Your Simply Learners Driving School Preston Driving Instructors in Preston, Lancashire will help you in training for your Hazard perception test by pointing out hazards during your Driving Lessons Preston on route and working on your anticipation and planning in all types of roadsand junctions.

It is taken straight after the multiple choice part of the Theory test and should take around 15 minutes. The object is to identify 15 hazards as quickly as possible from 14 video clips (13 clips will contain 1 scoreable hazard and 1 clip will contain 2 scoreable hazards). The 14 scenes will be taken from a bank of over 200. You will have to pass both the multiple choice part of the theory test and the hazard perception part in the same sitting in order to pass theory test and go on to take the practical test.

Why is there a hazard perception part to the theory test?

New drivers are disproportionately involved in accidents, especially in the first months after passing a driving test. Simply Learners Driving Instructors in Preston, Lancashire will train you to standard on your Driving Lessons Preston to pass the theory test and will assist you in building skills for driving outside of the driving test.

It has been proven that drivers who have taken hazard perception training have much better hazard perception skills. The hazard perception element was introduced into the driving test in November 2002 as one of the measures that should help achieve this target by encouraging appropriate training in scanning the road, recognising at the first opportunity from the clues that a potentially dangerous situation might arise and adopting a driving plan to reduce the risk.

What happens in the test?

The hazard perception part is delivered on a computer and you respond by clicking a button on the mouse. You will be presented with a series of video clips which feature every day road scenes. In each clip there will be at least one developing hazard, but one of the clips will feature two developing hazards. The “Driver” watches a series of video clips each about a minute long, filmed on all sorts of roads, from country lanes to suburban high streets to motorways. Candidates need to click as soon as they see a hazard.

To achieve a high score you will need to respond to the developing hazard during the early part of its development. You will be given a window of time in which to spot the hazard which may be a car pulling out on you from a side road or a pedestrian stepping onto a pedestrian crossing. The score will depend on how early you identify the hazard the longer you take the lower the score. If you take to long or react inappropriately during the video clip by clicking continuously or in a pattern of responses you will score zero for that clip. At the end of the clip a pop-up box will appear informing you that you have scored zero for that particular clip for reacting inappropriately.

The maximum you can score for each developing hazard is five points. You should respond by pressing the mouse button as soon as you see a hazard developing that may result in you, the driver, having to take some action, such as changing speed or direction. The earlier you notice a developing hazard and make a response, the higher your score. To pass the hazard perception part of the test you must score 44 points out of a possible 75.

You will not be able to review your answers to the hazard perception test; as on the road, you will only have one chance to respond to the developing hazard, so you will need to concentrate throughout each clip.

Recognition of available clues and perception of danger are skills that are necessary in all drivers and riders, irrespective of the vehicle used. For this reason, the same version of the hazard perception test is used for all categories of test.

Typical Types Of Hazards on the Theory Test

• Car emerging from the left or right.
• Stray dog not on a lead.
• People walking over pedestrian crossing.
• Vehicle approaching in a dip in the road.
• Pedestrian crossing the road.
• Bus pulling out.
• Car braking late at left or right hand junction.
• Sheep crossing the road.
• Motorbike suddenly turning around at mouth of a junction.
• Mobility carriage emerging out from behind parked vehicle.
• Car stopping in front to collect passenger.
• Horse and carriage approaching on a narrow road.