Thanks for watching - if you found this video interesting then please subscribe to our channel and click the bell to be notified of our next video! This video includes; * 0:06 Introduction * 0:54 Fail #10: Response to signals (traffic signs) * 1:39 Fail #9: Reverse park (control) * 2:25 Fail #8: Response to signals (traffic lights) * 3:02 Fail #7: Move off (control) * 3:33 Fail #6: Positioning (normal driving) * 4:11 Fail #5: Move off (safety) * 4:48 Fail #4: Junctions (turning right) * 5:24 Fail #3: Control (steering) * 5:59 Fail #2: Mirrors (change direction) * 6:37 Fail #1: Junctions (observation) * 7:22 Summary
Found this channel about 2 weeks ago and have been watching as many videos as possible. My test was yesterday and I passed first time with only 5 minors. These videos definitely helped out alot.
Interesting and all well-known faults/mistakes. It is very easy for the DVSA to come out with these reasons from examiners. What they fail to account for are the poor road markings on most roads which at times make it impossible for them to be read by pupils. In my area, there are many mini and major roundabouts which have virtually no markings to make it easy for people to be in the right lanes leading to fails. Obviously, the list does not include grumpy and pesky examiners who apply arbitrary rules to suit their agenda. Some examiners are personable and make pupils relaxed while others make you want to stop midway and return home. And that is a fact. What I think should happen is for both instructors and examiners to have a meeting if that can be possible where grey areas can be ironed out and passed on to pupils. A good example is on observations when turning. Some instructors insist on a quick glance at the side mirror while others insist on a 90-degree turn to show that you are looking. The same arbitrariness is applied by some examiners who keep ticking away every time you do not look the way they want. When my head is turned almost a full 90 degrees, how do I react to potential hazards ahead of me in busy areas? The whole exercise, for the most part, is a lottery. Some test routes are easy to pass while others are full of hazards that will fail most who are already out there driving for years. Some examiners are known to pass pupils who hit kerbs, don't get their reverse manoeuvres right etc while others will fail you even when you creep to get a better view of traffic at junctions!
kuuku Yankson DVSA = money makers they'll do anything to get less drivers on the road ontop of that keep wrongfully (in my opinion) failing learners just so they can make more money
I completely agree. My first examiner literally did make me feel like giving up and returning home half-way through. I was literally holding back my tears throughout the journey. My second one, however, was so nice and made me feel very comfortable. I have my third test coming up on Wednesday and I’m really hoping I get an examiner like my last one. It’s an intense enough situation without the examiner making you feel reduced.
I agree many road markings by us are very faded or signs hard to spot. What I would say when people learn anything they are very focused, after tests knowledge slips on some things as people are thinking of msny different things not just driving but it is important to go over things again
Nearly ready for my test and I’ve watched a few of your videos like for parking and reasons for failing and I have taken notes so that I can read through and hopefully perfect it and I just want to say your channel is very good and helpful.
Thanks for this. I've got my driving test coming up soon and now I have a better idea of what not to do. I'm feeling confident about the driving test though.
I'm so surprised that steering was as high up the list as it was. Steering control is something that gets exercised during every part of a driving lesson, so candidates should have had a lot of feedback by the time they take the test. Could this be because instructors are not challenging the candidates to be as precise and as smooth as they should be? What other explanations could there be?
I've also wrote reverse bay down so it's count 3 full bays get level with 3rd bay with my head and elbow passed target bay then half of turn wheel upside down to right then full lock right i as I go in bay then when I see my line and passengers then straighten or a bit to right if I need to then straighten . that's how I do it with teacher and I also talk out when I'm on lesson's ready for test and I'm improving because of you two still little thing's but not as bad .
At 2:37 the road signs and road markings are not matching up. The signboard says the left most lane goes ahead only, where as the road marking says it's left only. Which one to trust?
It is a little confusing, but the sign is correct as you must go straight at the first traffic light, then left at the second (where there is another sign).
Let's just say I made all these mistakes during my driving lesson today...I don't know which is harder, trying to get all the rules in my head or following the instructors instructions. I am exhausted.
