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Mod 1 done!

Congrats!

Boom

Sick. Gratz man

Theory test: got my revision book kindly sent over by he lovely @Dramatic_Hammer. Is it just a multiple choice test? Is it timed?
Anything else I should know before going in?

Cheers

Multiple choice. Timed but you have like an hour and it will actually take you 15 minutes.
Read the question carefully. I nearly got caught out with a braking distance question that I thought said stopping distance first.
Do hazard perception practise online. It’s probaby the trickiest bit.

Is the hazard perception part of the theory then?

Yep its right after, I think you get a 3 minute break!

I used this

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/driving-theory-test-2018-uk/id1078352542?mt=8

And paid I think 3.99 or something to unlock all the questions and it has something like 45 practice videos for hazard perception

Cheers Phil

The hazard perception app is brilliant at teaching when the dvla think you should be pressing the key, and for how long.

Listen to this, he is right.

True that.

Sweet!

Mod 2 booked for Friday, fingers crossed!

You got this dude!

Well done almost there.

@sacredhart don’t try to trick the hazard perception computer though. Clicking willy nilly will get you a fail. If you cycle your constantly risk assessing anyway. Person walking a dog with a retractable lead , person running along the pavement on your side of the road towards a bus on the opposite side at some point is going to make a dash across, it’s that kind of thing.

Like I wrote before, the best bit of advice I got was to above all else, ride safely. If he tells you to go right and you can’t move lane because there’s a car up the side of you, go left or carry on, just don’t do anything silly to try and follow the instruction.
If you get stuck in traffic then happy days, just sit there but keep mirror checking so you’re aware of everyone around you.
You can get minor faults for hesitation but you’ve got 5 before a fail so if you’re not comfortable pulling out in a gap, just wait. Bear in mind the examiner has to fit in that space behind you too.
You will be nervous going into it but as soon as you make the first turn, just enjoy the ride, the nerves go away.

Bear in mind the examiner has to fit in that space behind you too

Really good advice on the other points, but I’d just add to this. You do not and should not be thinking about the examiner. If there is a gap, go. Sod him, he’s a trained professional and if he can’t get out and catch up then it’s his fault.
So only think about yourself and you riding.

+1
I was just forming the same sentence in my head. If you don’t take that gap because you’re waiting for one big enough for both of you, they could see it as hesitation. Safely follow to a T their last instruction. they know what theyre doing and will catch up with you.

Make progress.

Yeah I guess. I went a couple times in my test and he had to wait a couple cars back. But time stopped is time out of your test. The longer you can get away sitting still the better imo

My examiner specifically told me to not concern myself with him, just his instructions.
I did lose mine in a gap plenty big for me, iffy for 2.
He didn't go and got caught a few hundred yards behind, he could still see me as I got a minor for mildly cutting up a lorry...

In my second test I lost my examiner completely in a torrential rainstorm. Took 20 minutes and riding back to the test centre to find him. Doh!

just getting back to the test centre safely should have ensured a pass.