Tips for Passing DQT NSW Driving Test (P2 to Unrestricted Licence)

the RTA and Vicroads video web site helped me because i can easily access this site at any time of the day. its quick and helpful it tests your ability and knowledge, just practice before you take the real thing!

thanks for the tips hope they help – i failed today did read the DQT handbook and now understand how technical the questions are – its unbelievable.
i think i failed because i hesitated on the part 2 think i need to touch the screen.
Oh well wish me luck – study time now.
thanks for some good helpful tips.

“Dangerous driving causing injury or death carries a jail term of up to 10 years” This came straight from the DQT book. Learn it, because there is a question in part 1 which is about this – it was a single dot point in the book!! (the options were 1 year, 2 years, 5 years or 10 years) In my opinion, 5 years seemed reasonable, but my gut instinct was 10 – luckily… I figured that when it comes to stupid questions like this (whereby the answers are all very similar), always pick the most “extreme” answer.

There are four sample Vicroads practicals for Green P

Hi

I found this website really really useful. Hopefully next week I will pass my test!!!

Thank you for taking the time to publish and write all this information. Im hopeless with the touch screeen driving and i get so nervous for some reason, so having and practicing them has been a real help.

Thank you

The first part is simple just study the book and you will pass. A question I wasn’t sure was;

When do most accidents occur?

a. Fine weather on a unsealed road in day time
b Rainy weather on a sealed road in day time
c Fine weather on a sealed road in day time
d. Rainy weather on a unsealed road in day time

Something like that.. and it is A Actually its C

It is real simple questions besides the occasional trick question, so if you read the book get the stats in your head know what is safe, you will ace it as they have four options however some of the questions will be absolutely wrong. I mean a toddler would pick it out. So its more of an elimination thing, remove the ones that are totally wrong and the correct one will come to ya

Part II.

Just want to let people know – you DO NOT have to touch the screen to slow down everytime a vehicle approaches. I got the one where I’m doing 100km/h and the truck comes by, however the only instance you need to touch the screen is when you see the sign on the side of the road indicating a corner. I also know this because I got a practice question in the beginning and it was a similar situation however I touched the screen when I saw a vehicle approach BUT when I got my feedback it said ” You only needed to touch the screen when the car seemed to get too close to the truck in front and Could of been better “.
I got alot of touch the screen when you would turn right, I only touched the screen twice for about 6 of them, so its true what you been seeing around. Most of the questions are designed so that you do not make a right turn or overtake.

- See the lady with the pram touch the screen to stop.
- See the two cyclist scenario”S” ( yes there are a few ), do NOT overtake.
- Driving on a narrow road you will suddenly see something moving to the right far ahead, touch the screen, this is a some car towing something turning out, if you do not touch the screen fast enough by the time you see it come out, it will be too late.

Hope you all pass.

This particular article was very helpful. Thanks for all the info. I attempted the DQT test just last Monday on the 7th and I honestly thought I failed. I was surprised that I passed because some of the questions were pretty tricky. I only ended up reading the summary pages (too lazy to read). On the a good note, Part II was pretty easy.
Tips:
Part I: – skim read the whole DQT book, do not just read the summary – it will take a good solid 15 min. to skim read the 90 odd pages – this will help you with the elimination process of the M.C. just in case a hard one pops up.
Part II: – Think of it this way, just pretend that you bought a BRAND new car:P, be very careful and mindful of your surroundings. Slow down when you see a change of traffic condition sign (i.e. bend, crests etc.), allow safe adequate gaps when turning in intersections. You may need to press the screen more than once during certain scenarios.

One more thing worth mentioning:
- pre-fill the application form because you will be needing a witness signature for your application.

Good luck all

EDITOR: thanks for the tips Manny. Pretending that you’re in a new car is good advice

Thanks for the great tips! They helped me pass first go. The main trick for the first section is to read and learn the stats from the book. Some of the tricker questions I got is how often a near accident occurs, how much does your field of vision if you are travelling at 100km/h and what are the fatigue hours.
For the second part, if you see a school bus parked on the side, slow down from quite a distance away! There was heaps of when to turn right questions, only turn right when there is a HUGE space gap.

EDITOR: glad to hear you passed first time

Hi there, i went for my Full license today and pass first go and some of the credits goes to this site. Part 1 i was lucky to get really easy question. The questions went something like this

Question 1: shows you a picture of a car behind a truck. You’re traveling behind a truck what gaps should you have between you the trunk (something like that)

a) 4 second
b) 3 second
c) 1 second
d) 2 second

answer is B

question 2: Research have shown that experience drivers usually have an accident in urban area due to

a) driving in peak hours
b) something
c) not looking ahead far enough
d) cant remember too

answer i picked was C

question 3: What is involved in a scanning

a) using your eyes to look ahead for
b) using your eyes and or moving your head to look ahead, to the sides and to the back
c) using your eyes to look to the sides
d) using your head to look to the sides

and of cause it B

question 4: show you a picture of a reversing car, on it’s left there a man walking a dog. How can the driver check the blind spot

a) look to the left
b) look to the right
c) look to the left and to the right
d) look at the car mirrors

answer C (easy)

question 5: What would you do if you have a high score on the sensation seeking scales

a) turn your license in
b) drive normal but aware about what risk you take ( something like that)
c) go to a doctor or something
d) cant remember

answer i picked was B

question 6: Which of these statement are correct about men and women

a) women thinks that they are a better driver than others
b) men thinks that they are a worse driver than others
c) women and men thinks that they are worse driver than others
d) men thinks that they are better drivers than others

answer is of cause D

question 7: what are the causes of fatigue

a) working long hours
b) driving far and working long hours
c) driving far
d) drinking coffee ( i think)

answer of cause is B

question 8: what contributes the most to an accident

a) human errors
b) environment
c) car servicing
d) it was probably condition or something

answer is A

and that all i remembered for part I

for part 2 i mainly got the touch the screen when it’s safe to turn right, 1 overtake and a few touch when it unsafe

for the overtake I’ve learn’t from this site and others not to overtake. For the right turn i touched it for 2 clips which i thought i failed because from reading seem like people doesn’t touch it that much. But i guess for part II the turning right bit is probably the hardest as you need to go when there a gap so if you see a gap which touch it.

