Clicking at every potential hazard
Objects such as parked cars, side roads and pedestrians on the pavement can be potential hazards without yet developing. Watch for a change that means action may be needed.
A learner can notice a road user but still click too early, too late or repeatedly. Good practice is about recognising the moment the situation starts to affect your driving plan.
Objects such as parked cars, side roads and pedestrians on the pavement can be potential hazards without yet developing. Watch for a change that means action may be needed.
If you wait until a child is already in the road or a vehicle is already blocking your lane, you may recognise the danger too late to score highly.
Keep scanning the whole road scene. Hazards can develop at junctions, from behind parked vehicles, in mirrors or far ahead.
Repeated rhythmic clicking is not a safe strategy. The official test can score a clip zero if your responses are judged inappropriate or patterned.
Potential versus developing danger.
Read →Five points per hazard and the 44/75 pass mark.
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