) and the NT is just 6 months on your L's and I think Victoria is 2 years idk.
In NSW if you pass your test in an Auto you can drive a manual on your P1 with a fully licensed driver next to you. You can also drive a manual by yourself (even If you passed the test with an Auto) when you go to P2.
Here in Vic, if you test on an automatic, you can ONLY drive an automatic for the four years of your probationary period. Once you're fully licensed though, you can drive whatever.
@ryanfrick5451 You have L's until you complete 100 hours of Day driving and 20 Night hours in Victoria. Then you have 1 year of red P's then 3 years of green P's.
@@ryanfrick5451 in vic, how long you need to hold your L's before you go for your license depends on your age. if you're under 21, its 12 consecutive months. 21-25 its 6 consecutive months and 25+is 3 consecutive months.
I passed mine the first time. When I got back to the RTA the tester went inside without talking to me. My instructor was like did you pass, I said no idea. The tester called me up and said come and sign this. I went over and it was my license. I was so happy. The tester was not a nice man who hardly ever passed people on the first go. That was 1988. A lot easier back then to what they need to do now.
I passed my driving test the first time myself(on the Gold Coast)about 45 years ago. Also,I had to learn how to reverse a trailer.Great life skill I reacon.
You mentioned the school zones. In NSW the school zones are active during school days, 8am to 9.30am and 2.30pm to 4 pm and the speed drops down to 40 km/ hr. I bought a new car 4 years ago with this wiz bang navigation system. When I drove it out of the showroom after the purchase was finalised, I didn’t realise everything on the navigation system was turned on. I accidentally sped 5 km over the speed limit “Obey all traffic rules” by the voice of the system. Worse was to come. I passed 2 schools on the way home. One had a roundabout on the corner where the school zone stops on one side of the roundabout and starts again around the corner. I discovered no matter the time of day or night, weekend or school holidays, the voice of my navigation system would announce “You are approaching a school zone….you are entering a school zone….you are exiting a school zone.” I got this 3 times in 5 minutes. It took me 2 months to work out how to turn this function off.
I love 'roundabouts'. If the choice is between a set of traffic lights or a roundabout, I'll take roundabout every single time. and YES I passed my test the 1st time (although I stalled it twice while attempting the 'hill-start',(manual car) the instructor just told me to "give it some more gas" and he was pretty cool about it)
Roundabouts are great, and I do like them too. My biggest issue with them is other drivers using them. So many people either dont use their indicators or will change their mind while in the roundabout so a lot of the time they become needlessly dangerous.
America actually re-wrote the language to make it easier. That's why they dropped silent letters and changed to a more phonetic system. For example theatre and centre became theater and center.
I'm surprised how many people in the comments remember their tests so clearly. I mean it was only 8-9 years ago that I had done mine, but I can't remember anything about it haha What worries me is that a fair majority of my mates from High School forged nearly all of their hours, my parents made sure I did all of them and more. I remember my grandad telling me about when he got his license in the 50's, all they had to do was drive around town for 10 minutes with the local police officer to prove they were competent enough to drive.
My mum did that test. The cop had her drive up the main road, up a hill then back down into "town" to drop the police officer at the pub 😂. (The "town" was a pub, a police station, a school and then mostly farmland.)
I took my driving test in the UK in a 1947 Jowett Bradford Van with 3 speed crash gearbox with no synchromesh (double de clutch for every gear change) That would challenge people today. That was 61 years ago. Failed the first time. Second time the car stalled after an emergancy bracking test I had to get out and restart the car with the crank handle, Now i drive mainly automatics.
Just a side note When you get to Mailtime, I include a couple of Learner's "L" plates and two Red (first 2,years) and Two Green (3rd year) Provisional "P" plates in our box.
In ACT you have L's for minimum 6 months and then Red P's for 2 years and that's it, there's also not really any restrictions on what P plater's can do or drive in ACT unlike other states.
In NZ, if you take your restricted (10pm curfew, no passengers) license test in an auto, then you can't drive a manual. But once you have your full license, you can drive either no matter what you took the tests in.
Its so much less strict in SA. You have a curfew at mignight. One non family passenger (any number of family). Can do test in auto and still be allowed to drive manuel on p1s. All these rules disappear when youre on p2s and you dont even have plates on p2. Only difference between p2 and full license is demerit points and alchohol limit.
In NSW at least, there’s no mandatory driving school for cars, however you must keep a log book and meet a minimum of 120 hours of driving. The use of driving schools are encouraged by allowing a 1hr lesson to count for 3 logbook hours. There are mandatory courses for getting a motorcycle licence
In the UK, if you pass your test in a manual car, your license covers you for both transmissions. However, if you pass in an automatic, your licence will have Auto written on it, which restricts the driver to automatic only
During my first driving lesson with a driving instructor a bug spider appeared on the inside windscreen (the corner I was driving at). I pulled over calmly, then freaked out lol
I got my car license in 1980 in NSW. It was just like the video you reviewed. Back then we could practice in either a manual or auto and do the test in either. Some time after, maybe in the '90s, if learners turned up for the test in an auto then their license was restricted to them only driving an auto.Two years later I went and did my test for a motorbike license. The bike test was easy and went like this: Examiner leans on someone's car. "Start yer bike, go around the block back to here and do a u-ee and park across the road and come see me." I asked him if he was going to be following me and he said "No. If you come back in one piece you've passed." About 6 years ago I needed to get a HR licence and drive for a year. A heavy rigid is a truck with 3 or more axles which includes prime movers without an articulated trailer (a 5th wheel trailer). I found a driving school, did a week of training on a heavy rigid with an Eaton Fuller 18 speed crash box. I then went for the test and passed. Because I did the test with a crash box there were no restrictions or conditions on my license. If I turned up for the test in a normal synchromesh manual transmission then I would have been restricted to a normal manual gear-boxed truck. Having an unrestricted license meant that I could lease a truck with a crash-box. There were plenty of these on the used truck market cheap because there were less people who could drive them, which is the reason I chose to train on a crash box. I ended up leasing a prime mover which had been re-engineered to extend the chassis to convert it into a curtainsider (Tautliner). Being a prime mover meant I had 6x4 wheel drive. The overall rigid truck length was 10.2 metres not including the dog trailer. With the dog trailer it was just under 19 metres with a GCM of 31 tonnes. The truck I had was a Mitsubishi Fuso FV547 6×4 Curtainsider 320 hp 2200 NM torque Twin Tubo 13 Speed o/d Roadranger Fuso diffs on airbag suspension GVM 22 tonnes GCM 31 tonnes. So in a nutshell within a week I went from driving a car to driving a 19 metre (62 feet) 31 tonne truck on the road. A year after holding a HR license you can go for a HC (Semi) or MC (Multiple dog trailers, Road Trains).
Another great video Ian, love the channel mate. Can't wait to see you trackside at Bathurst one day. Thanks for the work you do for the channel all the work pays off on this side of the TV, so great work mate, you make me proud to be an Aussie.
@@IWrocker Mine too because if you haven't as to my knowledge you haven't seen/heard a V8 supercar with your own eye's/ears just remembering the first time i did will make me stoked for you mate! GET IT DONE.
Hey Ian, I live in Australia. Each state and territory is different (which really irks me because as much as I support federation and states' rights, I think that driving laws should be the same everywhere in Australia and set by the federal government, but that's a different matter), so I did my test in my home state New South Wales. I passed on my first go. Also, what wasn't shown in that video is all the stupid nanny state crap like having to look over your shoulder when overtaking (looking in the mirror isn't enough, a skill I learnt just for the test then immediately abandoned afterwards). You either had to do a three point turn or reverse park. I was lucky because I got the three point turn. Anyways, I passed it on the first go. If you do your test on an auto, you're not allowed to drive a manual whilst on your red P's, but if you do the test on manual, you can drive both. When I did the test, you had to do a test after every stage, so after the red Ps, you had to do a hazards test (which was really stupid because by then you had been driving for a year by yourself by that point), then you had to do an other test to get your full licence (though that was changed a year or so later, where you only had to do the tests before getting your red Ps, so by the time my younger sister got her licence, she didn't have to go through that crap). I failed the hazards tests on the first go, but passed on the second go, and passed the rest on the first go. Now I drive for a living. One thing I would like to see (if you ever go overseas, of coarse, I am not demanding that you go overseas just for this) is to compare driving on the left vs driving on the right. You would have to a bias to driving on the right, so please take that into account. I really want to drive on the opposite side of the road, but haven't had the opportunity to do so yet. We don't have four way stop signs here nor four way give way signs (or maybe we do, but they're too few and far between for me to know about). I drive for a living and have done pretty much everything that a motorist can do on the left side of the road (except snow chains. I've driven in snow in Australia, but never needed chains), but I wouldn't know what to do at a four-way stop sign. That street probably didn't have a giveaway/stop sign because the give way/stop sign was on the other side. Here's a tip, never book your driving test during school zone hours. It's a pain in the arse. Book your test before/after school zone hours. Maybe I got a few of the details of red and green Ps wrong, I don't know, it was about a decade or so ago
And also if you choose to only drive automatic cars then your drivers licence gets the automatic transmission licence condition which means that you can only drive automatic cars under your current licence. This means that getting your licence with a manual transmission car is better than only automatic (even if you will only drive automatic transmission cars) because you have the option to drive manual cars (if you find yourself in a situation where you need to drive a manual car)
Depending on state. SA doesn't have the automatic restriction for C class, you can drive a manual after passing a test in an automatic. Trucks are different.
Yes and no, once you are on your full licence (no longer a provisional licence) that restriction no longer applies. In fact on Monday I'll be taking a full licenced driver for a "lesson" in my manual because he's never driven a manual (but legally now can). The lesson has no legal reason, I'm a good driver (former truck driver and trained in driver instruction) and he's smart enough to accept some practical advice on how to be a better driver.
Here if you do the test in an automatic you can ONLY drive an automatic during ur probationary P1 and P2 licenses (about 4 years), after which you get your full licence automatically then you can drive either. But if u get ur license done with a manual you get to drive either from the start. So literally just do the test in auto matic, 1 less moving part to mess up on, almost no chance of stalling and you can use the 4 yrs to learn all other aspects of driving, then move on to a manual if u choose.