Hope this help

Just got my license today – this website was especially helpful. Cheers
-SR

Just passed guys! I honestly believed that I wouldn’t. This site helped heaps, cheers. Good Luck to everyone else!

EDITOR:

The test was not as hard as people make it out to be, but you still need to read the book. the only question i got worth mentioning is ” if your travelling 5km/h over in a 60 zone what is the chance of crashing”……………….Answer Twice as likely.
This was the only “technical” question i got.
Goodluck

im going to the rta now

Thank you all for useful tips. This morning, passed DQT at one go!

For me most of questions were quite simple and they all came from key points in the book. I didn’t even have any question asking me statistics or numbers!

For the part II, almost every video clips were about “when to turn right” in different situations such as in a rainy day, night time, day time, busy road etc

One video clip was quite tricky. You are driving 60km/h and following a car. When the car in front of you reached a pedestrian cross, I noticed that there was a bus stopped left side of the road. As the front car slows down, (you see break lights on). I also slowed down. Then unexpectedly the bus suddenly indicated to the right and, at no time, it cut my vehicle, so I quickly touch the screen again to slow down. It all happened in few seconds. I am not quite sure how I went with that clip…

Also there were two clips about “when to takeover”, and as suggested by krayzie, I didn’t overtake cyclists at all. In fact you don’t have chance to overtake.

Hope it helps

Thanks to reading people’s advice, I passed on my first go. I was petrified going into the exam for Part II but it’s very similar to the green Ps just longer.

Here’s some of my (poor) recollections:
Part I:
Q. Picture where ambulance/police is driving right in the middle of two opposing lanes and coming towards your vehicle. What should you do?
A. Brake and move to the left.
(there was a “slow down” option but the ambulance was quite close so you had to move to the side)

To be honest, all the other questions were right from the book and already mentioned by others.

Part II:
- Had about 6 “when is it safe to turn right”, most in good conditions, 1 at night and 1 whilst raining. Only turned right in 3 if these (2 day 1s and the night 1- after you wait for all the cars and don’t see any oncoming carlights around the slight bend/trees).
- Driving in a tunnel with 2 lanes. When to slow down- when car too close with vehicle in front AND when car gets close to van in left lane because the van will indicate shortly afterwards and jump lanes to be in front of you.

Good luck to all!

I took the DQT and passed today. Felt like a huge waste of my time and thought id check out the net to see what other people thought of it.

The first section on the test was like any school test.

I have a theory on the second section. For any scenario asking to touch when it is safe to turn you can just chill the f**k out and don’t touch s**t use that time to check for hotties in the RTA, for me there were some nice looking 70 yr olds renewing their licenses.

For the scenarios asking to touch when you would slow down just touch the f**k out of the screen and you’re golden.

anyhow..worked for me

ratty,

Second part of the test is easy as long as you touch the screen at all times when you see a hazard, sometimes that’s 0 times and sometimes it’s 3-4 times, do be careful but don’t be ridiculously careful and press it every 2 seconds.

When you get in the test just do what looks to be right, because most people pass if they have sufficient experience on the road and are not nervous for the test.

Like what you were explaining – where there are cars parked everywhere DRIVE SLOWLY and slow down for all hazards (ON YOUR SIDE) thats side streets, pedestrians etc.

Hope that helps!

Passed first go. People should read the book well and they wont have any worries. Take your time and read questions carefuly and you’ll be fine. There are some trick questions so pay attention.

i didnt pass first time it s hard but ypu all can give the full liscence a go so study and try hard

good luck everyone

Hi Guys,

I’m doing my DQT next monday just wondering if you have to pass all 15 question in Part 1 also in Part 2 do you really have to “touch the screen” for all question can you possibly dont touch the screen at all?

Your help would be much apprecated. Thanks

Just wanted to thank everyone, this website helped me heaps!
I knew what to expect going in!
Got them on my first go a couple weeks back!

Part one was Ok i guess.. i had issues with my touch screen, but take ur time and think clearly if your the slightest bit unsure skip the question and come back to it. You really need to study for part one otherwise you wont pass.

For part two it will all come naturally its as if u are driving, just use your common sense.. ask yourself would u turn realistically?

Aww I failed my first attempt.

I was confident i got section 1 all correct….but stumbled on section 2 (touch screen)

I kept pressing each time there was a problem…( which i think I only needed to press ONCE) ?? any suggestions please?

Thanks in advance.

I took the DQT today – passed first go.

In the HPT I got about 5 of the turning right questions. One in the pouring rain where the correct response was not to touch the screen, One at night where there were 2 safe gaps and a few more on a suburban street where there were really long safe gaps.

I also got two questions about when it’s safe to overtake cyclists. For both scenarios the correct response was not to touch the screen at all.

I got another one where you touch the screen every time you need to brake. It was very straightforward. First the car in front was too close, and then it’s brake lights came on.

