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Examples of serious faults on UK driving tests
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Many people are not sure what a serious fault on their driving test is, or are surprised at when they get given a serious fault on their test, as they are expecting to pass their test.
Typically a serious fault on your driving test is something which is either illegal or dangerous, and when we say dangerous we typically mean something would result in another vehicle having to do one of the 4 S's (Slow, Steer, Stop or Swear).
Here are some clips from real UK driving tests and mock UK driving tests to show what a serious fault is, learn from these clips and PASS your driving test!
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[@UKDrivingTest]

Overtaking on the left (Undertaking) - It is all about assessing the risk: The footage was from a mock test and I decided to give a serious fault, perhaps it was not, but below are my reasons. On a real driving test only the examiner could decide either way having looked at the whole situation, as every situation is different. According the highway code you SHOULD NOT overtake on the left, many people even go to say it is illegal, which it is not, however it is still strongly advised against. Despite the risk being that other drivers will not expect you to be there, may not check mirrors, and may steer into you, so not directly your fault, a good driver will avoid getting into a situation where there is higher risk where other drivers could easily make mistakes. For this reason overtaking on the left is strongly frowned upon on a UK driving test and is likely to result in a FAIL. In this example it is not a problem to overtake on the left if the traffic on the right starts to brake, this is common sense, however the issue is the the driver continued to overtake several vehicles, 7 in total. The driver would not have needed to stop or brake hard to prevent this, the traffic is the right was braking very smoothly, even if they overtook 1 or 2 vehicle in the process would be ok to ensure smooth braking. The question also has to be asked "why are the cars in the right lane braking".... Is there a pedestrian about to step out? Is there a speed limit change? Going faster than the flow of the right lane created risks because it is unusual for the right lane to slow. You can only safely overtake on the left if: The traffic to your right is indicating to turn right, they are in queuing traffic or you are on a one-way system. In these situations these is a reduced risk of the car in the right lane switching lanes. At the end of the day it is down to the driver to make the decision, do you overtake on the left, weighing up the risks, and the risk that you are likely to get a serious fault and fail your driving test or do you just hold back.

[@lilaalaoui5058]

Driving Crawley I would like to share my serious fault with the other learners in your channel or with your pupils. I gave my comments as Lila alaoui thank you

[@UKDrivingTest]

@@lilaalaoui5058 do you have footage of the serious fault? If so yes it would be a good idea to add it to a complication of serious faults to help others.

[@lilaalaoui5058]

Driving Crawley unfortunately I didn’t record my driving test

[@UKDrivingTest]

@@lilaalaoui5058 I read your comment about why you got a serious fault and it is certainly something for people to be mindful of, as do doubt this situation never happened to you before, so can't really practice it. So a tricky one.

[@lilaalaoui5058]

Driving Crawley thank you for showing interest to my comments. As you said in one of your videos, the examiner wants to see a driver not a learner. I got a lesson from my failure that I have right to use the right lane to handle some road rules.

[@deejaymofo]

I like that you showed serious faults from other drivers and not just the learners. Xx

[@ladygagaconcertvideos3768]

2:34 was the EXACT reason I failed my 2nd test, 5 minutes away from the test centre. Realised I was in the wrong lane, panicked and cut into the left lane without doing proper mirror checks or even indicating (yes, I am very ashamed of it). There was a car behind who luckily got out of the way in time. Best advice is to NOT PANIC. I know how easy it is. But if you suddenly realise you're in the wrong lane, STAY IN IT and follow it through. You won't be marked down for taking a wrong turn as long as you do it safely.

[@UKDrivingTest]

Good advice, a lesson learnt for you.

[@blueberrysavers3547]

1) that light might have been green for a while so reduce your speed incase it changes 2) don't cut across lanes without checking your mirrors 3) always be in control of the steering. It might have a barrier there

[@carryyourteam7130]

im pretty sure at 4:33 being in the left lane you are allowed to drive past vehicles that are in the right lane as long as you're not exceeding the speed limit. Highway code - motorways - rule 268 - In congested conditions, where adjacent lanes of traffic are moving at similar speeds, traffic in left-hand lanes may sometimes be moving faster than traffic to the right. In these conditions you may keep up with the traffic in your lane even if this means passing traffic in the lane to your right. so it would not be classified as a fail or any fault at all, just simply normal driving

[@UKDrivingTest]

It depends on how you interpret that: "Congested" "traffic are moving at similar speeds" Is this congested? Or just traffic slowing, is it even a motorway? I am going on my driving experience, driving instructor training, advanced driving training, understanding of highway code, driving instructor experience and expecting in sitting in on nearly 100 driving tests. Based on this I personally would not overtake on the left in this situation and gave this learner a serious fault on their mock test, as I would rather be more harsh than too soft.