One thing I remember from my test (I had manual cars for years) was that the examiner was very encouraging about the parallel park, telling me how his wife still drives around and around looking for a parking spot because she won't do them. It was on a very steep hill, followed by a 3 point turn to head back down the other way. He was much nicer than the first examiner who failed me because I didn't look over my shoulder to his satisfaction. That and the fact that the only instructor I had was my Dad and I also suspect cos I was a teenage girl. I also remember my first few lessons learning how to use the clutch and finding the concept of having to watch the road, steer the car, and then do a dance with my feet and change gears very daunting. Surprising how quickly it just becomes a non-conscious activity.
I remember teaching my younger sister and she used to have to look at the gear stick to change it and we would wander all over the road 😂😂. She got there in the end, but we used to laugh.
@7:20 here in the Netherlands and i think Europe in general you mainly learn to drive manual. That way you are also allowed to drive every car out there, both manual and automatic. Some people choose to just learn automatic but they aren't allowed to drive manual.
Wow I'm jealous of how simple this driving test was. I'm not sure about other states in Aus, but in WA you have to execute everything basically perfectly on the test to pass. I got my license 2 years ago, and had been many years delayed in getting my license because I'd had to move away from my hometown for uni and had to save up for professional lessons, and also had a traumatic driving lesson experience which meant I didn't sit in the driver's seat for 3 years after that experience. So I spent $3000 on driving lessons in 2021, booked a test with a 3 month wait, then failed on the first test because of a dumb blip in parking. Not having a license had also been a barrier to me starting my career, and I was close to running out of money, so failing my test was devastating. Had to pay $100 to retake the test, passed it, and I hugged my driving instructor and sobbed. I'm now on my full license but only just recently saved up enough to buy my first car at 27. My brother has been ready to take his driving test for about a year now but WA's Department of Transport test booking system is fucked, no one can book any tests because they're all booked out to the maximum in advance, and there's possibly people who have designed bots to book up cancellations so he can't even get those.
This was a rural town, they are a lot easier than in the city. I recall a mate saying when he got his licence in a rural town then tester said pull into a supermarket carpark, he got out and bought a packet of smokes, told him to drive back to the police station and passed him.
i feel you. i got mine in perth in the early 90s and my first test the tester i had was legend for pretty much failing everyone first go. i had to do a hill park and start in a manual on a small entrance to a park that was i kid you not 45 degrees. no way anyone could have driven a manual and not rolled back. instant failure. next time round it was a lot easier funny enough didn't have to do that hill start for some reason.
When I learned the class of license I got was "A" class (since changed to "C" class) but it means I can drive any vehicle seating up to 12 passengers. Manual or Auto transmission (Gross weight
Very interesting Ian! I failed my first tesr because of vertigo, which caused a brain freeze!! My tester insisted on the steepest street in the area and the car was manual and borrowed, from then on the stress was high to finish perfectly! My last test was a parallel park and then a U-turn, executed beautifully in heavy rain! His last comment at the end was "any idea what windshield wipers are for"! Fail.👎
I failed my first test for being over cautious. The driving school car had a new clutch the day before and I had not got used to it. In the lesson before the test I kept stalling the engine, so that made me super nervous!
@@PhiyedoughThat's funny - my brother-in-law failed for the exact opposite reason, back in the sixties. He didn't put a foot wrong and got a perfect score, then the tester (policeman) failed him for being over-confident! 😂😂
11:28 always turn the wheels into the curb, not away regardless of the direction, if your car is too far from the curb, your car will roll and turn into the intersection. Turn them into the curb so the car always rolls into the curb and not into traffic. HOWEVER, this is not a requirement in Australia, i.e. they will not penalise you for not doing it, and there are good reasons not to do this, i.e. seals etc.
It's worse when there's a pedestrian when you go to exit, because you have to give way, but practically everyone stops walking and waits for cars to exit, and if you go, instant fail.
17:49 My awareness test was done in the form of brand new well-modelled 3D flash animations and answering questions there. My written test was just a online quiz module.
in Finnland you can drive your license with manual or automatic transmission but if you drive it with automatic you are not allowed to drive manual cars, so many people just drive the test with manual even if they know that they are maybe never going to need to drive manual again. Personaly I drive manual because older cars are usually manual and as an student i don't have the money to buy new car right now. (edit: english is not my first language so there might be mistakes but I do not have the intrest to try to find them)
Back in my day (90s) when I got my licence, it didn't matter what you did your test in, you were then able to drive whatever car you wanted - be it auto or manual. These days I've heard that they print on your licence if you learnt in an auto or manual. Something to that effect.
It's true. If you get caught driving a manual,and it's marked on your licence that you can only drive an auto,immediate fine. With a manual licence,one can drive an auto legally too.
NoT in QLD. Maybe it's changed now but 80's and 90's you had to get a licence for either manual or auto. On manual you can drive anything but Auto license can not drive a manual
I have to say that the 120 hours of supervised driving (20 hours at night) that learners do in my State today is way more than I did as a learner back in 1970. I passed the parallel parking, driving and eye test with flying colours but had to be prompted with “… and” three times by the policeman testing me on one of the questions from the Road Rules Manual. After that I got a total of 20 verbally answered questions because of course the missing part of the answer to that question was to “notify the police if there was damage to property or person”. My instructor said that he had never had a student driver get asked so many questions from the Manual before. Nowadays I think it may be harder to stuff up because the Road Rules section of the License test is now a multiple choice screen test so at last you have a visual prompt in front of you but maybe someone younger to confirm if that is part of gaining the Learner Permit of and/or the License Test.
This must be the easiest test anyone could ever get. I don't see how this student was actually being tested in a challenging environment and still he ended up on the wrong side of the road.
This was not a test at all. It was just a 30 minute driving lesson. Most likely just completing a couple of things in the learners log book. At the very beginning of the video, the instructor says, "today we will be doing a reverse parallel park and a curb side stop".
@@jason2768Exactly. If it were a test, the "wrong side of the road" incident would have resulted in an instant fail and the test would have ended there. 👍
@@ToadmcNinja - The instructor literally says at the very beginning, "today we will be doing a reverse parallel park and a curb side stop". Sounds a lot like the beginning of a lesson to me.
I took my driving test in 81, 5 lessons and 1 theoretical and practical driving test. Then I got an extended 2 week winter driving course and a few years later I was taught defensive and offensive driving techniques as part of my job as security detail. Back then automatics were mostly used by handicapped people, manual gear driving was most common. I also passed my PPL in first try.
Having lost my license many times I have had some fun doing the test again . One idiot told me I had failed before we got back to the office so I took him for a ride , he screamed .
I know this vide is 2 months old, but figured I would chim in. Watching this video, the 'Frank Spice Holden' was what told me which state it is, which is New South Wales. Can't say much about how they do it over there, but it varies between the east coast and here in Western Australia. Here in Western Australia, there are 2 'CAR' licenses, there is 'CAR (C)' and 'CAR AUTOMATIC (CA)'. When you go for your learners permit, you have to tell the Department of Transport officer that serves you, which of the 2 you are going for, if you apply for a CA learners permit, you can't learn in a manual car, if you apply for a C learners permit, you can learn in a manual and an automatic. It's especially relevant for when you go for your actual driving test. Once you have your P's (Provisional license) which is basically a full license but with restrictions, you are limited to what your license says, either C or CA. School zones are 40km/hr here in WA, and they have a morning and afternoon timeslot, outside of those 2 timeslots, you can travel at the normal speed of the road, which is generally 60km/hr but could be 50km/hr or 70km/hr. The parellel parking that the person did would be considered a 'Reverse Parallel Parking' here in WA, as opposed to just parallel parking. In terms of orientation of the front wheels when parking on an incline, you always want the front of the frontwheels turned into the left kerb, the idea is that if your car rolls forward, it will roll forward into the kerb, and if it rolls backwards, it will roll backwards into the kerb. If you have the front wheels turned to the right, depending on how far from the kerb you are (the legal distance is 43cm or 16 inches), there is a chance that your vehicle won't hit the kerb when it rolls backwards, but if the front wheels are always turned towards the kerb, the backwheels will always roll into the kerb. When taking the test (At least here in WA), it depends on which region or local government area (Where they have a department of transport) that you take the test as to what they will get you do. At the DoT that I took mine at, there are some hills, so I had to do a hill start, if I had taken it at the DoT that was 30min south of where I live, instead of this one 30min north of where I live, I wouldn't have had to do a hill start at all because they have no hills).
I got tailgated by a B-Double semi while heading out of town to do the unsealed road section of the assessment... which, in South Australia, is what replaces the traffic light assessment section for people living too far away from anywhere with traffic lights (although they still quiz you on the theory).
Oh I remember my driving test. My parallel park was between 2 poles and you had to have both tyres so many centre meters from the curb and dead centre of the poles. I had a hill start that was very steep and you had to preform a 3.5 turn in 3 turns or you failed. I spent half a year to really practice, I drove everywhere and in all types of traffic so when I went for my test I aced it. I also learned and did my test in a manual car.
Our school zones normally have electronic/variable speed signs, and are active only certain times of day e.g. 7:30am to 9 - 40kph and same in afternoon 2:30pm to 4:pm - 40kph. Most would have attended crosswalks with crossing guard, but some may not.
Here in the Netherlands you can get an "automatic" licence where you are only allowed to drive automatic gearbox cars. Though almost everyone i know gets the regular drivers licence where you take the test in a manual.
7:48 it sounds like our systems are different. You talk about classes like you go to an actual school. Here you generally get taught to drive by a friend or family member, then get a couple of lessons from a private driving instructor who comes to your house (or anywhere convenient), just to polish you up a bit. You do the test at the department of main roads (I’ve heard some people claim the local copper did their testing, not sure if its still a thing though)
This is in Forbes, NSW. A very pretty town of about 6,000 people, about 375km (233 miles) West of Sydney. If you take your driving test in an automatic, your license is restricted to automatic cars until you are off your probationary licemse (first 4 years). Then you can drive a manual.
I'm pretty sure the location of this town where the test was done is Forbes, NSW. The railway tracks, pub, Holden, Maccas and service station look familiar, as do the round abouts in town. I was there for a family reunion earlier in the year. I live in Sydney, Forbes is about a 5 hour drive west. Out towards Parkes where the big radio telescope is, as featured in the movie The Dish.
From the GPS voice I hear the vehicle is a fairly recent Toyota and the voice is from the vehicle navigation system. It tells you about school zones no matter whether they are active or not. In NSW there will generally be flashing lights at either end of the school zone when it is active. Also in NSW you can complete your driving test in either an automatic or manual transmission, however, if you get your licence in an automatic vehicle you are not permitted to drive a manual on a public road until you receive your green P (provisional) plates (1 year generally).
