I hear so many stories in my car from kids who have been misled by horror stories about the P’s test. Nearly all of them are untrue. Here’s some examples.
- My mate failed for scratching his nose – Untrue, people itch!
- My mate failed for going 1 kilometre over the limit – Untrue. During a driving test if a candidate exceeds the speed limit marginally and fixes it before the examiner tells them to slow down, then generally it is simply 1 point deduction
- The examiner didn’t put their seatbelt on and I failed for not intrsructing them to put in on – Untrue. A testing officer will never try and trick the student to make them fail
And the absolute classic
- My mate failed because he was a boy! They fail all boys first time! Where this one came from nobody knows
Reassure your kids that the test process is very fair and they only have to achieve 90%
The three main fail items are:
- Failing to give way to another vehicle/pedestrian
- Fail to stop fully at a stop line. So rolling through a stop sign
- Failing to stop at an amber light when it was safe to do so.