Hazard Perception

[StevRS]

What are people's experiences of this. I didn't have to do one when I did my car test so I've no idea what to expect. The practice ones are very poor quality and low resolution, and I find a lot of the tests ambiguous - is the real test the same?

Edited by StevRS on Monday 21st July 16:26

[lawrence567]

Its a load of st, its so easy.
Just consentrate & you'll be fine!

[Sossige]

StevRS said:

What are people's experiences of this. I didn't have to do one when I did my car test so I've no idea what to expect. The practice ones are very poor quality and low resolution, and I find a lot of the tests ambiguous - is the real test the same?

Edited by StevRS on Monday 21st July 16:26

Yep, the real thing is poor quality and low res, but the situations are quite "staged" so are easier to spot than some of the clips you may see elsewhere.

The main thing is to get hold of a practice DVD so you have some experience of the way the test video game works.

[StevRS]

Do you have to click the hazard, or just click anywhere when you see one? Is it one per clip?

[Sossige]

StevRS said:

Do you have to click the hazard, or just click anywhere when you see one? Is it one per clip?

Click anywhere. One clip has two hazards, the remaining clips have one hazard.

[lawrence567]

If your being PC you can spot loads of possible hazards in all the sections,
just buy the DVD and you'll see.

[StevRS]

Last question: Presumably there is a reason not to click several times per clip? Are they negatively marked or something?

[lawrence567]

You can click a fair few times, but if you click too quickly in a short space of time you get disqualified in that part of the test.....like me!
If you think your nervous about it now, then wait till the DAS!

[Sossige]

StevRS said:

Last question: Presumably there is a reason not to click several times per clip? Are they negatively marked or something?

Only that the software thinks you might be cheating. It's an awful system, on my actual test the first clip was given a zero score because I clicked "in an unacceptable manner".

It really is crap, but you have to do it. Get a DVD to see what it's like beforehand.

[StevRS]

Sossige said:

Get a DVD to see what it's like beforehand.

I have the DSA one - I just can't believe it can be that poor in real life!!!!

[lawrence567]

Yeah it's crap!

[f13ldy]

Its crap.

Reminds me of those old simulators (that looked like spaceships but simulated a roller coaster or planes etc...) without the movement and decent graphics.

Also if you see the hazard to early you don't get the maximum points as when it comes into play you can't click again in close succession for fear of get nil points.

[shouldbworking]

Utterly rubbish.

If you clicked for every hazard you saw you get flagged up as cheating.

e.g. one of the clips I viewed was of a busy town centre at night, drunk people everywhere, limited visibility, headlight glare.....

I hated it, but the practice ones vailable are useful, you just have to recognise that they arent really asking you to spot the hazards so much as the people trying to commit suicide.