My advice: Don’t go overboard when touching the screen during the ‘when would you brake’ questions. If the car in front in your scenario is too close, only touch the screen ONCE to indicate that you would brake. Even if the car stays too close, you only touch the screen once.

The knowledge test is common sense. Know a few basic statistics – e.g that Human factors account for the majority of crashes, followed by human and environmental. If you read the book, you should pass as there were plenty of easy questions.

I just got it on my first go – and on my 21st Birthday!!
All thanks to this site and the Michael Langley one.

Can’t say I can offer any more advice because my experience was exactly mapped out by all the comments on these two sites so far. I might have over-studied (well, by that I mean one night of reading the handbook and DQT website and then finding these two God-send sites) but it is worth it, especially if you’re worried. My part 1 questions didn’t require any knowledge of percentages or numbers, but rather comparisons of things (e.g. “when do distractions to the driver cause the MOST risk”, answer was “in complex driving situations”.) Most could have been worked out by common sense. There was also a question showing the four most common crash types in NSW, answer is rear-end crashes.

ABSOLUTELY do the practice questions (especially in part 2) and DO use the sound, it helps to make you feel more comfortable and assured at the beginning. You may want to be impatient to go on with the test, but do it.

Final thoughts are that this test does NOT measure your true ability to drive safely, it’s more the ability to be sharp (and perceptive) in detecting hazards early on the screen, a little knowledge of the book and most of all, one’s common sense.

Pointless, really. I’ve always detested the RTA and this is one of the reasons.

i failed the dqt twice and then came upon this website and thanks heaps to everything and all the tips on this website i passed the dqt today.
what i found totally helpful were the tips on the video clips ,in my first 2 attempts i always tried to overtake the cyclist and also tried to turn right at every opportunity and thats why i failed.
this time when the cyclist scenario came up i just sat back and relaxed. Also in the slow down videos i touched the screen at every hazard i saw which in most videos you have to touch the screen almost immediately. Also on the right turns only did so when as someone stated turn right only if you can imagine an elephant strolling through.
thanks once again.

Hi, I went for my Full licences test about 2-3 years ago and i failed, i found it so hard as i hadn’t read the book, i have never tried to go for the test again as i was scared, so i just kept renewing my licence. I am now pregnant and thought might be a good idea to get off my P-plates. I found this site last Friday and it is really helpful!!! Thank you so much for all of the infomation in it. I read the book on the weekend and then went for my test this morning. I got my full licence!!! It is such a relief, if it wasn’t for this website and reading the book i would have failed again. I recommend this site to anyone going for their full licence. Thanks

This website helped so much!! Thank you everyone! I went for my full license last week but failed because I felt compelled to turn right at every single opportunity (i pressed the screen about 4 times in one video). After reading this site, however, I realised that you really don’t need to at all, and in most cases you don’t turn right….and so I passed on my second go!
I had a really strange last 2 questions- they were essentially repeats of each other: you’re driving past a park/factory with lots of parked cars on both sides on the road. 3 pedestrians try to approach their car and there’s one red car that turns onto your road, and then turns into right. I pressed the screen about 7 times for when I was going to slow down, and the second video was 2 seconds shorter, but exactly the same!! I thought it was a trick question!
An advice that I found from this site that really helped me to pass the DQT is to imagine that you are driving in your recently purchased brand new car. It’s what got me through it!! Thanks to also those who perfectly recalled the questions they had..it helped so much!!
Bon chance everyone! =)

Hi guys,

Just want to say a huge thank you to this website and everyone that has contributed. All the tips helped me and i don’t think i would of passed without this website.

part 1 was pretty straight forward. I was lucky to not really have any specific statistic questions. i think i got the question wrong about what is the main type of accidents with motorcycles.

part 2, the animation clips weren’t as long as i thought for the turn right when its safe questions. my tip for part two is just to read the instructions at the start as it says to only touch the screen for each hazard or each point it is safe.

best of luck to everyone =)

Hi,

would you touch the screen to slow down when you see parked cars?

another question I have is that would you touch the screen to slow down if you see side streets?

Regards.

I passed my test today (first go), it was much easier than I expected, I got 100%! I remember having about 6 right turn video clips and 4 slow down ones. The multiple choice was just common sense.

Did my DQT today and passed first go. Thanks to everyone here for all the advice, wouldn’t have passed without it.

My computer was actually faulty when I first started, eg, you could see the mouse cursor and you’d have to hit the right answer multiple times to get it to register. After the practice questions I thought to hell with this and got them to change me over to another comp. I’m not going to lose 35 bucks on faulty machine! If anyone else finds this happen, stand up and tell them the sensitivity is off. I reckon this actually happens quite a bit but they just let people test on it anyway. I overheard the woman say “it wasn’t working yesterday either” to one of the others. What!!! Why are you letting people test on it?

My tips for the test, specifically the second part is to tap hard and precise. Do not tap lightly just in case it doesn’t register.

The first part:

Q: How many kilometers will you travel before you encounter a NEAR crash?
A: 800 Kilometers

Q: Why is it more dangerous to travel at highspeeds (100km or more)?
A: It narrows your field of vision.

(This one was rather tricky, because all the answers were technically right. But the right answer is directly from the book) – the others were “Because your eyes get tired more easily”, “because hazards will need more time to stop for” etc

Q: What is safe scanning?
A: Turning your eyes and/or head to look on BOTH sides, front AND BACK

other Answers:

* turning your eyes and / or head to look on both sides in the back
* turning your eyes to look on both sides front and back
* turning your head to look back and front

(This answer was sorta tricky, mainly because every answer looked the same. I had to turn off the audio at this point because it was distracting. The correct answer is of course the longest. Just be sure not to race through this question because you could easily misread it if you’re rushing)

Q: Male drivers are more at risk when…
A: They’re with other male drivers of the same age

Q: Travelling at high speeds will: (can’t fully remember how this one was worded)
A: Increase risk (obvious)

That’s all I can remember for section 1: If you study the booklet and read this page then you’ll be fine to remember stuff. The hardest part of the test I reckon is the 2nd part because it’s so twitchy.