I passed my driving test on my first try in Australia 6 years ago. The weather was shocking. It was pouring rain, and the roads were flooded. I think the instructor said that I was the first person she passed that day. She did go easy on me though (I did the 3-point U turn on a quiet street that wasn't flooded), and I passed with flying colors. Manual is optional. The test is in the student's car. If you want to get a manual license (which allows you to drive both manual & automatic cars), then you need to pass the driving test in a manual car. If not, then you can use an automatic car. Either way once you are no longer on a probationary license, you can drive either. Spiders are also incredibly slow moving, so it isn't really something to worry too much about - just pull over and get rid of it with a tissue. And our school zones have a speed limit of 40KM/h (25mph), but they usually apply 24/7 (except on main roads).
For parallel parking, I was taught to use the wiper blades on the window wipers to align my car with the rear corner of the parked car in front of the parking spot. But my new car has retractable wiper blades that rest below the windscreen when not in use. Very glad for the rear camera and the parking sensors to clue me in.
I got taught to use your side mirrors, to align with the side mirror of the vehicle you’ve pulled next to, before you commence your reverse park, same theory. Some vehicles are heavier in the steering than others, with or without powersteering, but I still prefer to turn head and use my own eyes - especially with some of the really ‘cheeky shit’ mirror glass some manufacturers use these says!
Here in Australia if you Pass the provisional tests with an automatic you can only drive automatic vehicle's while if you pass with a manual you are allowed to drive both only while your on a provisional licence, after a few years once you go test again after provisional 2 and get your full licence, everyone can drive both automatic and manual even if they did their provisional licences in automatic.
Not in all states though. Qld maintains the auto/manual distinction even on an open license. Years ago, transferring a Qld licence to a NSW one removed the condition, but they changed it about 5 years ago so that you keep the auto only condition.
South Australia class "car" has no recording required of an auto or manual test. And with 95%of new cars sold being auto, who cares. Used car yards won't look at you if you try to trade a used manual passenger car.
So this was in Forbes NSW recognize some of the streets, most of the streets with the shops are 40km speed limit, the school zones are also 40km, you can do the license in either Manual or Auto once you pass though you can drive either.
Residential areas in Australia are 50km/HR (31m/hr) so it looks slow and it is slow. It helps so you can stop if people step out. You need 120hrs experience before you can apply for a licence
A painted dotted line painted on the road is a give way intersection, a solid line indicates stop. Give way and stop signs aren’t always present due to a number of reasons
An interesting note, you can hear him indicate turning out of the round abouts.(to turn right, you indicate right as you go into the roundabout and indicate left as you leave) That's not done everywhere.
In Australia we have 2 types of Car Licenses . We have the Auto License where you can only drive a Automatic Car and we have a Manual License . The Manual License your allowed to drive both auto and manual Cars. We don't have classes on learning to drive manual in schools we just have driving instructors that teach you how to drive auto or manual based on which license you wish to get.
G'day Mate! I took my driving tests in 1970 and back then it was called reverse parking and in addition to the U turn we had to do a 3 point turn...No I did not pass the first time around and the reason back then...I was too confident! So I had to wait a month to try again this time successfully. Mine was in a suburb of Sydney so a lot more traffic than this one in Forbes(?) in country NSW Cheers!
A solid line at an intersection etc also indicates “Stop” 🛑 broken white line at an intersection etc also indicates give way; these lines may be double lines and have the respective 🛑 or give way sign… Any minor road entering a main road is either a give way or stop… We used to have what we called a “silent cop” in the middle of the road at intersections, all traffic had to go around this object ( usually approximately five or six inches high approximately two feet across painted yellow with reflective tags on it, they were a curse as they caused so many accidents if hit) We also do a “E” class licence (extraordinary) that you could apply through the courts to get, this licence was for traveling too and from work or between set times and or emergencies; out side this court applied restrictions it is illegal to drive… I had mates in the 70’s who applied for and got this licence at 14 years of age due to living in the country and needing a vehicle to get to town for supplies etc… motor bike licences are similar i.e. 250 or smaller or recognised as weight height to size (for the rider) once you have had your licence for “x” amount of time they can apply for a bigger size motorbike licence… Trucks work similar i.e. rigid truck than articulated truck than articulated truck with extra trailer etc etc then Bus again is a seperate license unless it is for your private use then the relative truck (size) licence … Even car size motor is restricted for learners and provisional licences… Not sure the exact protocol that is applied today… Taught my kids to drive on un-gazettes roads than had them spend a few weeks with a driving instructor so they could do laps of the designated course ( they will have a few designated courses to use) before going for their test, gave them a chance to refine and polish what they had learned from me… The best part is the log book they must now fill in and signed off by a fully licensed driver with at least 12 months good standing on their own full licence this was so they could see they have had experience driving in a number of atmospheric conditions day and night dirt or bitumen main and or side roads… Hope this helps you understand a tad better ohh and automatic license is for automatic only a manual licence will cover both, made all my kids learn in my old tojo twin cab manual 😂😂😂 the kids hated it but they did get it the first time they sat for it and are licensed for both… Cheers big ears
not sure about now but when I was doing the driving tests (when it was done with a police officer at the police station), if you did your driving test in an automatic you could only drive automatic cars. If you did your test in a manual you could drive both. Had fun learning how to do hill starts and to put extra pressure the driving instructor had me do it with the back wheel just above the waterline at a boat ramp.
A few comments on the commentary: 1 - I noticed almost immediately that the driver has a small after market HUD on the dash displaying the speed (in Km/h) onto the windscreen and for the first 10 or so minutes he barely went over 40km/h (approx 25 miles/h) which would be due to suburban limits usually being a max of 50km/h (or 31 mile/h) in most NSW suburban built up areas except for main roads (which range from 60km/h or 37 mile/h to 80 km/h or 59 mile/h) 2 - School zones Part A - during designated school days (at least in NSW where this was filmed) have a 40km/h (or 25 mile/h) limit for about 1 1/2 hours in the morning and afternoon (usually 8am - 9:30am and 2:30pm - 4pm). 2 - School zones Part B - The normal road speed limit can be anything from a 50km/h (31 mile /h) to 100+km/h (62+ mile/h) limit, depending where in the country it is... and yes I've personally seen a regional school on a main road in the middle of nowhere that was in a 100km/h zone, and the length of the zone itself was only about 200 metres ( 218 yards) in length, with insufficient warning signs in advance for a road train to slow down in time unless they were used to the area and started slowing down 1-2km beforehand. 2 - School zones Part C - Suburban (city) school zones can range from about 100 metres (109 yards) to 1 km in length depending on how many schools are in the school zone area. Eg a local public high school (yrs 7-12) near where I live on the local highway (normal speed zone of 60 km/h) has a school zone (40km/h) that is about 300-400 metres long, which is the length of the school property facing onto the highway, whilst a local private (catholic) high school (yrs 7-12) has a zone that is about 1km long (the school is at the end of the road, and the zone starts at the local train station which the road passes). There are also 2 infant/primary schools (one public, one private) that are next to each other on a back suburban street, and have a single school zone of about 500 metres in length covering both of them. 3 - Pharmacy ... just a point of interest, Pharmacies in Australia are completely different to the US ones.... they would resemble what American's call a "drug store" and do not sell alcohol normally (you would only find a pharmacy selling alcohol in a small country town where there are only 2-3 shops and are multi-purpose due to their small size). Additionally our supermarkets also do not sell alcohol, but they are usually next door to a specific "grog" shop retailer (which is usually owned by the supermarket company and runs as a separate business). 4 - Automatic vs Manual (or "stick" as known in the US) - When a learner wants to do their test, they can either do the test in a manual or an auto, BUT, (at least in NSW) if they do it in an Auto then the license is stamped with an "A" meaning that they cannot drive a manual unsupervised whilst they are on their Provisional 1 (P1) license which they hold for a minimum 12 months. Once they get their Provisional 2 (P2) license the A is removed and they are free to drive manuals. NOTE - Provisional license means they can drive unsupervised, but it does have various restrictions. 5 - Commentary at 11 mins about parking on a slope (I saw the video to be an incline/uphill scenario but I could be wrong).. you commented that he would need to turn the wheel to the right which would roll the car into the middle of the road if the handbrake gave way... the correct method would be turning the wheel to the left instead (to roll into the gutter), but this was never part of the driving test/requirements when I did my test in the early 90's and I suspect is still the case today as a requirement to pass the test. 6 - Parallel park..... I had to do it on a narrow road, followed immediately by a 3 point turn (ended up being a 4-5 point turn due to how narrow the road was and the cars parked on both sides) How did I go when I did my test? I passed on first attempt, something not even my professional driving instructor expected I would manage to do
I lernt to drive in a Army Landrover. As you might know, you only have 3 windows, windscreen and the 2 doors. So looking over your shoulder to see if something was coming you only saw the canopy and everything was done using the two outside mirrors. Obviously it was a manual gear box and when changing down gears you had to double de clutch to bring the motor up to speed of the lower gear. I still do it today out of habit, but it also prelongs the live of the clutch because the clutch is not rubbing as much to get up to speed for the lower gear. even 50 years later I still use only the mirrors to reverse, although in a car you have the inside mirror as well
When you take a driving test in Australia.....if the vehicle is a manual(stick shift). You are issued with a provisional license that allows you to operate both auto and stick. If test is done with an auto your license is restricted to autos only and penalties apply if you are caught driving a stick. A provisional license also restricts your speed and also has zero alcohol and engine size restrictions. 20:51 A red "P" is displayed for one year on both ends of vehicle. If you drive without occurring any penalties for that year you are then entitled to apply for a green " P ' plate provisional license which last two years, after this time you do a knowledge test to receive your open license which will still be restricted to autos only if that is what you originally tested in .
Did your video supplier happen to mention that this driving test in being made in a country town!! Although it may look bigger via the camera lens, in the city there would be much more traffic, plus traffic lights ever 500 meters and it is only in country towns that have 'Pub Verandah's' extending over the footpath, with supports on the edge of that footpath, also because Australian country towns have usually wider streets than 'in town', they prefer 'round-abouts to traffic lights.
in NZ u can go for a manual or auto restricted test, if you go for manual you can drive both and if you go for auto you can only drive both after getting your full
this is the Practical portion to advance from your Lerner's permit to a Provisional lenience, the Main Roads post practice exams for both Lerner and Provisional tests on their websites, before you can sit your practice you have to pass the theory test.
