Common Reasons For Failing Your Practical Driving Test

By Author: John Graham
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Following are the most common mistakes that will cause failure in practical driving test:

* Proper use of steering failure:

When you are driving your vehicle you must control on your vehicles steering. This category involves a lot of care of the steering wheel and the control of it. Don't cross your hands on the wheel, Allow steering wheel to spin back after a turn or drive with any hands off the wheel for any longer than they have to be.

* Proper use of gears failure:

In normal driving, Gears plays a very important role to control the car. Before you move away, make sure you are in the right gear. When slowing down or coming to a stop, use the brakes to slow down the car. Remember that you should not use gears. If you are in emergency situations, you can use gears for braking. In general rule, Move into 2nd gear as soon as you move from stationary, 3rd gear at 20mph, 4th gear at 30mph, and 5th gear at 40mph.

* Problems with parking manoeuvres:

One of the hardest manoeuvres is reverse parking. On the road, probably the most used manoeuvre is Reverse parking. In this manoeuvre, ...
... the purpose to test your observation, accuracy, control over vehicle and clutch while moving backwards. When reversing keep slow and giving yourself a plenty of time to reverse and observe cyclists, pedestrians and other vehicles if they seen then stop your vehicle.

Drive alongside a parked car and reverse back within the space of two car lengths without hitting the kerb and whilst observing for other road users.

* Incorrectly reversing around a corner:

In this manoeuvre, the purpose is to test your Control, accuracy and observation. Lack of observation and hitting the curb and is a common reason to fail your test. During the reversing, use an appropriate speed. Keep slow and giving yourself enough time to judge your distances correctly.

* Failure to drive at road junctions:

If you are driving over a junction, you must slow down your vehicle and check your mirror that helps to make an emergency stop. If you want to turn, check signal to turn and your mirrors, and slow down your vehicle while turning. A common test fail with junctions is limit lines. Lack of observation and fast driving in junctions results fail in test.

* Effective use of mirrors Failure:

Wrong use of mirrors is a common mistake, especially when turning and changing lane. Check your mirrors if change speed, direction change and slowing down. Between 25 to 50% of your driving time should be glancing in mirrors.

* Failure to drive properly turning right:

Use the correct mirrors and indicate when turning right. It can be difficult to Judge the correct time to turn. Observe an appropriate gap in the oncoming traffic and Wait when traffic goes on. You know how long it takes for you to turn right; the aim is not to hold other people up.

* Too slowly driving:

When are driving over the speed limit or drive too slowly, the examiner will fail you. Drive at the speed limit and not unnecessarily slow when the road you are driving is safe and clear. Very slow driving slow can be frustrating for other road users.