*Number one. Examiner doesnt take a liking to you. Turns on the radio, then puts it on full blast whilst making a left turn into a carriageway. Happened to me yesterday*
If you don’t think that the test was conducted properly, then there is a complaints procedure with the DVSA. Perhaps ask your instructor what is best to do?
Advance Driving School Instructor said fail wont be changed to a pass. He wasn’t with me in the car. Examiner said radio is an everyday thing. and i shouldn’t have ‘noticed it even’... Its just a corrupt exam system. The Examiner will always be right apparently.
If a complaint is upheld the result is a refund of your test fee, so that you can try again. It’s up to you as the driver to put the radio on or not, the examiner is only there as an observer and shouldn’t touch any of the cars buttons except to open their window or to help prevent danger.
4:40 does not apply in my country. Seems like a strange rule to me... Why wouldn't you be allowed to indicate you want to leave your parking spot when traffic is coming? Maybe they want to park and would happily wait to take your space?
If we indicate and it causes other traffic to swerve or brake (because they think we haven't seen them and are about to pull out) then it would probably fail the test.
@@AdvanceDrivingSchool Does this also apply when chaning lanes on a highway? Because many times when it's very busy, you have no choice but to start indicating, so that a car will actually let you move in. (otherwise you end up in a wrong lane)
If that situation arose on a test we would have to be very careful. We would always try to change our speed to find a gap, before indicating that we are about to change lanes. However, if there is solid traffic and no gaps at all, then we would prefer to follow our current path - even if it went somewhere else. Basically, if you can't change lanes safely, then don't.
@@AdvanceDrivingSchool changed too early in my opinion and that's one thing that annoys me about a lot of drivers. You don't give any cars enough time to notice your indicator and you change literally 1 second after it going on.
Hi could you upload a video of how to stay away from parked cars please as I keep going close them but my instructor says steer away from. He also told me to use the windscreen wipers as this shows how close I am to the parked cars, if you could upload that video it will be great.
Ninooooo oh OK that's good to cause I only made 5 minors and passed but 2 of my minors were avoidable i stalled twice at two different junctions as it was on 3rd gear whereas when you stop it should be on 1st gear luckily this didn't matter as i still passed but i still can't believe i made those 2 faults because I never made them in my driving lessons but on my test it just happened
If I signal right before moving out from a request to pull up safe on the left for instance and there’s no one behind? What is the correct procedure please in both circumstances Thank you
If we can’t see any road signs or markings, then stick to the default lane choices. If you spot that you are in the wrong lane, but it’s too late to change to the correct lane - then just follow the lane that you’re in. Driving in the wrong direction safely is fine on a test, but an unsafe lane change is dangerous and will fail the test.
Would it be a fail if you don't turn your head towards the back when doing your observations ? When I drive I don't turn my head. I look at my rear view mirrors and my side mirrors and check over my shoulders.
Possibly. If the examiner doesn’t feel that you are fully aware of what is all around the car, then there will be a fault of some kind. The severity of fault will vary depending on the situation. We always advise looking through the rear window before reversing - just in case something is directly behind us.
That depends. If you then follow where that lane goes and safely leave the roundabout there is no problem. However if you break the rules and cause danger then you won’t.
Real live traffic flow is unpredictable and erratic; oftentimes dangerous. Poor traffic planning and road markings, signs obscured by trees , intermediate roundabouts , ridiculous speed signs ( 60mph for 100 yrds then down to 30mph ! ) and other variables like the weather, time of day and mood of examiner make the driving test a lottery . Where else would a 47% pass rate be tolerated ? What’s required is a graduated license scheme over a period of 3 yrs where drivers are tested for different skills on separate occasions with restricted times of driving until all credits are earned for a full driving ‘ degree ‘ . Otherwise you will continue to get the same old anecdotes from driving instructors telling you they had ‘ no idea how he/she passed ‘ and can’t understand why he / she keeps failing or being denied a license .