[@keith6400]

The rule you cite seems to relate to motorways not this type of road. There was a rule about overtaking on the left in "slow moving queues of traffic". Not sure if this is still in the code but it had a lot of common sense in it. Firstly one vehicle alone did not constitute a queue. Secondly you needed to keep "slow" . If you look at dash cam videos the main reason for many of the crashes is a single car travelling significantly faster than all the others going through a junction or congested area doing multiple overtakes. Then someone changes lanes, turns out etc. unexpectedly. The dark and rain in the video, in my opinion is increasing risks too. I would not feel safe in the camera car. My normal driving would be to slow down to the pace of cars in the right line and avoid being alongside anyone.

[@Zacksleeps]

if they were wrong to overtake as per the vid, what should they have done? Just stopped? Joined the right lane?

[@simplyvego9622]

Thanks to u for the very informative lessons you have given me. I watched your videos the last minute with the hazard perception test and I God 58 out of 75 and I got 49 out of 50 for the multiple choice. I am really proud of myself than to u again for your kind help to so many others as well. God bless

[@UKDrivingTest]

Glad the video helped, liking and subscribing helps to shows your appreciation :-)

[@simplyvego9622]

@@UKDrivingTest did tht fee days ago when I started watching u❤️

[@wipeout456]

Wow I’m glad I’ve passed, very strict!

[@UKDrivingTest]

Well done for passing. Do of course remember all the faults are things that could be really dangerous in certain situations, for example braking hard for a traffic light or losing control of your steering and wobbling. It is not just about passing your test, it is also about getting experience after test and keeping up standards, so the sort of things on this video do not happen, as they should not be happening to an good experienced driver.

[@Charlieworth]

Going to start my driving lessons soon and this video has been quite useful for me to know what to do, or what not to do, in certain situations.

[@UKDrivingTest]

Good to hear, make sure you keep doing research and revision in-between lessons when you start, it really helps!

[@nadzeyafiodarava3648]

Great video, thank you!

[@saksha86]

Alhamdulillah had my test today, passed For all those going for a test ,please take a look at the videos,I strongly recommend ,try to avoid these mistakes and no way you could fail All the best

[@UKDrivingTest]

Glad the video helped, liking and subscribing helps to shows your appreciation :-) Or if you are feeling really nice you could buy me a Ko-fi ;-) ko-fi.com/drivingcrawley

[@farzanehsharafi8634]

Thank you for uploading such a useful video.

[@UKDrivingTest]

You are most welcome

[@MajinGemma]

I passed four years ago have driven all over the country including central Londkn many times with no issue but i still can't bare to drive in the city i took my test. I get flash backs of all the timea i messed up on roads!

[@mrsmchistory]

Enjoyed this video! Very helpful

[@dha12oks]

Why am I watching this when I past 2 and half years ago... I'll put it down to; Nothing better to do xD Cheers mate

[@samtonks6878]

dha12oks I past like 5 months ago but still watch these vids now and then just to make myself relieved I’ve passed. Lol

[@dha12oks]

@@samtonks6878 Yeah same lol..

[@nikspuri9433]

You're videos are so helpful

[@UKDrivingTest]

Glad you like them!

[@OhnoTev]

Thank you for this video 1:15, i had a serious fault as i was in the middle lane n i intend taking the second exit, clearly i should been on the left lane!!!... thank you.. lesson learnt

[@UKDrivingTest]

Hi, The middle lane is ok to use for the second exit, that on it own would not be a serious fault, but when you exit the roundabout they may be a car next to you in the left lane and if you steer across in front of them it would be a serious fault. The solution if you get in this situation.... proceed to the 3rd exit, it may not be the exit you want but it is safe and you will not get marked down for doing it.

