Driving Theory Test....Hazard Perception!?

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Roxy G

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I'm taking my theory test in a week's time. Im fine with the multiple choice questions- no problem. However, the hazard perception im a little confuzzled about!
See at first...I thought you had to click every time you see what could be a hazard (like speed limit signs, junctions, people walking along the pavement, traffic lights, etc) but then it turns out you only get marked for your reactions to ONE hazard in each clip (but one clip has two hazards). So your not being marked for all those other things, only the main hazard? Is that right? But then do you have to click all those little things anyway, just incase they develop into 'the main hazard' of the clip? The thing is, though...I always see so many possible hazards and im scared if I keep clicking the computer might think im cheating!
Please help- I am terribly confused!
 
I start by saying the Hazard Perception is stupid lol. But yes, you only get marked for the "main hazard". However, you won't know what the main hazard is so you have to click all possible hazards. Some will be more dangerous than others. You click everytime you think a hazard could develop - if it is the main hazard the sooner you realise the better you score. Click too many and it does assume you are cheating though - more you practice the more you learn what they are looking for. Just got to watch some hazards for a few seconds to see if anything might happen. Often it won't and to keep clicking them results in getting 0 as it thinks you are cheating and it doesn't matter if you did get the main hazard.

To explain how it is stupid, as I do understand the reasoning for the test, some hazards just aren't really hazards. A bus stopping for instance. And despite not knowing the area and having no signs you are expected to know well before that the bus is going to stop. Click too early though and it doesn't count, plus not all buses do stop. In some cases the bus stop may be around the corner and you can have cars pull out and all sorts, but the bus is the main hazard. That example is one I have come across myself.

The other, as partly mentioned, is click too early and you don't get anything. Sometimes you know something is a hazard or will be, but just a split second early and the click isn't counted within the hazard area so you score 0.

Another is simply the fact you can't always see when he'll (as in the car you have the view from) turn or he drives in a strange road position. Doesn't help to notice hazards or give a good example. You might think there's a hazard and then he turns. Again, click too often over these things and you score 0.

Basically you just have to notice these things and remember. Learn how it works and what they expect and when they expect it. You probably won't score perfectly on every clip, but hopefully you can learn to judge it well enough to get a good result in the end.

Good luck on your theory :)
 
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