Showing posts with label Hazard Perception Test. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hazard Perception Test. Show all posts

Friday, 15 April 2016

Hazard Perception Test – what are the main hazards


Hazard Perception Test
The hazard perception part is included by the DSA in order to reduce the death and accident rate by untrained drivers who are seeming to be lacking the ability of reading hazards and forward planning. For this reason the hazard perception test in its current form is included in driving test.
The concept around taking this test is to be able to find out what is described as a upcoming hazard against a normal hazard. This is the first basic keystone to get to grips with to start with. A hazard is described as anything in the clip that is worth being aware of but one that does not need any action whereas a developing hazard is a hazard that has developed into one that now requires action. But one should be clear with hazard as everything which appears while driving is not hazard here is list of hazard that you should be looking out for :
•    Zebra crossings & traffic controllers
•    Pedestrians: Children
•    Pedestrians: Elders
•    Cyclists & motorcyclists
•    Horse riders & other animals
•    Vehicles: Emerging
•    Vehicles: Turning right or left
•    Vehicles: Reversing & U-turns
•     Vehicles: heavy vehicles
•     Vehicles: blinking lights.