[@OhnoTev]

@@UKDrivingTest There was no car on my left at entering n exiting.. but there were cars on my right side although i did not cross the right line or cut across the car on my right, but the examiner steer slightly to the left n said i was close to the car on my right. Thank you for this video.. i guess i have to keep on practicing

[@cheekydevil69ER]

perfect example. thank you

[@UKDrivingTest]

You are welcome!

[@keith6400]

I can remember many years ago on the A3 near New Malden they had a 70mph dual carriageway with traffic lights on a crossroads. The amber phase was over ten seconds and irrespective of this drivers often were in collision with right turners in the junction. I never attempted to pass through at 70mph even if I was certain the green would endure, you had to reduce to 50 or less for sensible. Crossing traffic did not always select appropriate sized gaps. I think now they have a series of reducing limits up to the junction and no 70mph cross roads exist in the UK.

[@UKDrivingTest]

70mph traffic light controlled cross road! Sounds extremely dangerous, wonder why it took them so long to figure out that is dangerous.

[@colinpscott]

The last person was pretty unlucky. They obviously didn’t move left because they saw the pedestrian & that took away their attention. They stopped before the cyclist so didn’t endanger them. I can see why it was given as a serious fault, but you can also see how the mistake was made. Some folk don’t have things like this happen to them, get lucky and pass first time. I had a couple of things like that happen to me, so failed my test a couple of times before passing. I’m glad though, it made me a better driver.

[@UKDrivingTest]

It was on a mock test and I actually needed to say "STOP" to them as they were about to drive into the cyclist. But yes a fair point some can get 'lucky' and never experience unusual situations then pass first time and be seen as a 'good' driver, yet others can get have lots of unusual situations happen on test and due to lack of experience are not able to deal with it so have to fail.

[@mayankmahajan658]

@UKDrivingTest Thanks for your useful videos, I have a query. If we just merged on dual carriageway driving around 50mph, if cars start overtaking us after we merged, how would we accelerate to match 70mph without overtaking them from left? Thanks

[@UKDrivingTest]

Don't quite understand what you mean. But you are merging on a NSL via a slip road at 50mph? you should be matching the speed of other traffic, so should be getting to 60-70mph. If they are overtaking you then i don't understand how you would not have trouble speeding up and the issue of overtaking them on the left, they would be moving faster than you, so how would you overtake them?

[@lilaalaoui5058]

Stopping behind a car parked at light traffic. It’s illegal to park there but the examiner gave a serious fault of awareness and planning however I reacted quickly to join the traffic again

[@prolite93]

In the drivers defense at @3:00, the car on the right had to give way to the cars coming from their right hand side, which means the car wasnt going to pull out, and none of the cars wer indicating to go around the roundabout, Im not sure the duel controls wer really needed here, but thats just my opinion. I see this happen all the time on the road since passing my test

[@middler5]

The problem seems to be that the driver wasn't observed looking to the right. The driver getting through the roundabout safely will have had nothing to do with their driving and observation.

[@elliots2421]

thanks for showing example on 7:35

[@jamiesherry28]

I was taught you can undertake if the flow of traffic is faster in the left lane does that only apply to queing traffic or can I legally do it at any speed

[@UKDrivingTest]

That only applies to queuing traffic, as per the highway code, in this video it is not queuing traffic, just traffic going slower.

[@iwanjoness]

Can someone explain 4:30 to me please? Are you supposed to just stop in the middle of the road and let them in? or slow down to the same speed? They're not indicating to come out either? They're slowing down and all braking so how is it not queueing traffic? I've had about 40 hours of lessons and my instructor has never said anything like this to me

[@UKDrivingTest]

If it was me, as soon as I saw the traffic in the right lane slowing I would have also slowed down myself, not braking sharply of course, but slowed down and shown some caution, rather than speeding past several vehicles on the left.

