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Reaching the top speed in a driving test...?
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My grandad teaches me to drive and we were wondering in a driving test, are you required to reach the top speed on a dual-carriageway? i have heard off a number of people that you can fail for not being able to show you can reach this speed.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.The Examiner will expect you to suit your speed to the road and traffic conditions. This is marked in the Make progress by/driving at a speed appropriate to the road and traffic conditions/avoiding undue hesitancy section. This does not mean you must reach the maximum permitted speed at all costs, but likewise you should not be below the limit when there is no need to be.
You also have to choose a proper speed for general driving and when coming to corners, bends, junction, roundabouts etc. This will be marked in the Exercise proper care in the use of speed section.
You also have to choose a proper speed for general driving and when coming to corners, bends, junction, roundabouts etc. This will be marked in the Exercise proper care in the use of speed section.
I agree with everything above about road and traffic conditions etc. I almost failed (a long time ago now!) for driving too slow. It was an empty 40mph road and i was doing 30. Luckily everything else on the test was OK. The examiner asked me if I knew what a 40mph sign looked like and why did I not use it. I had to come up with a good answer!
ps Natalie - good luck but dont go stupid and show off to your friends when you pass!
ps Natalie - good luck but dont go stupid and show off to your friends when you pass!
Are you sure thats a wise answer dustypuss, surely as a adi you would advise Natalie to drive to the conditions. (ref: Kempie first post). Although you are not wrong, perhaps you should elaberate more on your advise Dustypuss...including " making progress" and "driving to the conditions"....just a thought.
Natalie, kempie hit the nail on the head.
Natalie, kempie hit the nail on the head.
As driving instructors we should teach safe driving for life not just for the test that I am sure duttypus did not mean to imply. When you pass your test you are licensed to drive on roads of varying speed limits and will need to prove that you can confidently and safely do so.
Awareness of speed and driving to the prevailing conditions is very important and something you will need knowledge, skill and the correct attitude of.
Awareness of speed and driving to the prevailing conditions is very important and something you will need knowledge, skill and the correct attitude of.
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