Section 2: I failed the first practice test, which is where you’re behind a truck and you need to touch to brake. I brake as soon as I saw the other car start to overtake me, and then my car kept going. I thought, well surely if pressed it once then, the car would have braked and slowed down, counting only as ONE brake, but this is what’s hardest about the test – there’s no real formula to it. And its difficult to judge what the hell it wants you to do.

I redid the practice and passed it, this time just touching it up to 3 times, and it said I could have been better? The touch to brake questions are ridiculous; I can understand having to press to brake for hazards, but when you need to account for speed and all that – its hard to figure out based on footage, especially when the car doesn’t actually slow down. It’s stupid.

Anyway I got mainly TURN RIGHT questions, which was great because in my opinion they’re the easiest.

1. I got one in the rain, and turned right TWICE. There was a massive gap after the 3rd wave of cars (I believe) and then again after the 4th. You’ll know what’s right because the gap is so obvious compared to the previous waves. And you can see clearly from the headlights.

2. I got the cyclists twice. I was so tempted to overtake but didn’t. Thanks to this website, I might well have. If you see two cyclists in any footage, IT’S A TRAP. SIT BACK AND DO NOT TOUCH.

3. Turn right on a country road; easy, when there is no car in sight press to move. Do not hesitate though, because shortly after the gap the video will end.

4. Turn right when raining: It’s a little harder to see in this one, but you just wait for all the waves to pass. You’ll see one last car pass (kind hard to see, until it’s headlines are in full view) – you’ll turn and then the video will end (if i can remember right).

5. Turn right in a semi-busy intersection : there’s a few waves of cars, but I didn’t push until I was absolutely certain. I was able to go TWICE before the video ended.

6. You’re following a red car (i think!) and you need to touch to brake. I braked when 3-4 times. One was when we came up to a crossing hump thing, I braked early to be safe. the second is when you see its red lights, at this point I actually went a little early because I saw the school zone (40km) sign before the red car reacted – and then a bus will pull out. As soon as you see the bus BRAKE, it will pull into your lane.

7. This is the last one I can remember, the one I dreaded most. Touch the screen in a busy city street (20-30 kms) when you would brake. I remember braking when I saw it’s red lights, and again when I saw it approach a crossing. I don’t remember much about it, but I thought I didn’t press enough, because I THINK a car comes out of a park. Just be very weary about the touch and brake questions, it’s confusing because in real life I’d be braking incrementally all the time to maintain a slow speed. But it’s asking you to brake when you SEE a potential hazard. So just keep your eyes open.

If you haven’t seen a hazard in more than five seconds, you can bet one will be coming up.

A thing to remember in the turn right questions (And most of them) is you’ll never have to press the screen instantly. The footage starts and things will only kick in after 3 or 4 seconds. You’ll have enough time to get acquainted with the surroundings. When it comes to turning, you can sit back and just wait it out. Often it’s not safe to go until at least 3 – 4 car waves in.

Hope this was helpful! That’s all I can remember!

Omgomg DKT Passed! Reading these tips made me not worry so much. Worked ^^ Tyyyyyyyyyyyyy

I got like 5 turn right questions in a row XD Just wait wait wait and press when it’s obvious. Don’t do anything at the start really.. Once there was a nice turn open at the start, but the lights were red Sneaky

The rest I got were all slow down ones. Watch for approaching corners as well as pedestrians.. Stupid cars.. Etc. Then it’s fine. There was one at night with two bikes that kinda looked like a car.. So is good to brake early. Bad quality video D:
good luck anyone else going for the hazard perception test

just passed DQT today on first go, wanted to thank you guys for this website and shared exam experiences, helped a lot
I had a silly question on first part tho, it was a picture of a car going backward from his parking and there was a kid behind the car, question was like: “Blind spot, what driver should check to see the kid?”
a- loot at left
b- look at right
c- look at inside and outside mirrors
d- look at right and left

now, if the driver looks at mirrors theres a chance that he might see the child, but if he looks at right or left theres no way for driver to see the child but looking at mirrors he will not be able to see the ‘blind spot’, anyway I answered (d) because that’s how you can see the ‘blind spot’

The test is pretty common sense-ish, though easier said after passing the test (as of yesterday). Read the book at least once to get a flavour for the numbers because there will be one or two questions asking for these numbers.

Part 2 (the touch screen mode) is easier than the first part! Keep a cool head, don’t stress and use some common sense when you can.

hay guyz wish me luk going to do the dqt second time round fellin lot more confident after seein this website i will let u know wat happens cheers

Here’s my attempt at a ‘test mock up’. Please note, these questions are based on the DQT booklet, and were not actually taken from the real test. Most of the time it’ll challenge your statistical comprehension skills (well i hope so!), which is what is needed in the first part of the DQT. Good luck!

Answers to follow.

(1) Crash patterns
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1. In what type of weather conditions do most common crashes in NSW happen?
(a) sealed roads, in fine weather and in daylight
(b) unsealed roads, in bad weather and at night
(c) unsealed roads, in bad weather, and in daylight
(d) All conditions are equally dangerous
2. What time of the day from Monday to Friday is a crash likely to occur?
(a) 10pm-1am
(b) 3pm-6pm
(c) 9am-5pm
(d) 9am-3pm
3. Full license holders are more likely collide into the rear of a vehicle than Provisional License holders. True or False?

