As a part of the NSW Governments push to improve road safety and the skills of beginning drivers, there are two components to Learners gaining their licence.

 The Driving Test

As part of a range of new road safety initiatives to make our drivers and roads safer, a tougher driving test  was introduced in 2007.

The test focuses on hazard perception and has been designed for learners with extensive driving experience.

Before you take the test, we recommend you read A guide to the Driving Test. It outlines what you need to know and be able to do to pass the Driving Test. You can download the guide from the box at the bottom of this page, or pick up a copy from any motor registry. 

The on-road Driving Test assesses your driving skills, decision-making, awareness of other road users, and how you share the road with other traffic. If you pass this test, you progress from a learner licence to a provisional P1 licence. 

To be eligible to take this test you must:

  Be at least 17 years of age and if under 25 you must have held a learner licence for at least 12 months.

  Have completed at least 120 hours of log book driving practice including 20 hours of night driving.

When you’re ready to take your driving test you’ll need to make a booking and pay a test fee. You can book the test online at myTests (use related link above right), by calling 13 22 13 or at any motor registry.

Applicants that are unsuccessful in passing the driving test must wait a minimum of seven days before reattempting the test.

Part 1 (Knowledge Test)

The Driver Qualification Test (DQT) is one test made up of two parts:

Part 1 tests advanced safe driving knowledge (the Knowledge Test)

Part 2 tests advanced hazard perception skills (the Advanced Hazard Perception Test)

Part 1 of the DQT is similar to the Driver Knowledge Test (DKT), except:

  The questions are harder/more complex

  The questions have 4 alternative answer options (instead of 3)

  No feedback is given after each question

You will be asked 15 multiple choice questions selected at random from a large question pool.

 

Below is an example of computer simulated test, aimed for Learners to practise their skills…

Build your hazard perception skills

This section of the Driver Qualification Test website lets you practise many of the skills you need to pass the Hazard Perception section of the test and stay alive. The five interactive Flash ^TM modules below are not examples of the actual hazard perception items. Unlike the hazard perception items which show real traffic situations, the five modules are graphical animations demonstrating the main concepts of hazard perception, including safe following distance, safe gaps and scanning for hazards.

Scanning for Hazards 

Where you will build your ability to cope with unexpected events.

How close is safe? 

Where you will learn safe following distances

Picking safe gaps 

Where you will learn to safely judge safe gaps when crossing a stream of traffic from your right

Picking safe gaps II 

Where you will learn to safely judge safe gaps when turning right at a set of traffic lights

When is it safe to overtake? 

 Where you will learn to safely judge safe gaps when overtaking a stationary vehicle in front of you

The NSW Government have also released an application for use on an iPhone which allows Learners to practice their skills on their phones for convinience.

http://www.nsw.gov.au/news/learner-drivers-learn-test-iphones

This website shows examples of driving simulations that are available for purchase. They are a lot like a computer game, but instead the driver is actually situated in a real car. Imagine the possibility for Learner drivers! 

http://www.tagsystems.com.au/index.html