Thank you for your videos, passed second time with 2 minors in Northern Ireland - slightly different to the GB test. Turns out my friend also used your videos to pass, and he described you as 'that TH-cam instructor who has been teaching for 15 years and looks about 25' 🤣 Take it as a compliment.
Haha, I will certainly take that as a compliment! Thank you for your generosity, that's really kind of you and congratulations on passing your driving test.
Thanks Richard. I passed with 2 driving faults on Tuesday 1st Oct and thanks go to you for your amazing videos. Fingers crossed you get to 1M subs soon - you definitely deserve it after all the help you've given us. Grâce à toi 🙏🏻
I just want to thank you for all the hard work you put into making videos and the detailed explanations of queries I had regarding driving. I passed first time today and I couldn’t have done it without watching your videos, I may have watched almost all of them. It’s so clear how much you care about teaching people how to drive safely. Thanks so much!
@@chantelle5349 one of Richard's examiner characters. He's portraying Arthur in this video, who's a lot more polite than Jason 😅Jason is in the video "Driver from the USA - Mock Driving Test in Great Britain" if you'd like to see him.
@@shamsahennadesigns6279 I regularly went out driving with my father before hand which I feel gave me a lot more confidence. The more you drive regardless of who it’s with the better driver you’ll become. It’s just Richard’s videos helped me with the bad habits which id put into practice when going driving with my dad. I’d suggest to just keep driving as much as you possibly can so that you can experience as much different situations as possible
Ola appears so much like a ... Polish name :). This is the way to shorten the formal first name "Aleksandra" here :). And Ola appears to be such a nice, calm and focused person: I'm sure she'd taken a lot away from the advice Richard had given her and she's passed her test with but a few minors at the very worst. Great video -- as always!
Noticed how Ola tends to keep het left foot UNDER the clutch pedal! Big no, takes too long to reposition! Loose, fluffy or baggy clothes to be avoided when driving. I also remember my instructor telling me to firmly hold and action the controls of the car.
Must say mate thanks for these, just done my test yesterday and passed first time. Only had two lessons but watched these videos and practiced with my Mum and passed with no minors. Will keep watching along though as can always improve. 🎉❤
She's a bit shortish, so resting her foot on the designed rest would probably mean she'd have to reach for it -- she'd have to slightly move the entire leg, starting at the hip, rather than just pivot her foot like a person with longer legs and sitting further away would do. There's nothing wrong with having your left foot underneath the pedal, since it's not the brake, and in case of emergency you can brake safely even without pressing the brake -- you will just stall at the end, no problem about that. Having her leg like that probably feels much more comfortable, since the leg is more in line with the rest of the body.
@@keeb5168 It's not the brake, so she's not creating a risk, and her being short, using the designed footrest would probably mean she'd have to move her entire leg to the side, instead of having it more or less in line with the rest of the body. Dog I cringe when people are too dumb to look at things from more perspectives than just their one and narrow.
I think her holding the bite point and brake is likely something she was taught or its a habbit she's picked up due to stalling or being slow at junctions.
Watching this and knowing I never have these issues with clutch etc as I have an automatic makes me feel so safe. I hope in 20 years 90% of the cars in the UK are automatic.
That's a very bad take. You might not worry about a clutch, but you should worry about your transmission that is basically unfixable and when u break it, will cost you thousands. A clutch is cheap, auto isnt
@@ellisj98don't get me wrong, I'm not completely hating on autos. I much prefer manuals for many reasons, however if I was to live in a city where I'd be sitting in traffic nonstop, I would probably prefer an auto for that. Nothing beats the feeling of doing a pull in a manual and feeling each gear
I failed my test today. 2 serious faults, speed limit on road was changed, and no sign until I was prompted to slow down. Second fault was that there was 2 cars parked right next to a traffic light so I got a serious for undue hesitation.
Hey Richard, my monitor has taught me to stay in 1st gear at biting point when waiting to move off, but here you are saying this would be marked as a fault, as it would damage the clutch. Is it possible that some cars don't mind the biting point hold? Or is that a mistake on my instructor's part from giving me this bad habit? Would this be marked on the test? Very helpful video as usual!
