The second half of your theory test, and the half most people underestimate.
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Hazard perception is sat in the same appointment as your multiple-choice questions, straight after a short optional break. You watch fourteen video clips filmed from the driver’s seat and click the moment you see a hazard beginning to develop.
A developing hazard is something that would genuinely make you change speed or direction. Not everything that moves on screen counts, and that distinction is where most marks are won and lost.
A parked car indicating, a pedestrian drifting toward the kerb, brake lights three cars ahead. A developing hazard is one that would actually make you slow down or steer around it. Scenery passing the window is not.
Points are awarded across a window that opens as the hazard begins and closes as it becomes obvious. Click when you first think something is happening, then again as it confirms.
The DVSA publishes free practice clips and the official app uses the same scoring as the real test. Third-party sites charging thirty pounds or more often use outdated footage that scores differently.
The skill these clips test is the one your instructor is building every time you drive. Commentary driving — saying out loud what you can see developing and what you would do about it — is the most effective way to train it, and it transfers directly to the screen. Ask your instructor to run a few minutes of it in your next lesson.
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