On Wed, 7 Apr 2021 14:49:46 +0100, Steve Walker
wrote:

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I'm glad I don't have to take a test today. I'd be fine with the actual
driving, but the hazard-perception tests might be a problem - not
because I can't identify hazards but because the image on the screen is
very small and you are expected to see things in the video earlier than
they are visible.

I have done the hazard perception test for real. Although I passed my
test in 1984, I actually trained as an instructor in 2009 - although I
never took it up, as the Engineering market picked up again and I got a
job a few days before I was due to start teaching.

I found the problem to be that I had to be careful not to identify some
hazards that they had not identified as such and not to identify the
required ones too early.

I think you will find most 'experienced drivers' find the same and
most trainers admit there is a 'technique' in doing what they want for
the test.

The allowed band may be fine for learners, but it is way too late for
experienced drivers.

Yeah.

I know that when driving normally, I often point out a car to my
passenger(s) and say that I think that they are about to do something
stupid - and invariably they do. I don't know exactly what is triggering
me, but I have clearly learned through experience to identify some
subtle cues that I cannot even consciously identify.

Same here ... and spotting cars with partly open doors, partly
deflated (rear typically) tyres and rear shocks that were defective
(wheel rebound after a bump).

Cheers, T i m