driving test hints? (2 Viewers)

[miche11e]

Hey, im doing my driving test in chatswood and i was wondering if anyone has any hints that will help. I'm not very familiar with the area, but i know that all the streets are tiny and there are all these one lane slow points and one lane speed humps and all of my friends told me its a hard area to pass in, so any help would be appreciated.
If you pull over to the side of te road to let someone going the other way pass, do you have to put your blinker on entering and exiting the kerb? I was so much happier when it was booked in Ryde

 

[sparkerasp]

If you pull over to the side of te road to let someone going the other way pass, do you have to put your blinker on entering and exiting the kerb?

I'm quite sure that if less than half your car is not on the side of the road (using the front parked car as a guide) then you don't have to indicate (as shown below). [just pretend that the "<" are not there. They're just there because more than one press of the space bar doesn't seem to show on these forums.]

l------l
lpark l
l ed l
l____l


<<<l------l
<<<l you l
<<<l car l
<<<l____l

But if at least half your car is on the side, then yes indicate (as shown below).

l------l
lpark l
l ed l
l____l


-<l------l*
-<l you l
-<l car l
-<l____l*

There are figures (like if you need to pull out more than 10m or something then you have to indicate), but I just like to use the above diagrams as indicators cause they're just easier to remember

If you're on a narrow road, then do indicate every time you pull out because I imagine that every time to pull in the let an opposite car pass you will have to pull in a substantial amount (i.e. more than the distance recommended that you don't have to indicate to pull out).

Good luck on your driving test

 

[miche11e]

thanks very much this information is very helpful and will hopefully help me pass

 

[L]

miche11e.

why did you substitute the L's in your name with 1's?

 

[miche11e]

haha cos its my username on other games and forums and i didnt want to get confused.

 

[samwell]

who has done the test in Lidcombe?
RTA bastards closed the Parramatta one. Its like one of the best

 

[Azamakumar]

who has done the test in Lidcombe?
RTA bastards closed the Parramatta one. Its like one of the best

it moved next to westfield, dumbass

 

[Graney]

who has done the test in Lidcombe?

I hear they make you do max doughies in the gravel and shit near the station.

 

[ambermorn]

^ROFL!

Trent FTW

 

[solomarc20]

I did my test @ Chatswood. I have a few tips for you

If you are driving around/through the Westfield, the Speed limit is 40km/h (I almost got sprung!)

When you enter the Chicanes (One lane slow points) indicate right into them

Always look over your back shoulder when reversing (they are very pedantic about this)

There are plenty of stop signs. If you get taken past Willoughby Girls High School (on the back streets heading North) there is a stop sign and a give way sign very close to eachother

You are most likely going to be taken way out of the suburb. We went as far south as Cammeray, and others I have known have been taken out across the Roseville Bridge/ Castle Cove

Finally, hope you get the old guy! He is very talkative and makes the test a lot less stressful

Best of Luck!!!

 

[lala2]

^^Wow, when did you do your test? I did mine August last year, maybe it was under the more relaxed restrictions because I sure didn't go anywhere even as far as Cammeray. Yeah, I got an old guy, he wasn't very talkactive bu old people give you a sense of being nice and easy, so that relaxed me.

I started at the RTA (lol yeah where else would I start?) cut across Victoria Ave to that road parallel to it on the north side, went up some streets and ended up on Mowbray Road, then went turned left at the corner where the church is, went back in, and came out at some weird roundabout, then somehow got back to the RTA. So nowhere near Westfield or anywhere else, really. Got a tricky narrow two-way street near Mowbray Road where I had to give way. So yeah.

 

[Azamakumar]

I hear they make you do max doughies in the gravel and shit near the station.

hahaha

 

[gernie8668]

just hope u dont get the stupid CURRY tester at chatswood he is a fag who goes out of his way to fail people he failed my mate for not indicating once NO JOKE ive seen the score sheet.

he deliberatly tries to get you to fail absolute cunt.
he also failed another friend of mine because he said he didnt leave his indicator for the 5 seconds that your ment to when leaving the kurb and actually said that he had left it on for 4 seconds like wtf
fucking curry's

 

[boris]

well your dumb cunt mate did not indicate so stfu and tell him to learn to indicate and he wont fail??

Edit: like seriously its not hard to indicate

 

[z600]

just hope u dont get the stupid CURRY tester at chatswood he is a fag who goes out of his way to fail people he failed my mate for not indicating once NO JOKE ive seen the score sheet.

he deliberatly tries to get you to fail absolute cunt.
he also failed another friend of mine because he said he didnt leave his indicator for the 5 seconds that your ment to when leaving the kurb and actually said that he had left it on for 4 seconds like wtf
fucking curry's

I had the old guy at chatswood and he keeps telling me to drive faster ROFL. Try to aviod doing your test during school hours. Some studpid kid stood in a school crossing for 10 secs (i waited for him) and I decided to go and he ran across the road >.>

 

[sparkerasp]

he also failed another friend of mine because he said he didnt leave his indicator for the 5 seconds that your ment to when leaving the kurb and actually said that he had left it on for 4 seconds

That is extremely harsh and very stingy marking.

well your dumb cunt mate did not indicate so stfu and tell him to learn to indicate and he wont fail??

Edit: like seriously its not hard to indicate

It's not hard to sign yourself up for a test and try the thing yourself either.

Some studpid kid stood in a school crossing for 10 secs (i waited for him) and I decided to go and he ran across the road

Well, you kinda should have waited :S as it was a school crossing and not a pedestrian crossing.

 

[sparkerasp]

It's not harsh or stingy. It's marking TO THE BOOK.

If they weren't 'harsh or stingy' there'd be even more sub-par drivers on the road, no?

Yes, I entirely support them for being harsh in many of the particulars. But for something like indicating for 4 seconds rather than 5 seconds only once throughout the test when pulling out of the kerb, it isn't very logical to fail someone just because of such as small counting discrepancy in such a situation.

 

[efast]

two tips for common fails

too many guys run the yellow light-> instant fail

didn't see trickly placed stop signs in small streets, and drive through -> instant fail

 

[boris]

That is extremely harsh and very stingy marking.

It's not hard to sign yourself up for a test and try the thing yourself either.

Well, you kinda should have waited :S as it was a school crossing and not a pedestrian crossing.

I already did and passed becuase i indicated long enough?? Like a long time ago lol.

 

[gibbo153]

I'm quite sure that if less than half your car is not on the side of the road (using the front parked car as a guide) then you don't have to indicate (as shown below). [just pretend that the "<" are not there. They're just there because more than one press of the space bar doesn't seem to show on these forums.]

l------l
lpark l
l ed l
l____l


<<<l------l
<<<l you l
<<<l car l
<<<l____l

But if at least half your car is on the side, then yes indicate (as shown below).

l------l
lpark l
l ed l
l____l


-<l------l*
-<l you l
-<l car l
-<l____l*

There are figures (like if you need to pull out more than 10m or something then you have to indicate), but I just like to use the above diagrams as indicators cause they're just easier to remember

If you're on a narrow road, then do indicate every time you pull out because I imagine that every time to pull in the let an opposite car pass you will have to pull in a substantial amount (i.e. more than the distance recommended that you don't have to indicate to pull out).

Good luck on your driving test

also, if you are moving your car more than a metre in the swerve you should glance over your shoulder to check your blind spot. very important, you could lose points if you don't, hope i got you in time i was too lazy to read when your test was