2:03 I have a bone to pick. My driving instructor has me reversing like this whislt looking out my back window, he said the DVLA want you to look out the back *80%* of the time while doing a reverse bay park. Now why the **** are you doing it like a logical human being? And then teaching us to do it like morons??
That's how we teach people to do it for the test as well. We like to keep looking all around the car equally (not 80% behind) as danger could approach us from any direction.
I passed my test in 1986 at the age of 34, Since then I have driveb no more than 100 miles. I just can't be bothered to drive, much easier to use public transport. Free bus pass and very cheap train travel where I can relax and read a book Even got two cars in the family both of which I am insured to drive but don't bother. I can think of loads of reason not to drive. By the way in your videos there doesn't seem to be much traffic about
That’s almost the complete opposite of how I see driving! I enjoy driving, find it engaging and look for any excuse to drive. Which is lucky as a) the public transport is poor, and b) it’s my job! The traffic is usually pretty light where we live, so we rarely get held up in a queue 👍🏼
@@AdvanceDrivingSchool I cant find any reason to drive. Except when in the next couple of weeks I will have to take my wife to hospital and bring her home a week later. I forgot to add that I took my test on London A bit more traffic than in your videos
@@AdvanceDrivingSchool Can't see how it's engaging. If it's your job fair enough. I did find your video on driving an AUTOMATIC car interesting as we have one of each.
Another common fail is your vehicle moving in the opposite direction of your intended direction. Basically your vehicle rolling back and potentially hitting another vehicle behind you or vice verse when moving in reverse. I found hill starts very difficult to master on a manual vehicle in the beginning. I would roll back, spin the wheels, or even hesitate for fear for rolling back. Its especially difficult when you have to do this in rush hour traffic where so many things can happen.
Bothe the examiners & the road rules to pass are too fucken strick. Failings of driving tests re a way to maje money for dsa. Very easy to fail someone than pass...nonsense!
Thanks for watching - if you found this video interesting then please subscribe to our channel and click the bell to be notified of our next video! This video includes;
* 0:06 Introduction
* 0:54 Fail #10: Response to signals (traffic signs)
* 1:39 Fail #9: Reverse park (control)
* 2:25 Fail #8: Response to signals (traffic lights)
* 3:02 Fail #7: Move off (control)
* 3:33 Fail #6: Positioning (normal driving)
* 4:11 Fail #5: Move off (safety)
* 4:48 Fail #4: Junctions (turning right)
* 5:24 Fail #3: Control (steering)
* 5:59 Fail #2: Mirrors (change direction)
* 6:37 Fail #1: Junctions (observation)
* 7:22 Summary
Advance Driving School
Found this channel about 2 weeks ago and have been watching as many videos as possible. My test was yesterday and I passed first time with only 5 minors. These videos definitely helped out alot.
Thanks very much! Well done, and good luck on the road 🚙👍🏼
Aaron Lee
well done!
:-)
Aaron Lee that's good to hear very happy for you cause i passed my test too over 3 weeks ago now which was on 20th June
Watched this the night before my test, passed 1st time with 5 minors! Thanks for the tips! 😊
Wooo! 🎉Well done🎉 🚙👍🏼😃
Interesting and all well-known faults/mistakes. It is very easy for the DVSA to come out with these reasons from examiners. What they fail to account for are the poor road markings on most roads which at times make it impossible for them to be read by pupils. In my area, there are many mini and major roundabouts which have virtually no markings to make it easy for people to be in the right lanes leading to fails.
Obviously, the list does not include grumpy and pesky examiners who apply arbitrary rules to suit their agenda. Some examiners are personable and make pupils relaxed while others make you want to stop midway and return home. And that is a fact.
What I think should happen is for both instructors and examiners to have a meeting if that can be possible where grey areas can be ironed out and passed on to pupils. A good example is on observations when turning. Some instructors insist on a quick glance at the side mirror while others insist on a 90-degree turn to show that you are looking. The same arbitrariness is applied by some examiners who keep ticking away every time you do not look the way they want. When my head is turned almost a full 90 degrees, how do I react to potential hazards ahead of me in busy areas?
