Hazard perception test practice
The second half of the theory test, and the half people underestimate. You watch video clips filmed from a driver’s view and click when you see a hazard developing. It is a different skill from the multiple choice part and you cannot revise for it by reading.
How the scoring works
The real car test uses 14 clips, scored out of 75, and you need 44 to pass. Each clip contains at least one developing hazard worth up to five marks.
The five marks are a window, not a moment. Click as soon as the hazard starts to develop and you score five. Click later and you score less, down to one, and after the window closes you score nothing. That is why hesitating is expensive: waiting until you are certain usually means waiting until the mark has gone.
Clicking constantly does not work. The test detects a pattern of continuous clicking and scores that clip zero, so guessing your way through is worse than watching properly.
What counts as a developing hazard
Something that would make you change speed or direction. A parked car with someone getting in. A cyclist drifting out to pass a drain. A vehicle slowing to turn with nothing behind it yet.
The distinction that costs people marks is between something you can see and something that is becoming a problem. A pedestrian on the pavement is not yet a hazard. The same pedestrian turning towards the kerb is.
Practise with ten licensed clips
We have ten hazard perception clips, licensed from DVSA. After you have scored a clip, you can watch it again with the hazard circled, so you can see what you missed and when you should have clicked. The first clip is free without an account and the second comes with a free account, both scored exactly like the rest.
This is practice, not a full length rehearsal. The real test uses 14 clips and we have ten, so there is no pass mark on your practice score. What it tells you is whether you are clicking early enough.
On the day
Hazard perception comes after the multiple choice part, with a short break in between. You have to pass both on the same day. Passing one and failing the other means sitting the whole test again, which is the main reason it is worth practising the half that feels less like revision.
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