Different states make you hold a different licence for either manual or automatic . in south australia a licence can be used to drive both including a 50cc scooter or moped as long as you have your full licence permit.
I got my motor bike license first, took about 10 minutes as the cop wasn't real bothered. Back in my day there were only motor registry offices in big places, little towns the cops did it. I got my car license two months later and it was pretty much the same deal except for the 3 point turn and I was doing that in an HT Holden Station wagon, 1969 model with a 3 speed manual on the column.
I done my test with a local cop in 2007 in a country town called Pemberton WA. The hill start was pretty steep but it was easy as I was driving a manual V8 Diesel LandCruiser which is hard to stall.
When I got my licence I was from very rural nsw. Closest place to do test was 30mins away and you had to book in months in advance to get your P1 (red) because the instructor only came to town once a month and all the kids in the area had to book in. Tiny town so super simple test. No lights. Not roundabouts. A flat hand break start. Parallel park on an empty street and a quick trip out of town on a dirt road and that was it. We also used our own cars, so I passed in a manual.
The hardest bit when I did mine was the hill start. The tester, known as Failing Freddy always picked the steepest hill in the district. This town looks very flat, not sure where, central west of NSW.
a very very long time ago in NZ, traffic/police officers were the only people that did the physical driving test and if you did the test in an automatic then you were only licensed to drive automatic cars, that has changed now and now the AA does the testing
Ian In aus you you have to point the wheels to the left, if it rolls forward it will hit the gutter, if it rolls backward it will still hit the gutter with the back wheels to stop you rolling on a hill and course keep it in gear. so long as you are close to the curb, I have found it works great but I am talking very steep hillis
In NZ it's optional to learn how to drive with a manual car, if you take your restricted license with automatic you have to wait until you get your full license to drive manuals.
In New Zealand you have 3 license levels, learners, restricted and full. To get your leaners you pass a theory test then driving requires you to have a fully licensed driver in the front passenger seat, then to qualify for a restricted license you need to wait 6 months. When you take your restricted test, you can do it in either a manual or automatic car, but when you pass, if you used an automatic car you license will only allow you to drive automatics, and if you used a manual car, you're endorsed for both. On a restricted license you are not allowed to carry passengers unless you have a fully licenses driver in the front passenger seat. After 18 months on a restricted license you can then take your full test, after passing, you may drive automatic or manual regardless of the car used.
I never went to a driving school and vaguely remember even having to have a logbook but I drove manuals, tractors and reversed trailers since I was 8 on the farm so it was pretty easy for me.
Hey great video, I am in Australia, and you can either go for your manual or automatic license. If you choose manual, then all your lessons beforehand are of course in a manual. If you get your manual license, then you can drive both auto and manual. If you just get an auto license, then you are restricted to automatic vehicles only. I prefer automatic anyway, so no big deal. So it is optional. Cheers.
I also got an E behind B driver's license. In the Netherlands for your car and E for trailers is about 1500 pounds.And your B and E driving license also includes highway kilometers. Roundabouts in different class.
We don't have classes (like sit down in a classroom). We either drive around with an adult for a certain amount of hours, and/or we can choose to take professional driving lessons in a car.
Here in SA back in the '70s getting your license was very different to now. Your instructor could be anyone with a full license, don't know it there was a minimum number of practice hours you had to have, a police officer conducted the driving test, and there was no "P" plate (provisional license). In my case I passed the written test with 100%, Dad was my instructor and he insisted that I learn on a manual even though there was no difference in the license if you learnt on a manual or automatic. During the test the cop heard my muttering under my breath when I made the odd mistake and at the end of the test, he listed the things I did incorrectly and then said "but with that, I'll still give you a pass". So, I passed first go, this annoyed my sister as she had to take a second test before passing, to be fair, on her first test she an older cop who was well known for never passing female drivers on their first test.
The manual licence allowed you to drive manual and automatic cars. I also got my licence on my first time at Albany which is at the bottom of WA and is on a mountain and I live in Mandurah.
Yes I passed first go on my test as well, yes there is two licence options auto and manual, of course I went for the manual option as it does cover both licences. When I was taking lessons on my last one the instructor was driving me home and mounted the curb and had to grip onto the steering wheel very tight as not go into someones front yard. his driving was very suss. LOL
Definitely a country town - much more traffic to deal with in the cities. And remember that in most states in Australia you can't get your licence until you're 18 (still stressful though)
Most school zones operate 8-9.30am and 2.30-4pm. However, there are a few non-standard school zone times in NSW. You can identify these by the red or orange school zone signs which have the school zone times on them. Every school in NSW has at least one set of school zone flashing lights.
Your description of your driving test reminds me of Dad’s story taking his in rural Queensland in the 70s. For reference to the size of the town when they first got phone service in Roma dad’s phone number was 4… just the number 4! Its gotten a little bigger since then!
Definitely in New South Wales different parking as you see them drive through the main street in between the roundabouts you see the cars parked reverse 45° angle in New South Wales they all have to reverse in most other states you park nose first
In Australia some states will give you a general driver's licence after testing on an automatic but in my state if you do the test in an automatic you are restricted to driving automatics.
Here in Sydney I see a lot of instructors guiding drivers to do parallel parks with just one car. It’s a cop out tbh. And let’s not even mention the fact they also pull in across driveways & sit there evaluating the driver often 🤦🏼♀️
In Great Britain first requirement to learning to drive is apply for a Provisional Licence. Then you have to take a Theory test, so you know about signs and hazard awareness. Out on the road when practicing you must be accompanied by someone who has held a full licence for two years. We do not have the Provisional or Restricted status like Australia or New Zealand.
Did YOU Pass Your Driving Test the 1st time??
😢 sadly took me 5 goes 20 odd years ago lol as I had a horrible tester who failed everyone all the time and made everyone nervous
yes a week ago I did that. I am 17 years old
I’m 52 and got mine 1st try in Victoria at 18 🇦🇺💜
Instantly, 20 minutes in manual.
2nd time for me and going back to school after the test and having to tell all my mates i failed SUCKED. Got it next go though, i was 16 or 17, i can't remember.
In New Zealand, and I'm sure in Australia too, you can't even start learning behind the wheel until you have passed the theory test...the reasoning is you need to know the road rules even when learning to drive. Then in NZ you need to wait six months before you can sit a practical driving test and if you pass, you get a restricted license. This license allows you to drive unsupervised, but you can't dive with other passengers (unless one has had a full license for over 2 years), and you can't dive certain hours during the night and you can't have any alcohol. After 18 months on a restricted you can go for a full license which involves another driving test, but this one more focuses on your abilities to drive defensively and identify the risks, it's up to the testing officer to make a judgement call on whether or not you have gained enough skills and are safe enough to have a full (unrestricted) license.
Have to do a computer test for your learners licence if you donot pass that test you donot have a learners licence then you have to rebook to do the test again . If you pass then you get your learners licence then book with a driving school my son when through a driving school for six months my son was over 25 years old when he done it with a driving school. My son has a gold drivers licence nsw. A full, unrestricted licence is gained after two years without suspension on the P2 License. Unrestricted drivers licences are coloured gold.
Very little difference in Victoria Australia. Just different names and perhaps age ranges
Have done a video about the stages to get a full drivers licence. Put this into youtube th-cam.com/video/xffbUhdy9pI/w-d-xo.html
You can learn to operate a vehicle at any age on private property, but you need the theory test to drive on public roads
Do know that has been abot for many years driving on private property i was working on a private property before i had my licence back in the 1980s and that is how most of my brothers learnt back in the 1970s to drive. Have growen up in the country not in a mayor city. @@dwindeyer
I made all of my kids learn in a manual, that way it doesn't matter what car they get into, they can drive it.
Exactly.
Had to learn how to drive manual by myself. I started work in my late teens and the workshop supervisor threw me a set of keys and told to be go and get some car parts. When I walked to the ute, I realised it was a manual, went back in told the supervisor I dunno how to drive one yet. His reply? "Stiff sh*t, f*cking learn". Those were his exact words lol.
Stalled it a couple of times, but eventually got the hang of it haha. It was a bloody miracle I didn't have an accident that day lol.
It's just like riding a bike really, once you learn it, you'll never forget.
It does happen a lot that an work, loan or garage car is manual only
And if they test in a Manual, they won't be restricted to driving Automatics without re-testing later on
@@metarugia3981 Your supervisor was a dick.
In the 70s I was failed on my 1st test for avoiding a collision! A car came through a give way sign so I stopped. The examiner failed me saying I should not have stopped as the other car had a give way sign. I was so angry and let him know it.
On my driving test my tester and instructor talked about a recent test where the learner avoided a spare wheel coming out of a service station. The test stopped there and then with the learner passed. He had shown more awareness and road skills by avoiding that than any further testing could show.
It seems to me you are in that category too.
At the time I did my test, only people that had used Private driving schools passed 1st time. As youngsters we believed they were getting kick backs from the schools. He was looking for an excuse to fail me.@@johnd8892
Rule 1: Avoid hitting or getting hit by stuff.
You were right he was wrong. That would have pissed me off SOOO much.
Ha, I was going to say I only passed for avoiding a collision.
As an Aussie, that was definitely the same test I did.
The instructor that was testing me was asking me questions about my job and we were laughing and smiling throughout my test (but of course we were both serious when it came to doing anything that was being marked e.g. Parking). I passed first go and he said I did a good job and the first thing I did afterwards was go through a Maccas Drive Thru with my sister who was kind enough to wait an hour by herself at the RTA (DMV) whilst I did my test and got all of the paperwork sorted out
I had. y first test a few weeks ago, and the tester specifically said there would be no talking that wasn't test related (i.e tester giving instructions). Wish I got someone more chill and laid back.
I passed my driving test first go. One of the roads that the instructor took me on, I was heading out of town and the cops were doing random breath testing. So I got pulled over within the first 10 minutes of my test. The cop who pulled me over said he’d make sure he would let the officers know on the opposite side of the road, to not pull me over when I would drive back into town. My driving instructor was excited that I got pulled over during my test, it mustn’t happen often haha.
Did they breath test your instructor?
@@nonamenoname6921 I assume the cop did, but I don’t have a distinct memory of him breath testing my driving instructor
He may look like he's going slow to you, because our limit is 50kph in residential streets. Manual is still the standard for our licence, in fact, if you take your test in an automatic cars you get an automatic only license and it gets marked on your license. Our school zones usually have flashing signs when they are active.