The whole exercise, for the most part, is a lottery. Some test routes are easy to pass while others are full of hazards that will fail most who are already out there driving for years. Some examiners are known to pass pupils who hit kerbs, don't get their reverse manoeuvres right etc while others will fail you even when you creep to get a better view of traffic at junctions!
kuuku Yankson DVSA = money makers they'll do anything to get less drivers on the road ontop of that keep wrongfully (in my opinion) failing learners just so they can make more money
have you passed?
@@mirjadoon4683 looks like someone has failed their test!
I completely agree. My first examiner literally did make me feel like giving up and returning home half-way through. I was literally holding back my tears throughout the journey. My second one, however, was so nice and made me feel very comfortable. I have my third test coming up on Wednesday and I’m really hoping I get an examiner like my last one. It’s an intense enough situation without the examiner making you feel reduced.
I agree many road markings by us are very faded or signs hard to spot. What I would say when people learn anything they are very focused, after tests knowledge slips on some things as people are thinking of msny different things not just driving but it is important to go over things again
I passed my test a week ago, these videos were very helpful!
Excellent! Good luck :-)
Nearly ready for my test and I’ve watched a few of your videos like for parking and reasons for failing and I have taken notes so that I can read through and hopefully perfect it and I just want to say your channel is very good and helpful.
Thanks for this. I've got my driving test coming up soon and now I have a better idea of what not to do. I'm feeling confident about the driving test though.
Alot of passed because of you so I think I will . other video's are rubbish yours are best and your proving that .
Thanks - we do our best!
Jeez u need a lesson in English lol
I passed my test last summer in June 2018 but still watch your videos as it helps me learn new driving skills still
Got my test tomorrow morning🤕 thanks for your videos!
Good luck! 🚙👍🏼
How was it
I'm so surprised that steering was as high up the list as it was. Steering control is something that gets exercised during every part of a driving lesson, so candidates should have had a lot of feedback by the time they take the test. Could this be because instructors are not challenging the candidates to be as precise and as smooth as they should be? What other explanations could there be?
Watched your videos last night and passed my test today with 3 minors. Thank you
Excellent - well done! 🚙👌🏼😃
I've also wrote reverse bay down so it's count 3 full bays get level with 3rd bay with my head and elbow passed target bay then half of turn wheel upside down to right then full lock right i as I go in bay then when I see my line and passengers then straighten or a bit to right if I need to then straighten . that's how I do it with teacher and I also talk out when I'm on lesson's ready for test and I'm improving because of you two still little thing's but not as bad .
It sounds like you're getting there :-)
At 2:37 the road signs and road markings are not matching up.
The signboard says the left most lane goes ahead only, where as the road marking says it's left only.
Which one to trust?
It is a little confusing, but the sign is correct as you must go straight at the first traffic light, then left at the second (where there is another sign).
Very very good channel .Thank you
Let's just say I made all these mistakes during my driving lesson today...I don't know which is harder, trying to get all the rules in my head or following the instructors instructions. I am exhausted.
Very informative video that really helps to pass the driving test
Clear and perfect vedio. Thanks
*Number one. Examiner doesnt take a liking to you. Turns on the radio, then puts it on full blast whilst making a left turn into a carriageway. Happened to me yesterday*
If you don’t think that the test was conducted properly, then there is a complaints procedure with the DVSA. Perhaps ask your instructor what is best to do?
Advance Driving School Instructor said fail wont be changed to a pass. He wasn’t with me in the car. Examiner said radio is an everyday thing. and i shouldn’t have ‘noticed it even’... Its just a corrupt exam system. The Examiner will always be right apparently.
If a complaint is upheld the result is a refund of your test fee, so that you can try again. It’s up to you as the driver to put the radio on or not, the examiner is only there as an observer and shouldn’t touch any of the cars buttons except to open their window or to help prevent danger.
Advance Driving School update: just passed second time round, with 0 faults!
A R Well done! 🚙👍🏼
So helpful thanks 🙏🏾 guys
4:40 does not apply in my country. Seems like a strange rule to me...
Why wouldn't you be allowed to indicate you want to leave your parking spot when traffic is coming?