[@iwanjoness]

@@UKDrivingTest Thanks, will keep in mind

[@aprilmeadhome3132]

Thank you for this. Do you know what the situation or criteria in relation to speed limits is on the driving test please? On one test a candidate misunderstood the difference between national on a motorway or dual carriageway with central reservation (70 mph) and on country roads and single carriageways (60 mph) and on a single carriageway the examiner had to mention the speed limit was 60 not 70 when they were reaching 66-69. This constituted a serious fault. However, on another test, though the candidate drove on a road which was a country road but had also recently become a residential area and there were no speed signs. The candidate kept under 30 mph while looking for a sign and the examiner said it was national speed limit at which point they accelerated to suitable speed and no fault at all was given and they passed. On both occasions the examiner had to tell the candidate about the speed limit but one was not marked down. Surely being too far under the speed limit (under 30 in a 60 zone) could be an issue. On my driving test I actually went over once or twice for a few seconds yet no fault at all was given.

[@UKDrivingTest]

it is not as black and white as if you are over the speed limit it is a fail or if you are too slow it is a fail. It depends on how much over / under the appropriate speed you are, how long you are doing this for, why you are doing this, what is around you etc. This is all assessed by the examiner and a decision made. You just need to drive to the best of your ability and leave it down to the examiner to make the judgement call.

[@Ashley-uc1dl]

5:45 that exact situation happened on my test

[@Probly]

Just failed my test because I didn’t look over my left shoulder while reversing for a reverse bay park. Picked up 2 minors on the drive though, gutted

[@dha12oks]

RIP, I'm sure you'll get it next time.

[@Damian-ln3it]

3:01 that’s legit what I did on my test the only difference was that I was turning left.... Got another one tomorrow 🤞🤞🤞

[@UKDrivingTest]

Keep your eyes peeled, looks for these clues: - road signs - bollards - road markings ('slow' on the road, different coloured surface, hazard lines) - road becoming wider / opening up - roads approaching from the side - other traffic braking, look for brake lights

[@maxsearle5044]

Would stopping slightly over the line usually be a serious? I did this as I didn’t realise there were lights round a bend on a roundabout so braked quite suddenly, but only got a minor. (I did fail though nonetheless, due to extremely poor judgement at a meeting situation)

[@UKDrivingTest]

Do you mean stopping over the stop line at a traffic light? The law is clear, stop AT the line, not over it. If you stop over it you have broken the law, so yes likely to be a serious fault, if you examiner only gave you a driver fault (minor) they were being kind or perhaps you were not over the line.

[@maxsearle5044]

@@UKDrivingTest yes at a traffic light - it’s possible I was just about within the line, but like you say this was very near the start of my test so I suppose it’s possible they decided to let it slide, since I moved off again quickly anyway and didn’t get in anyone’s way

[@confirmeddestiny3906]

After I passed the test, is my care insurance, taxed and MOT (if the vehicle is more than 3 years old)

[@UKDrivingTest]

When you pass your test your insurance may not be valid, as it will have you down as a provisional license holder, which when you pass you are a FULL licence holder. You will need to call up your insurance company and tell them about the change, they are likely to charge you more now that you have a full licence and are out on your own. The cars tax and MOT should not be effected however.

[@collinslfc]

2:40 "Just checking middle mirror isn't sufficient, you must check the left mirror". That's interesting because whilst it is the correct procedure to check the interior and nearside mirror, it is not a legal requirement for a car to even have a nearside mirror and will still pass an MOT with a damaged nearside mirror. Therefore there is a case, in my opinion, that a student shouldn't fail a driving test for not checking the nearside mirror, even though it is important to do (if that makes sense).

[@UKDrivingTest]

If i didn't have a left mirror though i would still do a shoulder check, I would guess if the student did a shoulder check, but no mirror check, they would have passed.

[@collinslfc]

@@UKDrivingTest Fair point.

[@UKDrivingTest]

@@collinslfc in some ways it is good it happened to the student, as they had a habit of not using side mirrors or doing shoulder checks, despite them being there. Obviously we went through this, even showing them how what you see in the middle mirror does not cover everything, and they got better at it, but they neglected it on test. They have since passed and said "I will never forgot to check my left mirror again", of course there are no guarantees but at least it has got the driver to think about using their side mirrors more.

[@keith6400]

I think you will find, assuming we are talking about modern cars that a nearside mirrors is a legal requirement where the car has a tailgate i.e. hatchback or estate car.