I'd really like to do a mock test even though I've had a full license for 18 years. Just to see would I still pass. Edit: Reckon this student is used to driving a car with an electric or automatic handbrake given how bad she is with it.
@StefanStefan-uv4cc that's a very smart idea seeing even new drivers it can take up to 6 months to book, why not fill up retake tests or normal tests even more than they are now, might have a test by the end of the century if lucky
At 26.44, she tries to lift clutch to bite while pressing the brake, on a hill, it can work, but apart from using the handbrake here, the onny other option is to hold the car still with the gas & bite, but if she goes from the brake to the gas, won't the car rollback?
Well thats what the bite point is for, if she is at the bite point the car could be able to stay still depending on how steep the hill is, but then she should add gas before lifting the clutch off the bite to make it less likely to stall. Alot of new cars have hill hold assist. So as soon as you release the brake, the car will stay give you around three seconds to get the gas, if not it will roll back
@@ConquerDriving but using a handbrake start at some junctions uphill such as a roundabout, would slow moving off down? My instructor told me ALL cars can use the clutch and brake uphill to stop, then hold the brake and lift the clutch to find bite, then lift the clutch to move uphill a little before adding gas to go..
I got a question about speed on the test. Let's say you got taken on a 70mph road, could you go 60 in the left lane without a fault. I'm asking cos the car I got rn is at 3.2k rpm at 60 so that's around the speed I go on motorways. If I was to take a test in it, what would happen
Well you have to demonstrate or at least make them aware that you know its a 70, if its safe to do so you should get as close to 70 as possible. I think you will be alright because alot of the time a car in the left lane will be going 60 anyways and you wont need to overtake them unless theyre going alot less than 70 . Maybe if you held a speed of 62 or so it would show the examiner that you know its not a 60 but also it wont increase the revs too much
@@nasheeds8218 yh I drive in the left lane 99% of the time which is around 60 but I've also seen some mock tests where learners were given serious for not hitting the 70 while following slower traffic
What car do you have? I'm going to need to get my first car soon to commute on the motorway to work and I dont want to get a car that's going to be doing very high revs while doing 70. I'm 18 so insurance is expensive on cars that have +100hp...
@@Andrei8pa3 don't worry about hitting 70, I was scared at first getting my car knowing 70 is not very mechanically sympathetic to it and then going to motorways. But the left lane of a motorway is always hovering around 55-60. I've done about 2k miles in the last 2 months on motorways alone. As for my car, it's a '01 plate 1.1L fiat seicento proudly with 54bhp🗣️. (It doesn't even have abs). Although I do have to say, 13" wheels feel sort of sketchy at 70+, completely chill at 60 tho
It's a bit odd to rest it there, but an examiner in the UK won't care about _how_ you operate the controls as long as you are in control of the vehicle.
I failed every mock test i did with my last mock getting 8 serious. I gave up doing them. Failed 2 tests with 1 serious. Passed third time with 1 minor. Mock tests are worse than an actual test x
I think you were quite harsh marking her, but I completly understand where you are coming from with the serious faults. But overall marking harshly will probably make them a better driver 😅
Thank you for your videos, passed second time with 2 minors in Northern Ireland - slightly different to the GB test.
Turns out my friend also used your videos to pass, and he described you as 'that TH-cam instructor who has been teaching for 15 years and looks about 25' 🤣 Take it as a compliment.
Haha, I will certainly take that as a compliment! Thank you for your generosity, that's really kind of you and congratulations on passing your driving test.
Thanks Richard.
I passed with 2 driving faults on Tuesday 1st Oct and thanks go to you for your amazing videos. Fingers crossed you get to 1M subs soon - you definitely deserve it after all the help you've given us.
Grâce à toi 🙏🏻
That's really kind of you, thank you. Congratulations on passing and I wish you the best of luck on the road!
I just want to thank you for all the hard work you put into making videos and the detailed explanations of queries I had regarding driving. I passed first time today and I couldn’t have done it without watching your videos, I may have watched almost all of them. It’s so clear how much you care about teaching people how to drive safely. Thanks so much!
That's really great to hear! Thank you for watching and congratulations on passing!