(2) Understanding and Managing Risk
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4. Which method of transport is the safest?
(a) Car
(b) Bus
(c) Train
(d) Both B & C
(e) None, they’re all equally un-safe

5. Why are male drivers a greater risk than females? (Written answer)

6. On average, How much does a fatal crash cost the community?
(a) 1 million
(b) 1.7million
(c) 2 million
(d) Greater than 2 million

7. For all crashes reported by the NSW police, how many in every 50 involve a fatality?
(a) 1
(b) 5
(c) 10
(d) 25

8. Where do most costs go after a fatal crash?
(a) Legal issues
(b) Long term care
(c) Medical/Ambulance

9. How is overconfidence boosted every time you drive?
(a) When you speed and don’t get caught
(b) When you are booked, but do not have any demerit points deducted from your license
(c) When you cut someone off in heavy traffic

10. In NSW, the risk of being booked and issued for a traffic offence is how many more times greater than being killed in a crash?

(a) 1000
(b) 5000
(c) 10000
(d) None of the above, it depends on the circumstances

11. 57% of crashes in NSW are due to:

(a) human and environmental factors
(b) human factors
(c) vehicle factors only

12. What is one of the most riskiest driving behaviors?
(a) running a red light
(b) exceeding the speed limit
(c) not wearing your seatbelt

13. Negligent driving has a jail term of up to:
(a) 18 months
(b) 6 months
(c) 48 months
(d) 38 months

14. Dangerous driving has a jail term between:
(a) 1-3years
(b) 4-7 years
(c) 7-10 years

15. The legal BAC for a full NSW licensed driver is
(a) 0.05
(b) 0.10
(c) 0.02
16. What time during the week is ‘High alcohol hours’ ?
(a) Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
(b) Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
(c) Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday

17. What is the safest BAC for driving?
(a) 0.01
(b) 0.00
(c) 0.05
(d) 0.03

18. Why do women and people of both sexes get high BACs faster?
(a) Because they weigh less, and get a higher BAC faster
(b) Because they weigh more, and get a higher BAC faster
(c) None the above
19. What percentage of fatal crashes involve fatigue?
(a) 20%
(b) 40%
(c) 60%
20. Which roads do most fatigue related crashes occur on?
(a) On unsealed roads in the bush
(b) In Metropolitan areas
(c) On country roads
21. 25% of fatigue related crashes occur on country roads. With 75% occurring in metropolitan areas. True of False?

22. What time of the day is considered to be “high-risk times” for fatigue related crashes?
(a) 4am-8am, 12pm-2pm
(b) 9am-5pm, 1am-4am
(c) 5am-8am, 3pm-5pm

23. Name one way of reducing the risk of a fatigue-related crash.
(a) Eat more food and exercise
(b) Turn the radio volume up in your vehicle, and turn on the air conditioning to cold
(c) Have plenty of sleep the night before and changing drivers regularly

24. What is the most common driving distraction that can lead to a crash?
(a) Adjusting the aircon/CD player
(b) Outside person, object or event
(c) Eating and/or drinking
(d) Moving object in vechile

25. A driver has an accident in heavy rain. According to the statistics, what is the most likely reason for the accident?

(a) The driver most likely did not adjust to conditions
(b) The tyres were low on tread, therefore causing the vehicle slid out of control
(c) The vechile had a mechanical failure

26. Researchers suggest that in many situation crashes could be reduced during the day, if the driver
(a) Drives with their fog lights on
(b) Drives with their headlights on
(c) Drives with their fog lights, high beams and low beams on

 
27. Each year, how many pedestrians, cyclists and motorcylists are injuired or killed in NSW?
(a) 1,000
(b) 3,000
(c) 6,000

(3) Hazard Perception
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28. What percentage is speed a factor in NSW fatal crashes?
(a) 10%
(b) 30%
(c) 40%
(d) 50%
29. If you travel at 70km/h in a 60 km/h zone, how much more distance will you need to brake?
(a) 30%
(b) 50%
(c) 70%
(d) None of the above – the braking distance remains the same.

30. If a pedestrian is hit at 60km/h, their probability of dying is 70%. At a collision speed of 80km/h, what is the chance of them surviving?
(a) 10%
(b) 20%
(c) 30%
(d) 0% – little to no chance of survival

31. The ‘three-second rule’ must be applied to all road conditions and traffic situations. True of False?

32. About one third of crashes involving first year full license holders happen when:
(a) The driver runs a run light
(b) When the driver selects a gap that is too small and collides with another vehicle
(c) Collides with the rear end of another vehicle.

33. You should check your mirrors for any hazards every:

(a) 8-10 seconds
(b) 1-2 seconds
(c) 10-20 seconds

I took the DQT this afternoon and passed first go. I wouldn’t have done it without this site! Thank You for all your contributions. Here’s what i could remember (for anyone taking it in the near future, good luck!):

Part 1.

1. According to the statistics, NSW crashes mostly occur on:
a) sealed roads, during the day in fine weather
b) unselead roads, at night, when its raining
c) ….(same as the sample questions)

answer A)

2. A driver has a near accident every:
a) 15,000km
b) 800km
c) 20km

answer B)

3. The three main areas in hazard perception are:

a) safety gaps,drinking no alochol, scanning
b) Drink driving, speeding
c) safety gaps, scanning, looking far ahead

answer C)

4. An animation with a truck is shown, you have to estimate the gap in seconds

a) 1 sec
b) 3 secs
c) 4 secs
d) 5 secs

answer C)

5. Young males are more dangerous drivers because…

a) They tend to be more risk takers and are on the road more

answer A) rest were too stupid and/or too sexist to remember

6. A picture of a medication warning label is shown (indicating you cannot operate a motor vehicle whilst taking this medicine), can you drive?