[@jonnoble5]

So many people do the exact same thing as the 2nd clip

[@muneeb9518]

don’t understand why you’d fail being in the middle lane at a 3 lane roundabout if you’re going straight ahead? Should not be a major of any sort

[@UKDrivingTest]

do you mean 1:09? The problem is NOT being in the middle lane, the problem is they CUT ACROSS to the middle lane. They were in the left hand lane on approach and then cut across to the middle lane as they entered the roundabout. If they would have APPROACHED in the middle lane and KEPT in the middle lane, then it would not have been a major issue. You need to keep in your lane, not cut across.

[@mayankmahajan658]

Hi @UKDrivingTest , Regarding "Junctions - observations - failed to check right", why was dual controls used by examiner to stop the car? There was no car on the learner's way, the car on right was already waiting for a car already on roundabout coming towards the learner? kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpnRoZqCrrybm8k

[@XJamesM2001X]

0:22 This is put down as a serious football 😂 *Auto generated subtitles*

[@Junior-me9hh]

5:45 that’s the blue cars fault for jumping on the road without checking cars coming. How’s that serious fault

[@UKDrivingTest]

Have another watch, I say the driver coming up the junction would have gotten a serious fault (mistaking saying serious, as it would have be a dangerous fault). As long as you respond in a timely manner, basically straight away, to anything pulling out in front of you it is not a fault, in face the examiner is likely to praise you. I know on these type of video normally the camera car is the one commenting the faults, but thought it would be a nice change to see faults being coming by others and the camera car responding to them.

[@Junior-me9hh]

Driving Crawley My bad, I thought you said we should give way to the car coming from the left. I’ve just watched it again. Some drivers don’t follow the signs.

[@UKDrivingTest]

​@@Junior-me9hh no worries, I know some of the fault in this video are in a slightly different format to other similar videos on KZbin.

[@fusiontv5269]

** 1:18, 1:56, ** 2:30, *** 2:52 [New]

[@JohnMurphy-lx8xq]

I failed the other day because I didn’t give way to a cyclist, such a stupid mistake wished I just stopped. Only picked up 3 minors plus that so was gutted

[@UKDrivingTest]

Was it a similar situation as shown in this video? Take it as a learning curve, so from now on you will be much more aware of cyclists and give way to them like you would give way to a car.

[@JohnMurphy-lx8xq]

@@UKDrivingTest yeah exact just didn’t think to give way it was stupid but lesson learnt won’t happen next time

[@tabishrahimi1963]

I drove well and failed in reverse parking in test centre

[@Ario_Ham]

Thanks, but why was he driving fast?

[@UKDrivingTest]

Can you put a timestamp please? Not sure what you are referring to.

[@Ario_Ham]

Driving Crawley I'm an amateur driver and it looked like that. Anyway, thank you for this instructive and helpful video.

[@manny9992]

Got mines soon absolutely shitting myself

[@Noregrets281]

I failed twice now, this is so unfair.

[@UKDrivingTest]

What did you fail for?

[@Noregrets281]

I failed it because whilst going in a wrong direction isn't a fail, I basically didn't turn right in a safe way and the other car behind me thought I was gonna turn left(I was suppoed to) I think I got confused when he said not the first left, the second left...also second one was, whilst I came out of the test centre safely, I basically was supposed to wait for the other vehicle and not squeeze in a space that was nearly impossible to do. On my second one I got 4 minors and 2 serious.

[@UKDrivingTest]

@@Noregrets281 ok, in my opinion they seem fair things to fail for, admittedly a bit unlucky as it is just a 5 second misjudgement, no doubt you wish you could turn the clock back do something different for these 5 seconds. Remember to learn from it, so listen carefully to the examiner instructions and stay calm if you misunderstand, just do what is safe, even if miss the turn and have to turn around. Also take your time coming out of the test centre, this is quite common as people have not yet settled yet so rush things at the beginning, no doubt if it was half way through your test you would not have made the mistake.

[@Noregrets281]

Thanks for the encouragement, I am glad you think I wasn't driving so badly and just need to fix my observation skills.

[@LiveFreeAndLoveNSN]

Noregrets281 i just passed on my 5th time on monday. The more practice and experience you get in different road conditions will naturally help your judgment and decision making during driving. Properly understanding road signs also really really helps and is to your advantage