Talk:UK Practical Test

Removed the part saying: "A compulsory part of the test involves driving along a dual carriageway and possibly turning onto and off the road using slip roads." - this is not true, it is not possible in all areas to examine such activities. I cite the example of my driving test - there are no dual carriageways in my area at all, and so it was not possible to use one during my test. I live in south Cumbria (Furness peninsula) and I'm positive there will be other areas where there is no dual carriageway element. - Anjow 09:18, 15 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Under the heading Format, the following is written: "A failure is also achieved if the driver has 4 minor faults in the same box." I am aware of the DSA's policy for examiners that any driving faults that keep re-occuring can be considered Potentially Dangerous, which then means that a Serious Fault should be recorded onto the DL25 under the appropriate section.

However, should an examiner judge someone's re-occuring Driving Fault to be "Potentially Dangerous - Serious Fault", then the examiner does not have to enter a 4th Driving Fault mark AND a mark under the Serious Fault section, the examiner need only enter a Serious Fault mark and leave the Driving Fault section alone because if a re-occuring Driving Fault is judged as a Serious Fault then it isn't a Driving Fault, it is Solely a Serious Fault incident.

I however will leave it unedited, but I do think it should be ammended to highlight this, as you can only fail a Practical Driving Test if you have 16 or more Driving Faults, 1 Serious Fault or 1 Dangerous Fault recorded on the DL25 - technically you cannot fail for 4 Driving Faults in any section of the DL25 as you only fail on Driving Faults alone if the Grand Total of Driving Faults entered on the DL25 is in excess of 15