Richard I passed today first time with ONLY 2 minors! You're videos really really helped my driving nerves alot thank you a million!
That's fantastic news! Thank you for watching and congratulations on passing!
Watching these mock tests help me refresh what I learned during my training. Hopefully I get to practice this in my car.
Has anyone else noticed a passing resemblance between Richard and Jason?
I'm pretty sure they're related, Richard hasn't said anything to confirm tho🤔
😂
Who’s Jason?
One of his mock test examiner characters @@chantelle5349
@@chantelle5349 one of Richard's examiner characters. He's portraying Arthur in this video, who's a lot more polite than Jason 😅Jason is in the video "Driver from the USA - Mock Driving Test in Great Britain" if you'd like to see him.
I passed my test today with no minors on West Didsbury ..... Thank you so much
I passed my driving test yesterday.
Thank you Mr. Richard, all of your vedio made me what i am today ❤❤❤
Did her dirty with the thumbnail
I passed today! Wanted to thank you! Your videos specially the ones about junctions/roundabouts/mock tests helped me. Keep up the good work 😊
That's really great to hear! Thank you for watching and congratulations on passing!
i love the roleplaying aspect of this
Some of it was good, some of it was a bit scary! Good Luck for your Test Ola, Richard is brilliant.
Just passed my test today with zero driving lessons, only through watching your videos so thanks Richard 👍🏻
How could you do that ..I had lots of lessons and still suffering ..and having serious mistakes...I'm losing my confidence and hope...😢
@@shamsahennadesigns6279 I regularly went out driving with my father before hand which I feel gave me a lot more confidence. The more you drive regardless of who it’s with the better driver you’ll become. It’s just Richard’s videos helped me with the bad habits which id put into practice when going driving with my dad. I’d suggest to just keep driving as much as you possibly can so that you can experience as much different situations as possible
@@SibboX thank you for your reply ❤️
@@shamsahennadesigns6279 anytime
Well done! Definitely a great way to learn - from Richard on TH-cam!
Good effort Ola!
Ola appears so much like a ... Polish name :). This is the way to shorten the formal first name "Aleksandra" here :). And Ola appears to be such a nice, calm and focused person: I'm sure she'd taken a lot away from the advice Richard had given her and she's passed her test with but a few minors at the very worst. Great video -- as always!
Noticed how Ola tends to keep het left foot UNDER the clutch pedal! Big no, takes too long to reposition! Loose, fluffy or baggy clothes to be avoided when driving. I also remember my instructor telling me to firmly hold and action the controls of the car.
Must say mate thanks for these, just done my test yesterday and passed first time. Only had two lessons but watched these videos and practiced with my Mum and passed with no minors. Will keep watching along though as can always improve. 🎉❤
Passed today at my 4th attempt with 1 minor only i can watch these videos at peace now
Just passed my driving test today took me 5 times but got there in the end if anyone else has there's soon good luck!!!
Amazing video once again 👏 a true professional at your craft Richard 👏
Why is she resting her left foot under the clutch that must be pretty unsafe and awkward
Many people do this and im sure i have seen richard do this. However, she definitely doesnt look the most comfortable doing this
She's a bit shortish, so resting her foot on the designed rest would probably mean she'd have to reach for it -- she'd have to slightly move the entire leg, starting at the hip, rather than just pivot her foot like a person with longer legs and sitting further away would do. There's nothing wrong with having your left foot underneath the pedal, since it's not the brake, and in case of emergency you can brake safely even without pressing the brake -- you will just stall at the end, no problem about that. Having her leg like that probably feels much more comfortable, since the leg is more in line with the rest of the body.
My test is next week and I've been taught to find the biting point first, even on hills.
Same.
You may find this video interesting: th-cam.com/video/UdTSRBJrw7Y/w-d-xo.htmlsi=uQzgLszOO_7e9zjn
21:09 Nice overtake over 20mph there Mercedes
They would have failed if they were on their driving test.
That's a 2-lane one way street. Completely safe overtake.
@@PointNemo9 ....like over the speed limit?
@@brianuuuSonicReborn So?
