Driving Theory and hazard perception test

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The hazard perception (or awareness) test consists of 14 video clips, each about a minute long. Each clip shows driving situations involving other road users and is shot from a car driver’s point of view. As each clip plays a hazard –

something that will cause the driver to change speed, direction or stop

– will develop. In 13 of the clips you will have one hazard to identify, in the other clip, you will have two hazards to identify. You will not be told which hazard perception test clip has two hazards to identify.

You identify the correct hazard or hazards by clicking on either the left or right mouse button. The earlier you identify the correct hazard or hazards the more points you score. The scoring goes from five to zero points.

Don’t think you can continuously and frantically smoother the screen with clicks as the hazard perception clip plays. If you do this you will score zero. However, you will not lose points for clicking on other potential hazards that may also be seen.

So, you watch a clip and in that clip you will see several potential hazards unfolding. Most will stay exactly that, potential hazards but one (or two) will become an actual hazard that will cause the vehicle (the camera shot, the driver’s point of view) to change speed, direction or stop. This is the hazard you must identify and click on in order to score points. Clicking on the potential hazards will neither score you points nor lose you points, but clicking too many times will result in you scoring zero.