things which contribute towards driving test fails include:
- Personality towards driving
- Confidence
- Stress, mood and
emotions - Risk perception
- Hazard perception
- Mental workload
- Distractions
- Fatigue
- Alcohol and drugs
- Technology
- Road environment
- Not making effective observations at junctions
- Failing to judge the speed of an
approaching vehicle - Entering a roundabout with a vehicle
approaching from the right - Making no effective observations at
all - Making no observations when joining
a dual carriageway from a slip road - Going straight ahead at a crossroads
- Looking too late
- Repeatedly not looking left when
turning left
- Not using mirrors correctly when changing direction
- Not using mirrors when exiting a
roundabout - Causing a vehicle to slow when
changing lanes on a dual
carriageway - Trying to change lane on a
roundabout when a vehicle is directly
alongside
- Not moving off safely
- Moving off from behind a parked
vehicle into the path of an
approaching vehicle - Repeatedly moving off from the side
of the road with no blind spot checks - Pulling off from the right-hand side of
the road, causing an oncoming
vehicle to slow or stop - Not making any rear observations
when moving off following an
emergency stop
- Incorrect positioning when turning right at junctions
- Positioning in the left-hand lane
when turning right at a roundabout - Obstructing traffic when you wait to
turn right - When you want to turn right at the
end of the road, you incorrectly
position to the left
- Not having proper control of the steering
- Repeatedly not steering enough or
steering late on the approach to
junctions when turning left - Not steering enough when going
around a bend - Steering late when turning right into
a minor road - Repeatedly mounting the pavement
when pulling up on the left - Steering late when moving out to
pass parked vehicles
- Not responding appropriately to traffic lights
- Failing to react to red traffic light
- Stopping after the first white line
when there are advanced stop lines
for cyclists - Not progressing when you’re waiting
to turn right at a junction and it’s safe
to proceed - Not going ahead when a green light
is showing and the junction ahead is
clear - Going ahead when a green light is
showing but the junction is not clear
- Not responding correctly to traffic signs
- Going to the wrong side of a ‘keep
left’ sign - Ignoring a ‘stop’ or ‘no entry’ sign
- Driving in a bus lane
- Choosing the wrong lane at a
roundabout with clear signage - Acting late or not at all to speed limit
changes
- Poor positioning on the road during normal driving
- Repeatedly driving too close to the
kerb or centre of the road - Unnecessarily driving in the
right-hand lane of a dual carriageway - Cutting across the normal road
position when you go ahead at a
roundabout with no lane markings
- Not responding correctly to road markings
- Not following direction arrows on the
road - Straddling lanes on a roundabout
- Crossing double white lines where
the line nearer to you is solid - Ignoring a box junction
- Not following road markings at
mini-roundabouts
- Not keeping control of the vehicle during
reverse parking
- Wheels ending up on the pavement
at the end of a parallel park - Too many attempts to reposition
when parking - Losing control of the car when
parking in a bay - Ending up parking outside of the bay
