where online is best place to take current theory test for free?

fitnessguy1

i was looking at this site. Is it legit?

http://toptests.co.uk/

also, is there any way to practice hazard perception test? that's one test i don't trust. i never know at what point to click on the screen. got my theory test booked for next tuesday so need to practice, practice, practice!

forgotmyname

Why not use the genuine DVLA one ?

ThinkingOutLoud_2

Here ... https://www.gov.uk/take-practice-theory-test

AdrianC

ThinkingOutLoud wrote: »

Here ... https://www.gov.uk/take-practice-theory-test

Is the real test that easy, too?

50/50, 8min with a distraction.

ThinkingOutLoud_2

AdrianC wrote: »

Is the real test that easy, too?

50/50, 8min with a distraction.

Some people are perfect ;-) But assuming you are a good, experienced driver - why would you score any less. More of a tick than an achievement surely?
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Depends what you think the theory test is achieving I guess.

Not everyone passes first time - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/10025871/I-failed-the-theory-test.html

Remember this aspect used to be a handful of questions asked at random by the examiner at the end of the driving test (often cynics claim these were easy ones if they wanted to pass you and hard if they needed a fail to balance stats).

scotsbob

AdrianC wrote: »

Is the real test that easy, too?

50/50, 8min with a distraction.

You can find out the monthly pass/fail statistics for each driving test centre here
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/car-theory-test-data-by-test-centre

ThinkingOutLoud_2

Interesting - pass rate for last year is 49%.

Even more interesting - females outdo males by some margin.;)

forgotmyname

A few tricky questions there.. Left hand lane of the motorway is used for what... Undertaking middle lane hoggers of course.

Maximum speed towing a trailer on the motorway. They have that wrong, its actually 90mph. As proven every school holiday on the M5.

Hazard lights on the motorway, to warn the AUDI tailgating that your going to brake test them.

Dclutterchique

When I was 'studying' for my Theory Test I used the CD-ROMs from Driving Test Success. I found that the Hazard Perception Disc was partially good as they had lots of clips covering lots of different situations eg day time/night time, urban locations/rural locations. They also gave detailed information at the end of a 'test' as to what the hazard was in each clip as will as how well one had scored. On the double hazard clip both hazards were named and scored separately, so one could tell if a 5/10 was a 3 and 2 or a 5 and 0. They also allowed one in 'practise mode' to choose the type of situations to work on. So if someone was getting poor scores on urban clips they could work more on those. I have a belief that most people fail because they don't know what type of hazard to look for (as proved by the numpty/journalist* in ThinkingOutLoud's post) or they click too soon.

The following link from Driving Test Success gives some good advice on the Hazard Perception Test.

http://www.driving-test-success.com/hazard/hazard_perception_main.html

*Yes, I know that's a tautology.

ThinkingOutLoud_2

forgotmyname wrote: »

Left hand lane of the motorway is used for what... Undertaking middle lane hoggers of course.

This reminded me of this nice tale of woe for a hogger - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-rail-transport/11690110/Motorist-becomes-first-convicted-of-hogging-motorway-middle-lane.html

But sadly, not many of the many have been done by the few - http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-3792498/Just-135-fines-issued-middle-lane-hogging.html