A) You can drive, so long as you take extra care
B) It is illegal to drive, so you should not drive whilst taking this medication
C) Drive but as soon as you notice any side effects, pull over

Answer is B)

7. speed zones, what do they mean?
A) The maximum speed in which you are allowed drive to
b) The maximum speed you must travel in the right lane
C) Speed zones are only for guidance, and only apply in dry conditions

Answer is A)

8. high alochol hours are between

a) Thrusday, Friday, Saturday and on weekends
b) Monday-Friday
c) Wednesday and Friday

Answer A)

9. A hazard can be considered to be:
a) A pedestrian crossing the road
b) Something that is potentially dangerous that may cause an accident

Answer B)

10. According to research, accidents are mainly caused by:
a) environmental factors
b) environmental and vechile factors
c) human factors
d) vechile factors alone

Answer c)

11. Experts suggest that most accidents can be avoided by:
a) the driver adjusting to the conditions
b) turning on their headlights
c) something stupid….

Answer A)!

12. Animation shown, along with another car in front. Road is sealed,
weather condition is fine. What is the distance (in seconds) you must leave?

a) 1 second
b) 2 seconds
c) 4 seconds
d) 3 seconds

Answer D)
13. retaliation on the road could lead to:

a) A severe accident to both parties involved
b) Revenge

Answer A)

14. Being booked from the police is how many more times likely than being involved in a crash?
a) 5000
b) 1000
c) 2000

Answer A)

15. It is important to check your blind spot, so that:
a) All occupants are in the car
(b) To see through your mirrors better
(c) To see any part of the car that you cannot see through your mirrors

answer C)

Part 2.

4x About 4 right hand turn ones, including some in intersections and
suburban roads. One situtation included someone indicating to turn
right but then changed their mind. Like someone mentioned earlier on, if there’s a big enough gap for an elephant to wander through, then press otherwise just sit back. The situation i was confronted with, at least 2 of them ended before i could safely cross.

1x situation in which you are asked to overtake some bikes on an
unsealed road (I think i may have gotten this one wrong, after following numerous posts here about not overtaking. The sitatuion here did not have
double lines and was on a dirt, unseleaed road with almost-perfect visibility, i didn’t touch anyway, but i think it’s the only thing i got wrong after seeing the test results)

1x M5 tunnel where a four-wheel drive brakes, and you are on the right hand lane. You will see a roadwork in progress further ahead after the bend. Brake as soon as the FWD does,

2x suburban area where you have to press about 4-5 times (people
getting out of their car etc, pedestrians).

1x Truck in front of you slowing down, whilst a larger truck on your
right is speeding. Slow down almost immediately.

ok i just passd, tips are in the press screen to slow down…if the car infront is close…press straight away, keep an eye out for indicators or stop lights of car infront of you, some of the turn right questions..you turn straight away wen the test question starts (if there is safe gap) and watchout for in the turn right questions the cars infront turning right on opposit side, doing same turn u are but on opposit side, theyll turn there blinkers off mid way or somebody will shoot out behind them and go straight, this site is great for info b4 test, read thru it all (dont overtake on broken lines, and watch for speed limit signs or corner sign’s and school zone sines on side of road…slow down wen u see any)

also. if you get the book or look at the pdf file the first few pages show u what the screen looks like if you squint your eyes you can read it and shows u one or 2 of the questions

I did the DQT & passed it the second attempt. This was of course before i saw this site and this – http://michael.langley.id.au/blog/posts/44

pretty much stuck to the instructions left by some gurus with respect to the HPT. Had two qns of trying to overtake the 2 cyclists and on both ocassions just idled around waiting for the clips to finish. Had atleast 6 right turn qns. two in the night (pressed once almost near the end of the clip)and one in the rain.
Had two statistical qns percentage of fatigue related crashes in metropolitan NSW i think the answer was 50 percent ( which i might have gotten wrong) & the other one was how much does a fatal crash cost the community (1.7 million)..

Thanks heaps to all of you for helping me to pass this test. I have a full License and I agree that this test is merely a money making & commercial formality.
– Raines

I was wondering i had a question in my test which was what is the safest.

Motobike
Bus
Car and Motobike
Car

I had no idea, can any body help me?

Hi Byron,

The bus would have to be the safest. On p.23 of the handbook there is a table showing fatality risk. It doesnt have the motorbike, but it’s pretty obvious that your chances of getting hurt are greater when you don’t have anything between you and the other vehicle!

Took the DQT this mornin and I passed, thanks in large part to the content and comments on this page and on Michael Langley’s site. Helped ease my worries on what to expect in the test. Some of the ones listed here were the same as what I got. Don’t remember all of em, but I got the “high risk times” (answer: 4-8 am) and “how do you check for a blindspot”.

My advice to anyone doing the test: take your time, even in the first exam. A lot of the questions can be dealt with by just eliminating the clearly wrong options. Listening to the voice over helped in my comprehension, as I didn’t have enough sleep last night, so taking it slow helped me to avoid misunderstanding any of of the questions.

Another bit of advice, especially for the hazard test, is to press the screen slowly. At first, I was just doing a quick poke, but saw in the test questions that the screen wasn’t responsive enough. And also increase the surface of your finger that comes into contact with the screen. I don’t know if the screen wasn’t sensitive enough, or the system itself was slow. In any case, again, take your time.