Btw automatic and manual in SA are the same license so you can take your test in a automatic and be qualified to drive manual as there is just the one licence I think some other states or territories do the same. And the length of your L's also varies states. Like SA is 1 year (government changing it to 2 years as of 2024) and the NT is just 6 months on your L's and I think Victoria is 2 years idk.
In NSW if you pass your test in an Auto you can drive a manual on your P1 with a fully licensed driver next to you. You can also drive a manual by yourself (even If you passed the test with an Auto) when you go to P2.
Here in Vic, if you test on an automatic, you can ONLY drive an automatic for the four years of your probationary period.
Once you're fully licensed though, you can drive whatever.
@ryanfrick5451 You have L's until you complete 100 hours of Day driving and 20 Night hours in Victoria. Then you have 1 year of red P's then 3 years of green P's.
@@ryanfrick5451 in vic, how long you need to hold your L's before you go for your license depends on your age. if you're under 21, its 12 consecutive months. 21-25 its 6 consecutive months and 25+is 3 consecutive months.
I passed mine the first time. When I got back to the RTA the tester went inside without talking to me. My instructor was like did you pass, I said no idea. The tester called me up and said come and sign this. I went over and it was my license. I was so happy. The tester was not a nice man who hardly ever passed people on the first go. That was 1988. A lot easier back then to what they need to do now.
I passed my driving test the first time myself(on the Gold Coast)about 45 years ago.
Also,I had to learn how to reverse a trailer.Great life skill I reacon.
I had the same experience in 92, it's wasn't Albury was it?
I think that approach was pretty standard back then
I think it's high time for a reform, in which it becomes mandatory for all lower classes to do 3 or 4 training hours in a big rig.
@HrLBolle And some motorcycle training wouldn't hurt either,I suppose.
You mentioned the school zones. In NSW the school zones are active during school days, 8am to 9.30am and 2.30pm to 4 pm and the speed drops down to 40 km/ hr. I bought a new car 4 years ago with this wiz bang navigation system. When I drove it out of the showroom after the purchase was finalised, I didn’t realise everything on the navigation system was turned on. I accidentally sped 5 km over the speed limit “Obey all traffic rules” by the voice of the system. Worse was to come. I passed 2 schools on the way home. One had a roundabout on the corner where the school zone stops on one side of the roundabout and starts again around the corner. I discovered no matter the time of day or night, weekend or school holidays, the voice of my navigation system would announce “You are approaching a school zone….you are entering a school zone….you are exiting a school zone.” I got this 3 times in 5 minutes. It took me 2 months to work out how to turn this function off.
I love 'roundabouts'. If the choice is between a set of traffic lights or a roundabout, I'll take roundabout every single time.
and YES I passed my test the 1st time (although I stalled it twice while attempting the 'hill-start',(manual car) the instructor just told me to "give it some more gas" and he was pretty cool about it)
Roundabouts are great, and I do like them too. My biggest issue with them is other drivers using them. So many people either dont use their indicators or will change their mind while in the roundabout so a lot of the time they become needlessly dangerous.
The US word "tire" actually means "weary" in Australia and tyre means the rubber part of the wheel.
Same uk
Americans speak funny anyway, say so many words incorrectly
America actually re-wrote the language to make it easier. That's why they dropped silent letters and changed to a more phonetic system. For example theatre and centre became theater and center.
@1lighthorse no they just dumbed it down for the simple minded.....!
@@BDFProtector other motoring terms as well US vs UK/Australia etc: stick-shift -> manual transmission. Trunk -> Boot.....Hood -> Bonnet etc
Automatic license means you cant drive a manual on public roads
But depending on the state, once you‘re on your full [auto] licence, you can
@@er-ha Yeah? Which State? Never used to be. (Back when the rules were standard across Australia).
@@mikeparkes7922 Vic for sure and I think there are a few others?
In the UK (also NL) and possibly all of the EU you are not allowed to drive a manual transmission car with an automatic-only license.
@@er-haIn Tasmania too.
This driving lesson was in a country town so often the students get to deal with different other traffic than in busy city.
That’s very clearly a country town - from the quiet streets and lack of traffic lights to the cattle trucks!
Definitely country NSW, based on the phone numbers!
Forbes nsw
I'm surprised how many people in the comments remember their tests so clearly. I mean it was only 8-9 years ago that I had done mine, but I can't remember anything about it haha
What worries me is that a fair majority of my mates from High School forged nearly all of their hours, my parents made sure I did all of them and more. I remember my grandad telling me about when he got his license in the 50's, all they had to do was drive around town for 10 minutes with the local police officer to prove they were competent enough to drive.
So easy!
My mum did that test. The cop had her drive up the main road, up a hill then back down into "town" to drop the police officer at the pub 😂.
(The "town" was a pub, a police station, a school and then mostly farmland.)
I took my driving test in the UK in a 1947 Jowett Bradford Van with 3 speed crash gearbox with no synchromesh (double de clutch for every gear change) That would challenge people today. That was 61 years ago. Failed the first time. Second time the car stalled after an emergancy bracking test I had to get out and restart the car with the crank handle, Now i drive mainly automatics.
Just a side note
When you get to Mailtime, I include a couple of Learner's "L" plates and two Red (first 2,years) and Two Green (3rd year) Provisional "P" plates in our box.
In ACT you have L's for minimum 6 months and then Red P's for 2 years and that's it, there's also not really any restrictions on what P plater's can do or drive in ACT unlike other states.
Regularly have a huntsman crawl out from under the bonnet and run across my windscreen while driving. Really gets your heart racing!
In NZ, if you take your restricted (10pm curfew, no passengers) license test in an auto, then you can't drive a manual. But once you have your full license, you can drive either no matter what you took the tests in.
Same in Australia ( well Victoria at least) Red Ps 1 passenger, must be related followed by Green Ps 2 passengers, I think.
Its so much less strict in SA. You have a curfew at mignight. One non family passenger (any number of family). Can do test in auto and still be allowed to drive manuel on p1s. All these rules disappear when youre on p2s and you dont even have plates on p2. Only difference between p2 and full license is demerit points and alchohol limit.
In NSW at least, there’s no mandatory driving school for cars, however you must keep a log book and meet a minimum of 120 hours of driving.
The use of driving schools are encouraged by allowing a 1hr lesson to count for 3 logbook hours.
There are mandatory courses for getting a motorcycle licence
In the UK, if you pass your test in a manual car, your license covers you for both transmissions. However, if you pass in an automatic, your licence will have Auto written on it, which restricts the driver to automatic only
During my first driving lesson with a driving instructor a bug spider appeared on the inside windscreen (the corner I was driving at). I pulled over calmly, then freaked out lol
Was your instructor pleased that you waited till it was safe to have your freak out?
@@chenilleoneil1289 he was 😀
I got my car license in 1980 in NSW. It was just like the video you reviewed. Back then we could practice in either a manual or auto and do the test in either. Some time after, maybe in the '90s, if learners turned up for the test in an auto then their license was restricted to them only driving an auto.Two years later I went and did my test for a motorbike license. The bike test was easy and went like this: Examiner leans on someone's car. "Start yer bike, go around the block back to here and do a u-ee and park across the road and come see me." I asked him if he was going to be following me and he said "No. If you come back in one piece you've passed." About 6 years ago I needed to get a HR licence and drive for a year. A heavy rigid is a truck with 3 or more axles which includes prime movers without an articulated trailer (a 5th wheel trailer). I found a driving school, did a week of training on a heavy rigid with an Eaton Fuller 18 speed crash box. I then went for the test and passed. Because I did the test with a crash box there were no restrictions or conditions on my license. If I turned up for the test in a normal synchromesh manual transmission then I would have been restricted to a normal manual gear-boxed truck. Having an unrestricted license meant that I could lease a truck with a crash-box. There were plenty of these on the used truck market cheap because there were less people who could drive them, which is the reason I chose to train on a crash box. I ended up leasing a prime mover which had been re-engineered to extend the chassis to convert it into a curtainsider (Tautliner). Being a prime mover meant I had 6x4 wheel drive. The overall rigid truck length was 10.2 metres not including the dog trailer. With the dog trailer it was just under 19 metres with a GCM of 31 tonnes.
The truck I had was a Mitsubishi Fuso FV547 6×4 Curtainsider 320 hp 2200 NM torque Twin Tubo 13 Speed o/d Roadranger Fuso diffs on airbag suspension
GVM 22 tonnes GCM 31 tonnes.
So in a nutshell within a week I went from driving a car to driving a 19 metre (62 feet) 31 tonne truck on the road. A year after holding a HR license you can go for a HC (Semi) or MC (Multiple dog trailers, Road Trains).
Looks like Forbes NSW - not many opportunities for hill starts there.
Another great video Ian, love the channel mate. Can't wait to see you trackside at Bathurst one day. Thanks for the work you do for the channel all the work pays off on this side of the TV, so great work mate, you make me proud to be an Aussie.
That will be one of the happiest days of my life being at the mountain for a race. Thanks for the comments mate 🎉😎
@@IWrocker Mine too because if you haven't as to my knowledge you haven't seen/heard a V8 supercar with your own eye's/ears just remembering the first time i did will make me stoked for you mate! GET IT DONE.
Hey Ian, I live in Australia. Each state and territory is different (which really irks me because as much as I support federation and states' rights, I think that driving laws should be the same everywhere in Australia and set by the federal government, but that's a different matter), so I did my test in my home state New South Wales. I passed on my first go. Also, what wasn't shown in that video is all the stupid nanny state crap like having to look over your shoulder when overtaking (looking in the mirror isn't enough, a skill I learnt just for the test then immediately abandoned afterwards). You either had to do a three point turn or reverse park. I was lucky because I got the three point turn. Anyways, I passed it on the first go. If you do your test on an auto, you're not allowed to drive a manual whilst on your red P's, but if you do the test on manual, you can drive both. When I did the test, you had to do a test after every stage, so after the red Ps, you had to do a hazards test (which was really stupid because by then you had been driving for a year by yourself by that point), then you had to do an other test to get your full licence (though that was changed a year or so later, where you only had to do the tests before getting your red Ps, so by the time my younger sister got her licence, she didn't have to go through that crap). I failed the hazards tests on the first go, but passed on the second go, and passed the rest on the first go. Now I drive for a living. One thing I would like to see (if you ever go overseas, of coarse, I am not demanding that you go overseas just for this) is to compare driving on the left vs driving on the right. You would have to a bias to driving on the right, so please take that into account. I really want to drive on the opposite side of the road, but haven't had the opportunity to do so yet. We don't have four way stop signs here nor four way give way signs (or maybe we do, but they're too few and far between for me to know about). I drive for a living and have done pretty much everything that a motorist can do on the left side of the road (except snow chains. I've driven in snow in Australia, but never needed chains), but I wouldn't know what to do at a four-way stop sign. That street probably didn't have a giveaway/stop sign because the give way/stop sign was on the other side. Here's a tip, never book your driving test during school zone hours. It's a pain in the arse. Book your test before/after school zone hours. Maybe I got a few of the details of red and green Ps wrong, I don't know, it was about a decade or so ago
if you want to drive manual, you must pass driving test in a manual gear boxed car. which allows you to drive both manual and auto .
