During the practical test the examiner must to go through a number of set procedures and understanding these will help you pass. You will be stopped on the left around 8 times on your test, sometimes prior to a manoeuvre but mostly to check that that your safety check hold up when put under pressure. So to stop on the left we use MSM and it isn't finished until you apply parking brake, select neutral and cancel any signal; you will then be told "thank you, drive on when your ready". When you hear this, think "drive on when safe" & do all around observation finally checking right over your right shoulder. Sometimes you will be stopped on an uphill & yes your ability to use good clutch control is being tested, but the main thing is this. Since it generally takes a few seconds to pull away uphill, you MUST check over your right shoulder again & again, as often as it takes until you are off and running. You will be asked to stop on the left reasonably close to a parked car; again when you drive off it will take a few seconds to clear the obstacle; no prizes for guessing what you MUST do (again & again as often as it takes). Next tip about RAMP and MSPSL in next blog.
Learn safe driving for life AND pass your test.
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