Driving Lessons Gloucester- How To Pass Your Test, Part 12. - Analysing The Driving Test Report (DL25)

In this post we will take a look at how your examiner will look at sections 23 and 24, which are  Positioning and Pedestrian Crossings.

Wherever you are driving, you must position your car correctly between the kerb and the centre of the road, or accurately within a marked lane.

Section 23, Positioning is laid out as follows:

23. Positioning
                        normal driving.
                        
                        lane discipline.

What will the examiner be checking? That you:

1. Keep well positioned to the left, about a metre from the kerb, where the road is wide enough.
2. Change your positioning to deal with hazards.
3. Do not excessively move in and out between parked cars .
4. Avoid excessive lane changes by early positioning.
5. Obey lane markings.
6. Use the right hand lanes of dual carriageways correctly, for overtaking or turning right.

Typical Faults Recorded on Positioning:
Normal Driving:

• Too near the kerb on the left.
• Too near the middle of the road.
• Moves in and out excessively between parked cars.

Lane Discipline:

• Wrong lane at traffic lights or roundabout.
• Drives normally on dual carriageway in overtaking lane. (Get back to the left!)
• Straddles lane markings.
• Drifts from lane to lane.

As you can see, positioning is a crucial part of driving, so make sure you have had sufficient time on the road before your test, so that you are not "taken by surprise" by any event and that you have enough driving skill to deal with positioning.

Let's take a look at:

Section 24.

Pedestrian Crossings.

There are a lot of different types of pedestrian crossings, so make sure you can recognise and understand them.

Your examiner will check that you:

1. Correctly use MSM.
2. Reduce speed on approach if there are clues that it may be used imminently by pedestrians.
3. Do not beckon people to cross over.
4. Slow down and give way to people already crossing.
5. Obey all light and zebra crossing rules.
6. Stop before the stop line.
7. Do not block crossing area in traffic queues.
8. Obey all amber and flashing amber light signals.

Things can go wrong on your test regarding positioning and crossings, so if you want some help, or want to start your driving career, why not come to John Lowe Driving.

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Driving faults recorded
24 Pedestrian crossings:

• Does not reduce speed on the approach when vision is restricted.
• Approaches at too high a speed with pedestrians on crossing.
• Overtaking on zigzag lines on approach.
• Not giving precedence to pedestrians on a crossing.
• Not stopping at give way or stop lines when necessary.
• Not acting in accordance with the traffic lights controlling the crossing.
• Harassing pedestrians.
• Waving pedestrians over a crossing.
• Moving away before pedestrians have crossed over in front of the car.
• Attempting to proceed when unsafe to do so.
• Stopping on the actual crossing.