In the hazard test I also got the one with the two cyclists in my lane. The road was too narrow, so you just leave it alone. Don’t feel compelled to do anything (overtake, turn right, slowing down) just for the sake of doing something for that question. I’m a pretty careful driver anyway, so the correct answers seemed to fit in with my driving style, so my answers felt pretty natural and didn’t have to think too much in answering them.

Thanks to all of you!

I passed first go this morning! Huge thanks to the author and contributors to this website, it definitely helped!

Part I – I didn’t get any statistic questions, most of them were common sense. Though I was stumped on two questions, I skipped them and came back to them after I had finished the other questions. I recommend doing this if you are stumped on a question!

Part 2 (HPT) -I didn’t drive over-cautious as some people recommended here! I just drove when I normally would. I had a lot of right hand turn scenarios, two of which I didn’t touch the screen at all. Otherwise, in the other situations, I turned 2-3 times, when there was a large enough gap for me to safely turn.

My advice, don’t psych yourself out (I did!) and just respond to the HPT situations as you normally would!

Just realised how you can fail the second half even though you get it right. Apparently it checks if your paying attention and not being stupid, so only slow down when needed, speed up/turn when needed etc… not hitting the screen isn’t always the best option

Going for my DQT tomorrow… have studied the book and done as many practice questions as I can (I generally freak out over these things and feel the need to over prepare myself). I’m feeling confident about the first part, but the hazard perception section is a little worrying, particularly with all the comments about the screen not being responsive… I can only hope it goes well! :-S

Did the test today and passed. Thanks to all tips posted above!

Could anyone help me? Where should I have to touch if I wanted to turn right? Do I touch the screen in front of the car or the street in the right hand side?

to lisa on 94,
i dont think it matters where you need to touch on the screen, but at turning right questions i touched pretty much around the point where i would turn right at, do u get what i mean, like, imagine where the traffic light would be and sort of touch underneath there??

at slow down questions i just touched the space in front of my car.

hope it makes sense =P

Goddamn it!!! I can’t even pass the VicRoads test.

Practice run is simple. Cyclist one is easy, you don’t overtake.

But the slow down ones get me again. On the pedestrian one, I’ve tried clicking as soon as I see the crossing, and then as the amber light flashes. I fail every time.
On the country lane with the loose gravel one, when are you supposed to click? I clicked as I see the sign clearly. Fail every time.

I’m doing what I would normally do in a car. What else can I do. And I keep failing this DQT for the exact same reasons.

Any advice anyone?

Cheers
James

Community, don’t ya just love it!! Thanks to the kindness all those people who have written on here, I WANT to do the same. What goes around comes around.
So you’ve seen my rant above about failing twice, well I passed today on third attempt. Woohoo!! Seems like you either got it, or you have to work at it. But stay focussed, and you’ll pass.
Part 1 – Multiple Choice Knowledge Test:
I really can’t help here since it was all a blur. Got all questions right each time as a result of reading over the entire DQT handbook thoroughly. Probably spent 4hrs reading it, and taking notes. Then re-reading my notes. And practice all the online practice questions. Soon enough the stats etc will sink in, and you’ll know it intuitively. If you’re smart, a qucik skim read and a good memory might get you through.
Part 2 – Hazard Perception:
How did I go from failing on the same things each time to aceing the test? A bit of hard nosed determinism helps a lot.
Learn from your mistakes! I realised that a) the main problem was the slow down questions, b) I kept making the same mistakes so it’s just the way I’m approaching it.
Make sure you get the test report, ask the clerk any questions you might have, and don’t leave until you get the answers (within reason). E.g. getting them to explain to their best ability the results. There are only three question types: A) Turn right, B) Overtaking, and C) Slowing down.
A) Turn rights are easy in my opinion. The general consensus on this forum is that you wait until you are certain there is space to turn. Can an elephant fit through.
B) Overtaking. There is unlikely any examples other than the cyclists or something similar. General consensus is, don’t overtake. Do nothing. Worked for me.
C) Slowing down. If you can’t do this well like me, read through this forum. These questions are slightly more ambiguous for sure. It is a crap test. I don’t react the same, and am not as alert watching a poor quality video as I am in a car. But that’s how it is. Stop bitching & start doing. Hence I have some tips below to help you.
C1) Scan. This is the best advice the RTA gives. When you watch the video, look everywhere for everything. Constantly scan. Check the foreground and the background. Traffic lights changing, old people, people pushing prams, cars pulling into your lane, car lights braking (note, they are difficult to see in daylight. Look closely in the video.) People opening doors, people walking to their cars. These are all worthy hazards, which I think you touch the screen for. This is why I believe I failed. Because I saw things too late, or hesitated.
C2) Touch screen as soon as a an item becomes a potential hazard. Let’s be specific here. 100m ahead, you see a car pulling up from a side street, possibly running out infront of you. As soon as you see it, it’s a potential hazard. However, a roadsign not yet clearly visibile is not yet indicating a hazard until you can see it. So don’t click until you can read the sign! A car braking infront of you is instantly a potential hazard. Touch screen. The guy who opens his door, or suddenly walks to the car. Touch screen.
Again, I believe I failed because I hesitated to touch the screen when I saw a car pulling in from the side road until I was much closer. I was checking to see if the car would infact pull infront of me. It was a potential hazard as soon as I saw it.
C3) Have your finger on the trigger. This is more important than you might think. The scoring is partly based on how quickly you react. It makes perfect sense if you think about it. So have the finger poised to strike, not sitting on your lap.
C4) This one helped me a lot. I was sitting too close to the screen an focused on what was in the foreground only. Sit back. Get comfortable. Make sure you have a comfortable view of the whole screen. Make sure your headphones are working. Makre sure the screen is clear, and not blocked/shaded. Make sure the pc doesn’t freeze, and that it’s registering your touches. If not, tell someone. This is your responsibility. The test is shit, but the RTA advisers are not out to destroy you. Treat them with respect and get what you deserve.
C5) This is the most important. Of all the scanning techniques I mentioned above. Practice the bloody thing in real life. On the way to the test, or any trip beforehand in the car as a passenger, sit up front, and practice scanning. Look for every opportunity you would brake.
I read comments here about how many right turns, and slow downs people had. I swopped computers this time, and yet still I got the very same HP questions on ALL three attempts. In some ways this was worse, because I feared failing the very same way again.
But son of a gun, I got 7, yes count them. 7 slow downs. The most ambiguous hated questions. It felt like it would never end. But if I passed, you surely can too.
To me, the above pointers are of much more use than that below, but here is the rough breakdown
Turn Right 1: Truck topped on opposite site of intersection. Wait right until the car has gone AFTER the motorbike before turning if you get the chance.
Turn Right 2: Turning into a side street. Even though you migth go immediately, I waited until it was very clear.
Overtaking 1: Never overtake the cyclists. The golden rule.
Slow down 1: 80km/h tunnel. Brake once when the car to the left brakes, then again as the car infront of him indicates to come into your lane and he brakes again
Slow down 2: Following the truck on the freeway. I waited until the semi to my right stopped accelerating. You don’t know if it’ll keep on going passed you, so wait until he matches speed of truvk infront of you, then touch screen
Slow down 3: Suburban street. Starts off with a parked truck on left hand side. I never slowed, but might be an idea to since there’s only one other opportunity to slow after this. After the truck a car approaches from the side street. Slow down.
Slow down 4: I can’t remember if this was part of aanother video, but it’s a country road with a truck with flashing lights parked on lefthand side of road. I didn’t touch immediately. Only as I got close enough that it might be a hazard. How long is a piece of string.
Slow down 5 & 6: This was the worst one. Going through a relatively busy neighbourhood behind a red car. Lots of hazards. I clicked all as I saw them immediatley. The car brakes infront of you, the guy goes to his car, a guy opens the door of his car
Slow down 7 & 8: These were slow downs, but I forget which ones.