And also if you choose to only drive automatic cars then your drivers licence gets the automatic transmission licence condition which means that you can only drive automatic cars under your current licence. This means that getting your licence with a manual transmission car is better than only automatic (even if you will only drive automatic transmission cars) because you have the option to drive manual cars (if you find yourself in a situation where you need to drive a manual car)
Depending on state. SA doesn't have the automatic restriction for C class, you can drive a manual after passing a test in an automatic. Trucks are different.
Yes and no, once you are on your full licence (no longer a provisional licence) that restriction no longer applies.
In fact on Monday I'll be taking a full licenced driver for a "lesson" in my manual because he's never driven a manual (but legally now can).
The lesson has no legal reason, I'm a good driver (former truck driver and trained in driver instruction) and he's smart enough to accept some practical advice on how to be a better driver.
@@Grumpy-sy7wr Hmm, didn't know that! At least that's the case for QLD
@@Grumpy-sy7wr Really? I wonder when that changed.
Here if you do the test in an automatic you can ONLY drive an automatic during ur probationary P1 and P2 licenses (about 4 years), after which you get your full licence automatically then you can drive either. But if u get ur license done with a manual you get to drive either from the start.
So literally just do the test in auto matic, 1 less moving part to mess up on, almost no chance of stalling and you can use the 4 yrs to learn all other aspects of driving, then move on to a manual if u choose.
One thing I remember from my test (I had manual cars for years) was that the examiner was very encouraging about the parallel park, telling me how his wife still drives around and around looking for a parking spot because she won't do them. It was on a very steep hill, followed by a 3 point turn to head back down the other way. He was much nicer than the first examiner who failed me because I didn't look over my shoulder to his satisfaction. That and the fact that the only instructor I had was my Dad and I also suspect cos I was a teenage girl.
I also remember my first few lessons learning how to use the clutch and finding the concept of having to watch the road, steer the car, and then do a dance with my feet and change gears very daunting. Surprising how quickly it just becomes a non-conscious activity.
I remember teaching my younger sister and she used to have to look at the gear stick to change it and we would wander all over the road 😂😂. She got there in the end, but we used to laugh.
@7:20 here in the Netherlands and i think Europe in general you mainly learn to drive manual. That way you are also allowed to drive every car out there, both manual and automatic. Some people choose to just learn automatic but they aren't allowed to drive manual.
Wow I'm jealous of how simple this driving test was. I'm not sure about other states in Aus, but in WA you have to execute everything basically perfectly on the test to pass. I got my license 2 years ago, and had been many years delayed in getting my license because I'd had to move away from my hometown for uni and had to save up for professional lessons, and also had a traumatic driving lesson experience which meant I didn't sit in the driver's seat for 3 years after that experience. So I spent $3000 on driving lessons in 2021, booked a test with a 3 month wait, then failed on the first test because of a dumb blip in parking. Not having a license had also been a barrier to me starting my career, and I was close to running out of money, so failing my test was devastating. Had to pay $100 to retake the test, passed it, and I hugged my driving instructor and sobbed. I'm now on my full license but only just recently saved up enough to buy my first car at 27.
My brother has been ready to take his driving test for about a year now but WA's Department of Transport test booking system is fucked, no one can book any tests because they're all booked out to the maximum in advance, and there's possibly people who have designed bots to book up cancellations so he can't even get those.
This was a rural town, they are a lot easier than in the city. I recall a mate saying when he got his licence in a rural town then tester said pull into a supermarket carpark, he got out and bought a packet of smokes, told him to drive back to the police station and passed him.
i feel you. i got mine in perth in the early 90s and my first test the tester i had was legend for pretty much failing everyone first go. i had to do a hill park and start in a manual on a small entrance to a park that was i kid you not 45 degrees. no way anyone could have driven a manual and not rolled back. instant failure. next time round it was a lot easier funny enough didn't have to do that hill start for some reason.
Find a rural test site in a country town, forget the Perth sites.
This wasn't a test, it was a driving lesson, the test isn't like this
Try Melbourne where you have to remember and comply with tram rules and hook turns. Possibly the most complex road rules in Oz
When I learned the class of license I got was "A" class (since changed to "C" class) but it means I can drive any vehicle seating up to 12 passengers. Manual or Auto transmission (Gross weight
Very interesting Ian! I failed my first tesr because of vertigo, which caused a brain freeze!! My tester insisted on the steepest street in the area and the car was manual and borrowed, from then on the stress was high to finish perfectly! My last test was a parallel park and then a U-turn, executed beautifully in heavy rain! His last comment at the end was "any idea what windshield wipers are for"! Fail.👎
I failed my first test for being over cautious. The driving school car had a new clutch the day before and I had not got used to it. In the lesson before the test I kept stalling the engine, so that made me super nervous!
@@Phiyedough 😄 Yes, that's just not fair! Nothing's more embarassing than stalling!
@@PhiyedoughThat's funny - my brother-in-law failed for the exact opposite reason, back in the sixties. He didn't put a foot wrong and got a perfect score, then the tester (policeman) failed him for being over-confident! 😂😂
11:28 always turn the wheels into the curb, not away regardless of the direction, if your car is too far from the curb, your car will roll and turn into the intersection. Turn them into the curb so the car always rolls into the curb and not into traffic.
HOWEVER, this is not a requirement in Australia, i.e. they will not penalise you for not doing it, and there are good reasons not to do this, i.e. seals etc.
There’s a trick they use to fail you, when the test is done when you leave the Motor Registry there’s a Stop sign when leaving, most fail there....😊
Oh boy haha sneaky
@@IWrocker very but instant fail.
It's worse when there's a pedestrian when you go to exit, because you have to give way, but practically everyone stops walking and waits for cars to exit, and if you go, instant fail.
17:49 My awareness test was done in the form of brand new well-modelled 3D flash animations and answering questions there. My written test was just a online quiz module.
in Finnland you can drive your license with manual or automatic transmission but if you drive it with automatic you are not allowed to drive manual cars, so many people just drive the test with manual even if they know that they are maybe never going to need to drive manual again. Personaly I drive manual because older cars are usually manual and as an student i don't have the money to buy new car right now. (edit: english is not my first language so there might be mistakes but I do not have the intrest to try to find them)
Australia is the same. I got my manual licence.
Looks to be in country NSW going by the Forbes and West Wyalong direction signs.
Yes - I think I recognize the Forbes train station. Beautiful main street scapes.
Back in my day (90s) when I got my licence, it didn't matter what you did your test in, you were then able to drive whatever car you wanted - be it auto or manual.
These days I've heard that they print on your licence if you learnt in an auto or manual. Something to that effect.
It's true.
If you get caught driving a manual,and it's marked on your licence that you can only drive an auto,immediate fine.
With a manual licence,one can drive an auto legally too.
NoT in QLD. Maybe it's changed now but 80's and 90's you had to get a licence for either manual or auto. On manual you can drive anything but Auto license can not drive a manual
i had the A on mine, but once i graduated to full, I have no restrictions, I got mine Victoria September 2013
I have to say that the 120 hours of supervised driving (20 hours at night) that learners do in my State today is way more than I did as a learner back in 1970. I passed the parallel parking, driving and eye test with flying colours but had to be prompted with “… and” three times by the policeman testing me on one of the questions from the Road Rules Manual. After that I got a total of 20 verbally answered questions because of course the missing part of the answer to that question was to “notify the police if there was damage to property or person”. My instructor said that he had never had a student driver get asked so many questions from the Manual before. Nowadays I think it may be harder to stuff up because the Road Rules section of the License test is now a multiple choice screen test so at last you have a visual prompt in front of you but maybe someone younger to confirm if that is part of gaining the Learner Permit of and/or the License Test.
This must be the easiest test anyone could ever get. I don't see how this student was actually being tested in a challenging environment and still he ended up on the wrong side of the road.
This was not a test at all. It was just a 30 minute driving lesson. Most likely just completing a couple of things in the learners log book. At the very beginning of the video, the instructor says, "today we will be doing a reverse parallel park and a curb side stop".
@@jason2768Exactly. If it were a test, the "wrong side of the road" incident would have resulted in an instant fail and the test would have ended there. 👍
@@grantodaniel7053 - Definately an instant fail had it been the test for his P's.
@@jason2768that’s what they do in a driving test in Australia and also the guy wasn’t talking which indicates that it’s a test
@@ToadmcNinja - The instructor literally says at the very beginning, "today we will be doing a reverse parallel park and a curb side stop". Sounds a lot like the beginning of a lesson to me.
I took my driving test in 81, 5 lessons and 1 theoretical and practical driving test. Then I got an extended 2 week winter driving course and a few years later I was taught defensive and offensive driving techniques as part of my job as security detail. Back then automatics were mostly used by handicapped people, manual gear driving was most common. I also passed my PPL in first try.
Having lost my license many times I have had some fun doing the test again . One idiot told me I had failed before we got back to the office so I took him for a ride , he screamed .
I know this vide is 2 months old, but figured I would chim in.
Watching this video, the 'Frank Spice Holden' was what told me which state it is, which is New South Wales.
Can't say much about how they do it over there, but it varies between the east coast and here in Western Australia.
Here in Western Australia, there are 2 'CAR' licenses, there is 'CAR (C)' and 'CAR AUTOMATIC (CA)'. When you go for your learners permit, you have to tell the Department of Transport officer that serves you, which of the 2 you are going for, if you apply for a CA learners permit, you can't learn in a manual car, if you apply for a C learners permit, you can learn in a manual and an automatic.
It's especially relevant for when you go for your actual driving test.
