Reaction to Hazards and Clutch Vehicle Control

IgsTer

Ive my second driving test coming up soon and just want to get some clarification on what actually gets you grade 2 marks in the aspects mentioned in the title. I got four grade 2's in each of these last time I did my test and im still a bit unsure what I actually did to get them. Especially the clutch control which I havent a clue how i managed to get four marks in.

Cheers

Cathalog

IgsTer wrote: »

Ive my second driving test coming up soon and just want to get some clarification on what actually gets you grade 2 marks in the aspects mentioned in the title. I got four grade 2's in each of these last time I did my test and im still a bit unsure what I actually did to get them. Especially the clutch control which I havent a clue how i managed to get four marks in.

Cheers

A reaction is anything that requires you to change your position or speed on the road I think. Quite possibly parked vehicles:
I got 4x reaction to hazards for looking over my shoulder when overtaking parked vehicles.
Don't look over your shoulder..

Check mirror, indicate, as soon as you've moved out, cancel indocator, STAY OUT (unless a car approaches) until you've overtaken all parked cars on the stretch!

Just drive slowly if you come up to a situation where you might need to slow down (a bus parked on the side of the road, a cyclist in front of you etc.)


As for clutch control, did you stall during your test? Doing so more than once could incur a fault.
Are you resting your foot on your clutch when your driving? Don't
Are you coasting (pressing down on the clutch when coming to a stop when you're still travelling at speed - ending up driving a distance without the car in gear) don't.
When you're changing gear, is there a jult or a bump after letting go of the clutch? Practice on preventing this.

I can't think of anything else.

ADIDriving

This is not an easy question:
The marks for clutch could be that you had your foot on the clutch too much (in a variety of ways), came up too slow or too fast. These mistakes can also fall into other categories.
Reaction to Hazards is more vague, sorry. A hazard is anything that might cause you to change speed or direction. You can under or over react to these situations.
I can go into more detail but it will make things no clearer. What you need to do is let an ADI see your driving as it would be during your test. Only then can anyone tell you exactly what it is you need to fix.

IgsTer

Thanks for the feedback makes things a little clearer for me. Ill make sure to keep the parked car thing in mind I think I remember one or two time during my test where I did pass very close to parked cars due to the road being so narrow Ill have to work on that and stay well out from them.

With clutch control I didnt stall once, I may be resting my foot on the clutch the odd time though but not pressing down on it will have to try keeping it on the rest more. im definately putting my clutch in when still travelling at speed due to the fact i know im going to be stopping. Which is something I know i shouldnt be doing and have being working on it. Changing gear is nearly always smooth so dont think it could be that. I think maybe the two faults above is what might have giving me the faults.

Anyway Ive taking the advice and just booked a 2 hour pre-test hopefully after that ill know exactly what im doing wrong.

Thanks for the help

ProudDUB

IgsTer wrote: »

Thanks for the feedback makes things a little clearer for me. Ill make sure to keep the parked car thing in mind I think I remember one or two time during my test where I did pass very close to parked cars due to the road being so narrow Ill have to work on that and stay well out from them.

The general rule is to leave a car doors width between your car and the parked cars. The thinking behind it is that if a person inside the parked car opens the door suddenly, you can still pass it by without crashing into the door & slicing their arm off.