@@PointNemo9 ah I see you're an Audi/BMW driver
Her foot position is making me uncomfortable
God I cringe every time she fondles her foot under the clutch pedal
@@keeb5168 right... good job it isn't the break
Very this
@@keeb5168 It's not the brake, so she's not creating a risk, and her being short, using the designed footrest would probably mean she'd have to move her entire leg to the side, instead of having it more or less in line with the rest of the body. Dog I cringe when people are too dumb to look at things from more perspectives than just their one and narrow.
I think her holding the bite point and brake is likely something she was taught or its a habbit she's picked up due to stalling or being slow at junctions.
Just wanted to say thanks for the videos passed first time 2 minors
That's fantastic news! Thank you for watching and congratulations on passing!
Watching this and knowing I never have these issues with clutch etc as I have an automatic makes me feel so safe.
I hope in 20 years 90% of the cars in the UK are automatic.
That's a very bad take. You might not worry about a clutch, but you should worry about your transmission that is basically unfixable and when u break it, will cost you thousands. A clutch is cheap, auto isnt
@@somerandomguywastaken id rather the very rare off chance it breaks than having to deal with it every time I want to change my speed 😂
@@ellisj98don't get me wrong, I'm not completely hating on autos. I much prefer manuals for many reasons, however if I was to live in a city where I'd be sitting in traffic nonstop, I would probably prefer an auto for that. Nothing beats the feeling of doing a pull in a manual and feeling each gear
@@somerandomguywastaken I never got that thrill, probably because I was never into cars that much or racing.
@@ellisj98that's completely valid, different strokes for different folks.
I just rewatched the test with examiner Jason. Luckily not all examiners are like him...
Thankfully I've ever met an examiner like Jason.
13:18 R.I.P clutch.
I failed my test today. 2 serious faults, speed limit on road was changed, and no sign until I was prompted to slow down. Second fault was that there was 2 cars parked right next to a traffic light so I got a serious for undue hesitation.
Sorry to hear this failed 3 times and I'm on to my 4th test soon. Don't give up its just a set back x ❤
@@NicolaMcG91Thanks!
Go again i passed today at my 4th attempt just keep going and control your nerves dont let it get the better of you and be focus on your driving
I have a practical driving test next month and I have a little bit stress. I wish I will pass.❤
Good luck!
Hey Richard, my monitor has taught me to stay in 1st gear at biting point when waiting to move off, but here you are saying this would be marked as a fault, as it would damage the clutch. Is it possible that some cars don't mind the biting point hold? Or is that a mistake on my instructor's part from giving me this bad habit? Would this be marked on the test? Very helpful video as usual!
I'd really like to do a mock test even though I've had a full license for 18 years. Just to see would I still pass.
Edit: Reckon this student is used to driving a car with an electric or automatic handbrake given how bad she is with it.
Retests should be standard every couple of years
Seeing how backlogged test bookings are already, how are you suggesting this to be done?@@StefanStefan-uv4cc
It's a good idea to keep refreshing your memory, you might have some seriously bad habits or forgotten about some things.
@StefanStefan-uv4cc that's a very smart idea seeing even new drivers it can take up to 6 months to book, why not fill up retake tests or normal tests even more than they are now, might have a test by the end of the century if lucky
@@Karacheking stop living in overcrowded cities, problem solved
39:23 why there is a hedge near the roundabout that blocks drivers view 😂
Why they don't just cut it😮
Great video as always.
This is very helpful, thank you!
All I did was watch this channel last night and I passed 😂
Richard can I give you a hug ?
You could pause the video and hug your screen 😊
@@ConquerDriving awww ☺️ thanks for the reply, you made my day ❤️
18:00 in this situation, should she not have held back to let the lorry past the parked cars, rather than squeezing through?
do whatevers safe, in that case it was safe to pass, it probably looks worse on camera
I passed today lets go guys 😊
At 26.44, she tries to lift clutch to bite while pressing the brake, on a hill, it can work, but apart from using the handbrake here, the onny other option is to hold the car still with the gas & bite, but if she goes from the brake to the gas, won't the car rollback?