Maybe they want to park and would happily wait to take your space?
If we indicate and it causes other traffic to swerve or brake (because they think we haven't seen them and are about to pull out) then it would probably fail the test.
@@AdvanceDrivingSchool Does this also apply when chaning lanes on a highway? Because many times when it's very busy, you have no choice but to start indicating, so that a car will actually let you move in. (otherwise you end up in a wrong lane)
If that situation arose on a test we would have to be very careful. We would always try to change our speed to find a gap, before indicating that we are about to change lanes. However, if there is solid traffic and no gaps at all, then we would prefer to follow our current path - even if it went somewhere else. Basically, if you can't change lanes safely, then don't.
Hello There, this is a really helpful. Kind regards Peter
6:13 Why didn't you indicate there?
I did - have another look. I used the ‘one-touch’ indicator to give 3 flashes to the right.
@@AdvanceDrivingSchool changed too early in my opinion and that's one thing that annoys me about a lot of drivers. You don't give any cars enough time to notice your indicator and you change literally 1 second after it going on.
At 2.36 the upright sign and the road markings don't match
And that junction was recently redesigned....!
Hi could you upload a video of how to stay away from parked cars please as I keep going close them but my instructor says steer away from. He also told me to use the windscreen wipers as this shows how close I am to the parked cars, if you could upload that video it will be great.
Try watching our video called 'Adequate clearance' as we cover that situation.
Got my test on Saturday! Any tips?
Maybe watch our video ‘Top 10 UK Driving Test Tips’? Good luck 👍🏼
Ninooooo how did it go? Did you pass?
Mohammed Fahim Uddin I passed! I got 6 faults which isn’t too bad. These videos definitely helped me a lot.
Well done!!! Good luck on the road :-)
Ninooooo oh OK that's good to cause I only made 5 minors and passed but 2 of my minors were avoidable i stalled twice at two different junctions as it was on 3rd gear whereas when you stop it should be on 1st gear luckily this didn't matter as i still passed but i still can't believe i made those 2 faults because I never made them in my driving lessons but on my test it just happened
Well done !
Very helpful 👍😁
If I signal right before moving out from a request to pull up safe on the left for instance and there’s no one behind? What is the correct procedure please in both circumstances
Thank you
This video might help: Signalling / Indicating Correctly: th-cam.com/video/e7uYp0sUq3o/w-d-xo.html 👍🏼
What should you do if you're unable to read the road markings to select the appropriate lane?
If we can’t see any road signs or markings, then stick to the default lane choices. If you spot that you are in the wrong lane, but it’s too late to change to the correct lane - then just follow the lane that you’re in. Driving in the wrong direction safely is fine on a test, but an unsafe lane change is dangerous and will fail the test.
Where can you buy the dashboard speedometer and extra wing mirrors?
We bought the speedo (Autool X50 Plus) from eBay, and the little mirrors from a local shop 👍🏼
Appreciate it you videos thanks for you help
Very precise and informative..
An extremely useful video
Very good video
Well done
On the dashboard there’s a small square box that shows the speed he’s driving at.what’s that thing called?
The head-up display is a Autool X50 Plus. It plugs into the cars OBD port and can be bought from eBay or Amazon 👍🏼
Hi can you make a video for crossroad please.I failed my test in the crossroads.
We already have - have another look on our channel 👍🏼
7:14 pretty sure you'd have failed the test for entering the right hand side of the road then going back into the left.
No - that’s fine 👍🏼
There’s literally arrows indicating it’s one way
Would it be a fail if you don't turn your head towards the back when doing your observations ? When I drive I don't turn my head. I look at my rear view mirrors and my side mirrors and check over my shoulders.
Possibly. If the examiner doesn’t feel that you are fully aware of what is all around the car, then there will be a fault of some kind. The severity of fault will vary depending on the situation. We always advise looking through the rear window before reversing - just in case something is directly behind us.
What happend a if u don’t pick the right lane at a roundabout is it a fail?
That depends. If you then follow where that lane goes and safely leave the roundabout there is no problem. However if you break the rules and cause danger then you won’t.
