This article is about some of the essential basics without which you wouldn’t get a sentence on your driving test. There are many things every pre-tested learner driver can do to increase their chances of passing and no, it doesn’t require spending more money on lessons, as long as you’ve been to a vocational school in the first place (Hint!)

Can you answer the following questions?

Below is a list of Twenty Questions Every Learning Driver Should Be Able To Answer With 100% Accuracy…

If not… you shouldn’t take the driving test. Period!

1. Can you open the hood/bonnet of your car smoothly?

2. Can you identify all the important equipment that is under the hood/hood?

3. Can you describe how to perform the checks on this Equipment?

4. Can you recognize when a tire is low on pressure?

5. Can you describe the three checks on a tire to ensure safety?

6. Can you stop correctly at a stop sign?

7. Is it mandatory to use the parking brake at a stop sign?

8. Can you describe when not to use the parking brake?

9. Do you know the meaning of “The ten second rule”?

10. What is the most acceptable distance from the vehicle ahead when stopping?

11. What three steps would you take to improve safety in heavy rain?

12. What gear should you wear when stopping?

13. When would you check your blind spot?

14. How often should you perform your basic mechanical checks?

15. Do you understand the term “Opposite Block”?

16. What is the first action you take in the event of a shutdown?

17. Do you carry spare bulbs and why is this important?

18. What is meant by non-standard roundabout configuration?

19. What should you do if a warning light comes on on the dash?

20. How would you verify that the brake lights were working on your own?

Tomorrow and in our next article, appropriately titled part 2, we’ll give you the correct answers…so come and see how you did! (Or not, as the case may be). Let’s be fair, you now have at least 24 hours to do your homework, so a result of anything less than 90% is unsatisfactory (extremely).

We apologize in advance to those of you driving on the “wrong” side of the road (lol) or driving that strange Beast known as an SUV or in Europe known as a People Carrier. You don’t need any of the answers in part two as everyone else is expected to get out of your way!