hazard perception tips

bigdom86 · Traffic Copper Joined: 17 Jul 2015 Karma :

hi guys/girls

have my theory test this weekend, pretty confident on the MCQ but the hazard perception part i was wondering if anyone had tips for it?

i am a bit confused of how often to press the button as it can fail you for pressing too many times, for example if you see someone in distance about to cross road or walking beside road you would click once, do you then click again once your nearer the hazard for example?

thanks

adam277 · Spanner Monkey Joined: 29 Jul 2012 Karma :

I may be wrong but as long as you don't do several fast consecutive clicks e.g. double clicks. it wont register as a fail.

I usually click a hazard 3 times. When I first see it, when I think the computer wants me to see it and one just after I think the computer wants me to see it.
Usually about a second and a half between each click.
The hazard perception test is flawed but once you know how it works it is rather easy to pass. Passing the test itself doesn't really have much to do with how perceptive you are.

I've passed the Car, Motorbike and HGV test so I have a fair bit of experience with this test Mr. Green

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bigdom86 · Traffic Copper Joined: 17 Jul 2015 Karma :

thanks guys i will do that, i dont have the training dvd just the book so cannot master the clicky skills using that, have used some online free ones though

talkToTheHat · World Chat Champion Joined: 21 Feb 2012 Karma :

Click becasue is looks like a hazard, count "potato" or suchlike click again in case you were too fast the first time.

I did this in all but one of my haz-per scenes, and got full marks, the other I clicked once, and didn't click again and didn't score.
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J.M. · World Chat Champion Joined: 27 Mar 2011 Karma :

I noticed that they didn't care much for potential hazards, which is what I would always try to click on. If I clicked for a potential hazard, it never became scoreable until it developed to such a stage that it was actually a hazard that would require a reaction.

So I also adopted the multiple click approach. I would click for the potential hazard, again when it had developed, and maybe inbetween depending on how long it took to develop.
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Ribenapigeon · Super Spammer Joined: 20 Feb 2012 Karma :

There's no trick to it, as much as people like to think there is. Just sit the test and watch the vid and press the button when you think you spot a relevant hazard. Don't sweat over it.

Aceslock · Spanner Monkey Joined: 12 Dec 2014 Karma :

I was panicking before i had my test about this as i was failing the online demo types.

When it is explained in the test though i got it......

Basically there are around 14 different video clips, all except one clip will have '1' developing hazard, the other will have several.

Click each time you see a potential hazard, and when you see that you need to swerve or brake hard just click again....... simples
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toerag · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 21 May 2015 Karma :

the clips in the hazard perception feel like they're taken from Miss Daisy's driver dash-cam, the hazards will be blatantly obvious in most cases; really, you'd have to be in a coma to miss them.

KnuckleShot · Scooby Slapper Joined: 11 Dec 2014 Karma :

As others has stated, the score line opens once whoever made the clip wants you to see the hazard that is going to cause you to slow down and/or change direction.
As aceslock said there is around 14 clips which one clip has 2 hazards so just be wary of that.
They explain this before you start the test and if I remember correctly they show you are practice one before you actually start (I may be wrong but pretty sure they did when I did mine).

Don't stress too much it was pretty easy and the first time I did mine I scored 66/77 Very Happy

Vandervecken · Derestricted Danger Joined: 17 Feb 2015 Karma :

Think the art is not to think to hard about the Hazards, and look for the obvious ones, I took one of these a few years back and came close to failing (I'm a trained emergency services response driver and kept on seeing minor hazards everywhere and failing segments due to over clicking) I found that just looking for the major hazards only worked though. Good luck
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