Once you have your P's (Provisional license) which is basically a full license but with restrictions, you are limited to what your license says, either C or CA.
School zones are 40km/hr here in WA, and they have a morning and afternoon timeslot, outside of those 2 timeslots, you can travel at the normal speed of the road, which is generally 60km/hr but could be 50km/hr or 70km/hr.
The parellel parking that the person did would be considered a 'Reverse Parallel Parking' here in WA, as opposed to just parallel parking.
In terms of orientation of the front wheels when parking on an incline, you always want the front of the frontwheels turned into the left kerb, the idea is that if your car rolls forward, it will roll forward into the kerb, and if it rolls backwards, it will roll backwards into the kerb.
If you have the front wheels turned to the right, depending on how far from the kerb you are (the legal distance is 43cm or 16 inches), there is a chance that your vehicle won't hit the kerb when it rolls backwards, but if the front wheels are always turned towards the kerb, the backwheels will always roll into the kerb.
When taking the test (At least here in WA), it depends on which region or local government area (Where they have a department of transport) that you take the test as to what they will get you do. At the DoT that I took mine at, there are some hills, so I had to do a hill start, if I had taken it at the DoT that was 30min south of where I live, instead of this one 30min north of where I live, I wouldn't have had to do a hill start at all because they have no hills).
I got tailgated by a B-Double semi while heading out of town to do the unsealed road section of the assessment... which, in South Australia, is what replaces the traffic light assessment section for people living too far away from anywhere with traffic lights (although they still quiz you on the theory).
Oh I remember my driving test. My parallel park was between 2 poles and you had to have both tyres so many centre meters from the curb and dead centre of the poles. I had a hill start that was very steep and you had to preform a 3.5 turn in 3 turns or you failed. I spent half a year to really practice, I drove everywhere and in all types of traffic so when I went for my test I aced it. I also learned and did my test in a manual car.
Our school zones normally have electronic/variable speed signs, and are active only certain times of day e.g. 7:30am to 9 - 40kph and same in afternoon 2:30pm to 4:pm - 40kph. Most would have attended crosswalks with crossing guard, but some may not.
Here in the Netherlands you can get an "automatic" licence where you are only allowed to drive automatic gearbox cars. Though almost everyone i know gets the regular drivers licence where you take the test in a manual.
7:48 it sounds like our systems are different. You talk about classes like you go to an actual school. Here you generally get taught to drive by a friend or family member, then get a couple of lessons from a private driving instructor who comes to your house (or anywhere convenient), just to polish you up a bit. You do the test at the department of main roads (I’ve heard some people claim the local copper did their testing, not sure if its still a thing though)
This is in Forbes, NSW. A very pretty town of about 6,000 people, about 375km (233 miles) West of Sydney.
If you take your driving test in an automatic, your license is restricted to automatic cars until you are off your probationary licemse (first 4 years). Then you can drive a manual.
I knew it was NSW (cars reversed into angle parks) just couldn't work out the town.👍
I'm pretty sure the location of this town where the test was done is Forbes, NSW. The railway tracks, pub, Holden, Maccas and service station look familiar, as do the round abouts in town. I was there for a family reunion earlier in the year. I live in Sydney, Forbes is about a 5 hour drive west. Out towards Parkes where the big radio telescope is, as featured in the movie The Dish.
From the GPS voice I hear the vehicle is a fairly recent Toyota and the voice is from the vehicle navigation system. It tells you about school zones no matter whether they are active or not. In NSW there will generally be flashing lights at either end of the school zone when it is active. Also in NSW you can complete your driving test in either an automatic or manual transmission, however, if you get your licence in an automatic vehicle you are not permitted to drive a manual on a public road until you receive your green P (provisional) plates (1 year generally).
This is a very small country town - Forbes in NSW! Most kids have been driving / riding motor bikes for years on family farms.
I passed my driving test on my first try in Australia 6 years ago. The weather was shocking. It was pouring rain, and the roads were flooded. I think the instructor said that I was the first person she passed that day. She did go easy on me though (I did the 3-point U turn on a quiet street that wasn't flooded), and I passed with flying colors.
Manual is optional. The test is in the student's car. If you want to get a manual license (which allows you to drive both manual & automatic cars), then you need to pass the driving test in a manual car. If not, then you can use an automatic car. Either way once you are no longer on a probationary license, you can drive either.
Spiders are also incredibly slow moving, so it isn't really something to worry too much about - just pull over and get rid of it with a tissue.
And our school zones have a speed limit of 40KM/h (25mph), but they usually apply 24/7 (except on main roads).
the size of the fly its actually crawling over the camera lense.
For parallel parking, I was taught to use the wiper blades on the window wipers to align my car with the rear corner of the parked car in front of the parking spot. But my new car has retractable wiper blades that rest below the windscreen when not in use. Very glad for the rear camera and the parking sensors to clue me in.
I got taught to use your side mirrors, to align with the side mirror of the vehicle you’ve pulled next to, before you commence your reverse park, same theory. Some vehicles are heavier in the steering than others, with or without powersteering, but I still prefer to turn head and use my own eyes - especially with some of the really ‘cheeky shit’ mirror glass some manufacturers use these says!
Reversing around a corner, staying the same distance from the kerb all the way around was the tricky one when I did my test nearly 40 years ago
I don't that's been in the Aus driving test for decades. I certainly didn't learn about it for my Qld driver's Licence 20 years ago.
@@vincentlevarrick6557 I was born before colour television mate
why the hell would you reverse around a corner? That would not even be a safe manoeuvre! I have no understanding what this would even be testing for!
@@bexbee2 I don't know why would be in and agree it's not safe. I got my truck licence last year and had to reverse around a corner for that too
Here in Australia if you Pass the provisional tests with an automatic you can only drive automatic vehicle's while if you pass with a manual you are allowed to drive both only while your on a provisional licence, after a few years once you go test again after provisional 2 and get your full licence, everyone can drive both automatic and manual even if they did their provisional licences in automatic.
Not in all states though. Qld maintains the auto/manual distinction even on an open license. Years ago, transferring a Qld licence to a NSW one removed the condition, but they changed it about 5 years ago so that you keep the auto only condition.
South Australia class "car" has no recording required of an auto or manual test. And with 95%of new cars sold being auto, who cares. Used car yards won't look at you if you try to trade a used manual passenger car.
So this was in Forbes NSW recognize some of the streets, most of the streets with the shops are 40km speed limit, the school zones are also 40km, you can do the license in either Manual or Auto once you pass though you can drive either.
Residential areas in Australia are 50km/HR (31m/hr) so it looks slow and it is slow. It helps so you can stop if people step out. You need 120hrs experience before you can apply for a licence
A painted dotted line painted on the road is a give way intersection, a solid line indicates stop. Give way and stop signs aren’t always present due to a number of reasons
An interesting note, you can hear him indicate turning out of the round abouts.(to turn right, you indicate right as you go into the roundabout and indicate left as you leave) That's not done everywhere.
Just being discussed on radio now is that only 7% of licence tests are taken in a manual. In Victoria over the last year.
In Australia we have 2 types of Car Licenses . We have the Auto License where you can only drive a Automatic Car and we have a Manual License . The Manual License your allowed to drive both auto and manual Cars. We don't have classes on learning to drive manual in schools we just have driving instructors that teach you how to drive auto or manual based on which license you wish to get.
G'day Mate! I took my driving tests in 1970 and back then it was called reverse parking and in addition to the U turn we had to do a 3 point turn...No I did not pass the first time around and the reason back then...I was too confident! So I had to wait a month to try again this time successfully. Mine was in a suburb of Sydney so a lot more traffic than this one in Forbes(?) in country NSW Cheers!
A solid line at an intersection etc also indicates “Stop” 🛑 broken white line at an intersection etc also indicates give way; these lines may be double lines and have the respective 🛑 or give way sign…
Any minor road entering a main road is either a give way or stop…
We used to have what we called a “silent cop” in the middle of the road at intersections, all traffic had to go around this object ( usually approximately five or six inches high approximately two feet across painted yellow with reflective tags on it, they were a curse as they caused so many accidents if hit)
We also do a “E” class licence (extraordinary) that you could apply through the courts to get, this licence was for traveling too and from work or between set times and or emergencies; out side this court applied restrictions it is illegal to drive…
I had mates in the 70’s who applied for and got this licence at 14 years of age due to living in the country and needing a vehicle to get to town for supplies etc… motor bike licences are similar i.e. 250 or smaller or recognised as weight height to size (for the rider) once you have had your licence for “x” amount of time they can apply for a bigger size motorbike licence…
Trucks work similar i.e. rigid truck than articulated truck than articulated truck with extra trailer etc etc then Bus again is a seperate license unless it is for your private use then the relative truck (size) licence …
Even car size motor is restricted for learners and provisional licences…
Not sure the exact protocol that is applied today…
Taught my kids to drive on un-gazettes roads than had them spend a few weeks with a driving instructor so they could do laps of the designated course ( they will have a few designated courses to use) before going for their test, gave them a chance to refine and polish what they had learned from me…
The best part is the log book they must now fill in and signed off by a fully licensed driver with at least 12 months good standing on their own full licence this was so they could see they have had experience driving in a number of atmospheric conditions day and night dirt or bitumen main and or side roads…
Hope this helps you understand a tad better ohh and automatic license is for automatic only a manual licence will cover both, made all my kids learn in my old tojo twin cab manual 😂😂😂 the kids hated it but they did get it the first time they sat for it and are licensed for both…
Cheers big ears
not sure about now but when I was doing the driving tests (when it was done with a police officer at the police station), if you did your driving test in an automatic you could only drive automatic cars. If you did your test in a manual you could drive both. Had fun learning how to do hill starts and to put extra pressure the driving instructor had me do it with the back wheel just above the waterline at a boat ramp.
A few comments on the commentary:
1 - I noticed almost immediately that the driver has a small after market HUD on the dash displaying the speed (in Km/h) onto the windscreen and for the first 10 or so minutes he barely went over 40km/h (approx 25 miles/h) which would be due to suburban limits usually being a max of 50km/h (or 31 mile/h) in most NSW suburban built up areas except for main roads (which range from 60km/h or 37 mile/h to 80 km/h or 59 mile/h)
2 - School zones Part A - during designated school days (at least in NSW where this was filmed) have a 40km/h (or 25 mile/h) limit for about 1 1/2 hours in the morning and afternoon (usually 8am - 9:30am and 2:30pm - 4pm).