Well thats what the bite point is for, if she is at the bite point the car could be able to stay still depending on how steep the hill is, but then she should add gas before lifting the clutch off the bite to make it less likely to stall. Alot of new cars have hill hold assist. So as soon as you release the brake, the car will stay give you around three seconds to get the gas, if not it will roll back
This video may interest you: th-cam.com/video/UdTSRBJrw7Y/w-d-xo.htmlsi=fRya8e81rD7oKckR
Handbrake starts work in all cars on hills.
@@ConquerDriving but using a handbrake start at some junctions uphill such as a roundabout, would slow moving off down?
My instructor told me ALL cars can use the clutch and brake uphill to stop, then hold the brake and lift the clutch to find bite, then lift the clutch to move uphill a little before adding gas to go..
Good luck to her!
Got a test tomorrow, nervous 😪
Good luck!
did you pass
@@user-ep8lp5ps8c they actually cancelled the test day alittle later in the day lol
@@user-ep8lp5ps8c I passed today, the examiner was ill and my test was cancelled and pushed back, but I passed with 1 minor
I got a question about speed on the test. Let's say you got taken on a 70mph road, could you go 60 in the left lane without a fault. I'm asking cos the car I got rn is at 3.2k rpm at 60 so that's around the speed I go on motorways. If I was to take a test in it, what would happen
Well you have to demonstrate or at least make them aware that you know its a 70, if its safe to do so you should get as close to 70 as possible. I think you will be alright because alot of the time a car in the left lane will be going 60 anyways and you wont need to overtake them unless theyre going alot less than 70 . Maybe if you held a speed of 62 or so it would show the examiner that you know its not a 60 but also it wont increase the revs too much
@@nasheeds8218 yh I drive in the left lane 99% of the time which is around 60 but I've also seen some mock tests where learners were given serious for not hitting the 70 while following slower traffic
Generally it will be marked down for appropriate speed if it's safe to go close to the speed limit and you're going quite a bit slower.
What car do you have? I'm going to need to get my first car soon to commute on the motorway to work and I dont want to get a car that's going to be doing very high revs while doing 70. I'm 18 so insurance is expensive on cars that have +100hp...
@@Andrei8pa3 don't worry about hitting 70, I was scared at first getting my car knowing 70 is not very mechanically sympathetic to it and then going to motorways. But the left lane of a motorway is always hovering around 55-60. I've done about 2k miles in the last 2 months on motorways alone. As for my car, it's a '01 plate 1.1L fiat seicento proudly with 54bhp🗣️. (It doesn't even have abs). Although I do have to say, 13" wheels feel sort of sketchy at 70+, completely chill at 60 tho
Omg I know Ola, we were in the same class for 6 years and now we go to uni together 😭
The feet position is not appropriate also
Try slightly slow accelerate if you ride like that in Belgium you hit a car
Love video
Why putting the foot under the clutch ? Not the first time I'm seeing it for UK students learning to drive.
Same, pretty weird to look at haha
I was taught not to do this
It's a bit odd to rest it there, but an examiner in the UK won't care about _how_ you operate the controls as long as you are in control of the vehicle.
@@MissBudgetsI learnt the hard way when my instructor was demonstrating something put the clutch down with her dual controls and crushed my foot 😂😂😂
No idea. And its 100% not safe to do
Any mechanic garage owner would tell you that she is using her clutch perfectly.
😅
I failed every mock test i did with my last mock getting 8 serious. I gave up doing them. Failed 2 tests with 1 serious. Passed third time with 1 minor. Mock tests are worse than an actual test x
Nice one
You are great actor too😂
I think she will eventually pass. Good luck to her
Her left foot under the clutch pedal makes me nervous.. 🫣
I have the original clutch in my car and pupils sit on bite with the break on . 123000 miles
We need jason back.
Sad, no clutch ridding (sorry the ones that do clutch riding are hilarious)
I think you were quite harsh marking her, but I completly understand where you are coming from with the serious faults. But overall marking harshly will probably make them a better driver 😅
1:46 play on words
👌👏👏👏
Ola kilonsele
Arthur teacake
Helpful video. However, couldn't you have used a better thumbnail? Like really 😒🙄
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WHAT IS THAT?!? OMG
You're too sensitive about your old Seat bro😂😂😂
You are bothering yourself and pupil
You don't have to do mock tests ...
Rirchard Fanders how can I call you sir?