@@AdvanceDrivingSchool I got an other question please do u have to pass ur mock test to have a real driving test with the real examnar??
No - but it would be nice!
Real live traffic flow is unpredictable and erratic; oftentimes dangerous. Poor traffic planning and road markings, signs obscured by trees , intermediate roundabouts , ridiculous speed signs ( 60mph for 100 yrds then down to 30mph ! ) and other variables like the weather, time of day and mood of examiner make the driving test a lottery . Where else would a 47% pass rate be tolerated ? What’s required is a graduated license scheme over a period of 3 yrs where drivers are tested for different skills on separate occasions with restricted times of driving until all credits are earned for a full driving ‘ degree ‘ . Otherwise you will continue to get the same old anecdotes from driving instructors telling you they had ‘ no idea how he/she passed ‘ and can’t understand why he / she keeps failing or being denied a license .
Thank you
Thanks so much
2:03 I have a bone to pick. My driving instructor has me reversing like this whislt looking out my back window, he said the DVLA want you to look out the back *80%* of the time while doing a reverse bay park.
Now why the **** are you doing it like a logical human being? And then teaching us to do it like morons??
That's how we teach people to do it for the test as well. We like to keep looking all around the car equally (not 80% behind) as danger could approach us from any direction.
I passed my test in 1986 at the age of 34, Since then I have driveb no more than 100 miles. I just can't be bothered to drive, much easier to use public transport. Free bus pass and very cheap train travel where I can relax and read a book Even got two cars in the family both of which I am insured to drive but don't bother. I can think of loads of reason not to drive.
By the way in your videos there doesn't seem to be much traffic about
That’s almost the complete opposite of how I see driving! I enjoy driving, find it engaging and look for any excuse to drive. Which is lucky as a) the public transport is poor, and b) it’s my job! The traffic is usually pretty light where we live, so we rarely get held up in a queue 👍🏼
@@AdvanceDrivingSchool I cant find any reason to drive. Except when in the next couple of weeks I will have to take my wife to hospital and bring her home a week later.
I forgot to add that I took my test on London
A bit more traffic than in your videos
@@AdvanceDrivingSchool Can't see how it's engaging. If it's your job fair enough. I did find your video on driving an AUTOMATIC car interesting as we have one of each.
My name is Julie I live in Newcastle I would like to learn how to drive in a hot automatic car how do I go about it
Find a local driving instructor, and they will help you get ready for the test. Good luck 👍🏼
I have got my test in a months time I panicking I'm going to fail I can do basic driving just parking and reversing I'm struggling with
Have you done a mock test with your instructor? Passing a mock test should give you the confidence you need. 👍🏼
Thanks alot
is this vaild in sweden
The data is just from the UK, but we expect people fail for similar reasons all around the world!
I got my test this morning wish me luck guys ✊
You can do it! 🤞🏼
@@AdvanceDrivingSchool passed today
Got my test Monday. So nervous
You can do it!
Good
You should've made actual mistakes on the video so we would better understand.
We didn’t really like the idea of putting ourselves in danger on purpose!
Vintage Triple X not recommended
I hope everyone pass❤️🙏🏽
Another common fail is your vehicle moving in the opposite direction of your intended direction.
Basically your vehicle rolling back and potentially hitting another vehicle behind you or vice verse when moving in reverse. I found hill starts very difficult to master on a manual vehicle in the beginning. I would roll back, spin the wheels, or even hesitate for fear for rolling back. Its especially difficult when you have to do this in rush hour traffic where so many things can happen.
Thanks for your comment. Mastering hill starts in a manual car does take some practice!
Bury St Edmunds!
#1 failure in Washington state; speeding
I wish I get passs in my first attempt
👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
Test today 😑
Lucinda good luck
Good luck :)
Lucinda You can do it!!
Same, good luck 😉
Lucinda how did it go? Did you pass?
Bothe the examiners & the road rules to pass are too fucken strick. Failings of driving tests re a way to maje money for dsa. Very easy to fail someone than pass...nonsense!
😂