THE QUICKEST WAY TO MAKE THEORY TEST APPOINTMENTS IS BY CALLING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT ON 0300-200-1122
YOU CAN PAY BY CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD BUT THE CARD HOLDER MUST BE PRESENT. YOU CAN ALSO GET A FORM FROM YOUR DRIVING INSTRUCTOR OR BY TELEPHONING THE ABOVE NUMBER.
WHEN YOU GO TO SIT YOUR THEORY TEST YOU MUST PRODUCE
1. YOUR PROVISIONAL DRIVING LICENCE (BOTH PARTS!!)
2. YOUR TEST APPOINTMENT LETTER
3. PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF YOUR IDENTITY
IF YOU DON’T PRODUCE THESE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SIT YOUR TEST AND LOOSE YOUR FEE.
BOTH THE THOERY AND HAZARD PERCEPTION TEST MUST BE PASSED AT THE SAME TIME.
THE TEST – PART 1 THEORY
THE TEST IS A COMPUTER BASED TOUCH SCREEN TEST SAT AT VARIOUS CENTRES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. YOU ARE GIVEN A PRACTICE SESSION LASTING UP TO 15 MINUTES TO GET USED TO THE SYSTEM BEFORE YOU START THE TEST. DON’T WORRY HELP WILL BE ON HAND IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS USING THE COMPUTER SYSTEM.
YOU HAVE 57 MINUTES TO COMPLETE THE TEST AND THERE ARE 50 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS OF WHICH YOU NEED TO GET 43 CORRECT TO PASS.
YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR TEST RESULTS BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE TEST CENTRE.
THE SYLLABUS
YOU WILL BE ASKED 35 QUESTIONS ON THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS
ALERTNESS
ATTITUDE
SAFETY AND YOUR VEHICLE
SAFETY MARGINS
HAZARD AWARENESS
VULNERABLE ROAD USERS
OTHER TYPES OF VEHICLES
VEHICLE HANDLING
MOTORWAY RULES
RULES OF THE ROAD
ROAD AND TRAFFIC SIGNS
DOCUMENTS
ACCIDENTS
VEHICLE LOADING
THE TEST – PART 2 (HAZARD PERCEPTION)
THIS TEST CONSISTS OF 14 VIDEO CLIPS EACH ABOUT A MINUTE LONG. THE VIDEOS SHOW
VARIOUS HAZARDS SUCH AS VEHICLES, PEDESTRIANS, WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS.
THE EARLIER YOU SPOT THE HAZARD DEVELOPING THE HIGHER THE SCORE.
THERE IS ONE SCOREABLE HAZARD IN EACH VIDEO CLIP EXCEPT ONE CLIP WHICH HAS 2
SCOREABLE HAZARDS.
EACH HAZARD HAS A SCORE OF UP TO 5 POINTS PER HAZARD
THE PASS MARK IS 50 OUT OF 75.
YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO CLICK THE MOUSE AS SOON AS YOU SEE A POTENTIAL HAZARD
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