2 - School zones Part B - The normal road speed limit can be anything from a 50km/h (31 mile /h) to 100+km/h (62+ mile/h) limit, depending where in the country it is... and yes I've personally seen a regional school on a main road in the middle of nowhere that was in a 100km/h zone, and the length of the zone itself was only about 200 metres ( 218 yards) in length, with insufficient warning signs in advance for a road train to slow down in time unless they were used to the area and started slowing down 1-2km beforehand.
2 - School zones Part C - Suburban (city) school zones can range from about 100 metres (109 yards) to 1 km in length depending on how many schools are in the school zone area. Eg a local public high school (yrs 7-12) near where I live on the local highway (normal speed zone of 60 km/h) has a school zone (40km/h) that is about 300-400 metres long, which is the length of the school property facing onto the highway, whilst a local private (catholic) high school (yrs 7-12) has a zone that is about 1km long (the school is at the end of the road, and the zone starts at the local train station which the road passes). There are also 2 infant/primary schools (one public, one private) that are next to each other on a back suburban street, and have a single school zone of about 500 metres in length covering both of them.
3 - Pharmacy ... just a point of interest, Pharmacies in Australia are completely different to the US ones.... they would resemble what American's call a "drug store" and do not sell alcohol normally (you would only find a pharmacy selling alcohol in a small country town where there are only 2-3 shops and are multi-purpose due to their small size). Additionally our supermarkets also do not sell alcohol, but they are usually next door to a specific "grog" shop retailer (which is usually owned by the supermarket company and runs as a separate business).
4 - Automatic vs Manual (or "stick" as known in the US) - When a learner wants to do their test, they can either do the test in a manual or an auto, BUT, (at least in NSW) if they do it in an Auto then the license is stamped with an "A" meaning that they cannot drive a manual unsupervised whilst they are on their Provisional 1 (P1) license which they hold for a minimum 12 months. Once they get their Provisional 2 (P2) license the A is removed and they are free to drive manuals. NOTE - Provisional license means they can drive unsupervised, but it does have various restrictions.
5 - Commentary at 11 mins about parking on a slope (I saw the video to be an incline/uphill scenario but I could be wrong).. you commented that he would need to turn the wheel to the right which would roll the car into the middle of the road if the handbrake gave way... the correct method would be turning the wheel to the left instead (to roll into the gutter), but this was never part of the driving test/requirements when I did my test in the early 90's and I suspect is still the case today as a requirement to pass the test.
6 - Parallel park..... I had to do it on a narrow road, followed immediately by a 3 point turn (ended up being a 4-5 point turn due to how narrow the road was and the cars parked on both sides)
How did I go when I did my test? I passed on first attempt, something not even my professional driving instructor expected I would manage to do
I lernt to drive in a Army Landrover. As you might know, you only have 3 windows, windscreen and the 2 doors. So looking over your shoulder to see if something was coming you only saw the canopy and everything was done using the two outside mirrors. Obviously it was a manual gear box and when changing down gears you had to double de clutch to bring the motor up to speed of the lower gear. I still do it today out of habit, but it also prelongs the live of the clutch because the clutch is not rubbing as much to get up to speed for the lower gear. even 50 years later I still use only the mirrors to reverse, although in a car you have the inside mirror as well
When you take a driving test in Australia.....if the vehicle is a manual(stick shift). You are issued with a provisional license that allows you to operate both auto and stick. If test is done with an auto your license is restricted to autos only and penalties apply if you are caught driving a stick. A provisional license also restricts your speed and also has zero alcohol and engine size restrictions. 20:51 A red "P" is displayed for one year on both ends of vehicle. If you drive without occurring any penalties for that year you are then entitled to apply for a green " P ' plate provisional license which last two years, after this time you do a knowledge test to receive your open license which will still be restricted to autos only if that is what you originally tested in
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Did your video supplier happen to mention that this driving test in being made in a country town!!
Although it may look bigger via the camera lens, in the city there would be much more traffic, plus traffic lights ever 500 meters
and it is only in country towns that have 'Pub Verandah's' extending over the footpath, with supports on the edge of that footpath,
also because Australian country towns have usually wider streets than 'in town', they prefer 'round-abouts to traffic lights.
in NZ u can go for a manual or auto restricted test, if you go for manual you can drive both and if you go for auto you can only drive both after getting your full
this is the Practical portion to advance from your Lerner's permit to a Provisional lenience, the Main Roads post practice exams for both Lerner and Provisional tests on their websites, before you can sit your practice you have to pass the theory test.
Different states make you hold a different licence for either manual or automatic . in south australia a licence can be used to drive both including a 50cc scooter or moped as long as you have your full licence permit.
I got my motor bike license first, took about 10 minutes as the cop wasn't real bothered. Back in my day there were only motor registry offices in big places, little towns the cops did it. I got my car license two months later and it was pretty much the same deal except for the 3 point turn and I was doing that in an HT Holden Station wagon, 1969 model with a 3 speed manual on the column.
I done my test with a local cop in 2007 in a country town called Pemberton WA. The hill start was pretty steep but it was easy as I was driving a manual V8 Diesel LandCruiser which is hard to stall.
When I got my licence I was from very rural nsw. Closest place to do test was 30mins away and you had to book in months in advance to get your P1 (red) because the instructor only came to town once a month and all the kids in the area had to book in.
Tiny town so super simple test. No lights. Not roundabouts. A flat hand break start. Parallel park on an empty street and a quick trip out of town on a dirt road and that was it.
We also used our own cars, so I passed in a manual.
The hardest bit when I did mine was the hill start. The tester, known as Failing Freddy always picked the steepest hill in the district. This town looks very flat, not sure where, central west of NSW.
a very very long time ago in NZ, traffic/police officers were the only people that did the physical driving test and if you did the test in an automatic then you were only licensed to drive automatic cars, that has changed now and now the AA does the testing
Ian In aus you you have to point the wheels to the left,
if it rolls forward it will hit the gutter, if it rolls backward it will still hit the gutter with the back wheels to stop you rolling on a hill and course keep it in gear. so long as you are close to the curb, I have found it works great but I am talking very steep hillis
He's doing His Test in Forbes, NSW, Central WestI've Watched a Lot of Your Vids!! & Was surprise to Me Recognising The Location
In Tasmania if you learn in an automatic you can after 3 years have the manual restriction removed no test needed
In NZ it's optional to learn how to drive with a manual car, if you take your restricted license with automatic you have to wait until you get your full license to drive manuals.
In New Zealand you have 3 license levels, learners, restricted and full. To get your leaners you pass a theory test then driving requires you to have a fully licensed driver in the front passenger seat, then to qualify for a restricted license you need to wait 6 months. When you take your restricted test, you can do it in either a manual or automatic car, but when you pass, if you used an automatic car you license will only allow you to drive automatics, and if you used a manual car, you're endorsed for both. On a restricted license you are not allowed to carry passengers unless you have a fully licenses driver in the front passenger seat. After 18 months on a restricted license you can then take your full test, after passing, you may drive automatic or manual regardless of the car used.
I never went to a driving school and vaguely remember even having to have a logbook but I drove manuals, tractors and reversed trailers since I was 8 on the farm so it was pretty easy for me.
Hey great video, I am in Australia, and you can either go for your manual or automatic license. If you choose manual, then all your lessons beforehand are of course in a manual. If you get your manual license, then you can drive both auto and manual. If you just get an auto license, then you are restricted to automatic vehicles only. I prefer automatic anyway, so no big deal. So it is optional. Cheers.
I also got an E behind B driver's license. In the Netherlands for your car and E for trailers is about 1500 pounds.And your B and E driving license also includes highway kilometers. Roundabouts in different class.
We don't have classes (like sit down in a classroom). We either drive around with an adult for a certain amount of hours, and/or we can choose to take professional driving lessons in a car.
Here in SA back in the '70s getting your license was very different to now. Your instructor could be anyone with a full license, don't know it there was a minimum number of practice hours you had to have, a police officer conducted the driving test, and there was no "P" plate (provisional license). In my case I passed the written test with 100%, Dad was my instructor and he insisted that I learn on a manual even though there was no difference in the license if you learnt on a manual or automatic. During the test the cop heard my muttering under my breath when I made the odd mistake and at the end of the test, he listed the things I did incorrectly and then said "but with that, I'll still give you a pass". So, I passed first go, this annoyed my sister as she had to take a second test before passing, to be fair, on her first test she an older cop who was well known for never passing female drivers on their first test.
The manual licence allowed you to drive manual and automatic cars. I also got my licence on my first time at Albany which is at the bottom of WA and is on a mountain and I live in Mandurah.
Yes I passed first go on my test as well, yes there is two licence options auto and manual, of course I went for the manual option as it does cover both licences. When I was taking lessons on my last one the instructor was driving me home and mounted the curb and had to grip onto the steering wheel very tight as not go into someones front yard. his driving was very suss. LOL
Definitely a country town - much more traffic to deal with in the cities. And remember that in most states in Australia you can't get your licence until you're 18 (still stressful though)
i thought it was only 18 in vic, other states its 17
Most school zones operate 8-9.30am and 2.30-4pm. However, there are a few non-standard school zone times in NSW. You can identify these by the red or orange school zone signs which have the school zone times on them. Every school in NSW has at least one set of school zone flashing lights.
Your description of your driving test reminds me of Dad’s story taking his in rural Queensland in the 70s. For reference to the size of the town when they first got phone service in Roma dad’s phone number was 4… just the number 4! Its gotten a little bigger since then!
9:45 all the school zones ive seen are 0700-0900 and 1400-1600. The speed limit generally drops by 20kph.
In India you can pass your test in 10 minutes! It's on a closed private road probably because it is total madness on the roads over there!
Definitely in New South Wales different parking as you see them drive through the main street in between the roundabouts you see the cars parked reverse 45° angle in New South Wales they all have to reverse in most other states you park nose first
In Australia some states will give you a general driver's licence after testing on an automatic but in my state if you do the test in an automatic you are restricted to driving automatics.
Here in Sydney I see a lot of instructors guiding drivers to do parallel parks with just one car. It’s a cop out tbh. And let’s not even mention the fact they also pull in across driveways & sit there evaluating the driver often 🤦🏼♀️
In Great Britain first requirement to learning to drive is apply for a Provisional Licence. Then you have to take a Theory test, so you know about signs and hazard awareness. Out on the road when practicing you must be accompanied by someone who has held a full licence for two years. We do not have the Provisional or Restricted status like Australia or New Zealand.