25 questions, pass with 22.
Mode
Exam is timed and marked at the end, like the real test. Learn marks each answer as you go and shows the right one.
Time limit
Marked against 22 out of 25, the same as the depot.
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Release brakes
Locked wheels cannot grip and cannot steer. Release the brakes so the wheels turn again, steer gently in the direction the back of the car is sliding, then slow down once the tyres have taken hold. Braking harder only keeps the wheels locked and the skid running.
Get out of the car and check
The mirrors leave a large blind area directly behind the car, low enough to hide a small child or a bollard. If you are not certain the whole area is clear, get out and walk round the vehicle before you reverse.
Drive past slowly and give them plenty of room
Stray animals startle easily and can bolt into your path without warning. Pass slowly, leave plenty of room and be ready to stop. A hooter or flashed headlights frightens them and can send them under your wheels.
Extended arm side mirrors
A caravan or trailer is wider than the car pulling it and fills the view in the ordinary mirrors. Extended arm side mirrors reach out past the load, so you can see the road behind and alongside the trailer before you turn or overtake.
He can be blown off course
A gust of wind, or the wash of air off your own vehicle as you pass, can blow a rider sideways out of his line. Give him plenty of room so that a swerve of a metre still leaves him clear of you.
Select lower gear
A lower gear gives the wheels more pulling power, which is what a climb needs. In a high gear the engine labours and the car loses speed, and more accelerator will not make up for the wrong gear.
Select low gear
Engine braking is the drag of the engine working against the wheels. A low gear puts that drag to work and holds your speed down without touching the brakes. In neutral the engine is disconnected from the wheels, so there is no drag at all.
Car can loose control
Holding the clutch down leaves you rolling along with the gears out. The engine no longer holds the vehicle back, so it gathers speed and you have neither the gears nor the engine to help you, which is how control is lost on a long descent. Stay in a low gear instead.
Portion of road is set aside for pedestrians and pedal cyclists
The blue circle shows a walking figure and a pedal cycle. A blue circle commands rather than warns, so it tells you that portion of the road is set aside for pedestrians and pedal cyclists. It asks nobody to yield.
Abnormal load
The boards carried front and rear read Abnormal Load, because it is the load that is out of the ordinary and not the vehicle under it. Hold well back from one: it may swing wide and take up more than its own lane.
Must have escort
An abnormal load is wider, longer or heavier than the road allows for, so it must travel with an escort that warns oncoming traffic and controls its passage. Follow the escort's directions and wait until it signals you past. Its beacon is amber, not red.
Allow cyclist room and time to move
A cyclist needs a moment to get the pedals turning and he wobbles wide as he starts. Give him the room and the time to move off before you pull away. Hooting or pushing past forces him towards the kerb.
Old age
Reaction distance is the ground you cover between seeing the hazard and touching the brake. Age slows reactions, as do tiredness, alcohol and drugs. Worn or spongy brakes lengthen the braking distance instead, not the time you take to react.
Be prepared to stop
A robot that has been green for a long time is close to changing. Ease off and be ready to stop rather than trying to beat the amber, or you reach the line with no room left to pull up safely.
Never
A phone takes your mind off the road even when the traffic is light and even in a hands free cradle, so it is never used while the vehicle is moving. If a call has to be made, stop first in a safe and lawful place.
Two way carriageway
The red triangle carries two black arrows pointing in opposite directions, warning of a two way carriageway ahead: traffic runs both ways on the one road. On a dual carriageway the two directions are kept apart, so do not expect that here. Keep left and do not overtake blind.
Slow down and proceed with caution.
A flashing beacon means people and equipment are working close to the traffic. Slow down and pass with care, ready to stop if someone steps out. Pushing past at speed puts you nearest the men at work with no time to react.
No passengers
A learner may carry no passengers at all. The licensed driver who must sit beside you is there to supervise and is not counted as a passenger, and nobody else may ride with you until you hold a full licence.
Pay special attention to pedestrians
Pedestrians have the right of way on the crossing, and children and the elderly step out without looking. Approach slowly, watch the pavement on both sides and be ready to pull up short of the lines.
Light motor vehicles
At seventeen a person may drive light motor vehicles, code B in the new system. The heavy classes, now the C codes, carry a higher minimum age, because the size of the vehicle and its load calls for more years of driving behind you.
Headlamps on low beam
Where the street lighting already shows up the road, low beam is enough and it keeps you from dazzling the drivers ahead of you and those coming towards you. High beam or spot lights in a lit street blind other road users.
Render first aid and report to the nearest police
The first driver on the scene must help the injured as far as he safely can and then report the accident at the nearest police station. Giving first aid and driving on leaves the accident unreported, which is an offence.
On the extreme left of the road or in an authorized parking place
We drive on the left, so a vehicle you have stopped belongs on the extreme left of the road or in an authorised parking place, out of the traffic stream. Stopping on the right leaves you facing traffic that does not expect you.
To allow safe overtaking and to be visible
A high box body blocks everything in front of it. Stay well back so you can see past it down the road, and so the lorry driver can see you in his mirrors. That is also the only way you get the view you need to overtake safely.
Use all the mirrors, exercise caution and drive off.
A parked vehicle hides you from traffic that is already moving. Use all the mirrors, check the blind spot over your shoulder and pull out slowly only when the road is clear. A signal on its own tells you nothing about what is coming.