Hazard Perception Test- For Determining Beginners Driving Potential.

Posted by michal1disuja on April 26th, 2016

The hazard perception test part is included by the DSA in order to reduce the death and accident rate by untrained drivers who are seeming to be lacking the ability of reading hazards and forward planning. For this reason the hazard perception test in its current form is included in driving test.

The test is intended to check a candidate's ability to detect developing situations that require a motorist to take some action, such as changing speed or direction . The concept around taking this test is to be able to find out what is described as a upcoming hazard against a normal hazard.. A hazard is described as anything in the clip that is worth being aware of but one that does not need any action whereas a developing hazard is a hazard that has developed into one that now requires action. But one should be clear with hazard as everything which appears while driving is not hazard here is list of hazard that you should be looking out for :

• Zebra crossings & traffic controllers

• Pedestrians: Children

• Pedestrians: Elders

• Cyclists & motorcyclists

• Horse riders & other animals

• Vehicles: Emerging

• Vehicles: Turning right or left

• Vehicles: Reversing & U-turns

• Vehicles: heavy vehicles

• Vehicles: blinking lights.

The Hazard Perception Test. is an electronic test taken on a computer. It doesn't use pedals or steering wheels, just the mouse is needed for the test. You will watch a series of video clips each lasting around a minute. The video clips include footage from all sorts of roads, from country lanes to suburban high streets to motorways. Each of the clips contain one or more developing hazards. As soon as you see a hazard click the mouse button, and the sooner you see a hazard the more points you will get. After you have recognized the hazard you may be required to take some action, like changing speed or direction.

In the test you will have fourteen different hazard scenarios. In each of the different scenarios you will have to identify one or two different hazards. The 14 scenes are taken from a bank of around 200. An example of a hazard would be a car pulling out in front of you, as quickly as possible. When you do each scene there will be a window of time in which to spot the hazard, you get scored on how quickly you identify the hazard, the longer you take, the lower your score will be. Zero points will be awarded if you click too late or repeated.