Get through this, and you’ll get through anything.

The subtle irony of all this is, on the photo of my full license I look so much happier than the photo on my provisional!!

This is a good web to pass the DQT as a big help, as the first part ,you can go through all over here and Book from RTA ,that is enough, also the part II ,I did it several as nothing to touch.

Heya all,

Does anyone know how many questions in the first section I am able to get wrong?
I cant seem to find any info on this on the RTA site. .

Thanks

Im going for mine on Tuesday, I am really hoping I pass. Ive read the book twice and all the info on this site but its daunting me..

Passed the test today first go, I would like to say thank you to everyone who has contributed to this site making life easier for people going for the DQT.

Thanks to everyone that contributed to this website. This was very helpful, especially for the HPT part of the test. I had read the handbook and memorised all the statistics but wasn’t prepared for the low quality video part…lol

I tested yesterday and failed the HPT part, I was too anxious with the breaking and turning right parts of the test. After reading these tips, I tested again today and passed.

Such a relief to have my full license now, I threw out my P’s as soon as I got home…haha

Hi Guys,

Thanks for all your tips!
I went for my DQT Test today and Passed First Go!

My Advice for anyone going is to print of some of the sample tests people have created
on this page and study the Highlights in each chapter of the DQT Book.

I did not get one statistic question, it was all common sense! And the computer test was very easy you just watch a video and when it is clear to go then you touch the screen. Guys stay positive and you too can get your full licence at ease! Make sure you study!

-Aaron

I GOT EM I GOT EM!!!!

THX SOOOO MUCH

the first time I went for the DQT I failed and that was mainly because I didn’t read the book and I was too keen to touch the screen when it was not safe. I have to say after reading the book very carefully and looking at this site not only boosted my confidence I also aced the test today!
Thankyou so much for creating this site. I think it will help alot of young drivers and to those who put up examples of questions are champions because they were actually in the test.
My advice to other green P platers going dor the fulls is to not touch the screen if you have an inkling feeling its not safe to, and read that book like it is a bible!!!

good luck to everyone and never give up trying!!

Thanks for the tips guys. Really helped.
I read the DQT book, HPT, Road rules and DKT books for the test. Say reading the books 3 times would do. Make notes of the annoying statistics esp (top 5 crash reasons and %, also % crashes caused by each hazard e.g fatigue 20%, Stopping distances, Fatiality rate wrt speed etc)
One tricky questions i had
1. How can you increase your speed cushion
A. slowing down when approachiing a curve/bend
B. Increasing speed
c. something ridiculous
D. Mainaiting safe following distance

Chose D, Not sure though the other choice is A, but that doesnt increase the cushion, technically speaking but does give you more time to respond. Now option D, covers all aspects of cushioning, front wehter 3sec or 55 sec for bad conditions and sides of 1 meter.

PART 2.
BIG **uck up, just averted. I happened to toucht he screen twice after answering a question, so the first touch brought up the directions/instructions for question and the second (which i did within 1 sec) started the screen! So i couldnt read what i was meant to do. The screen had to bicycle riders on narrow 2 way street, so i assumed that it would be when to overtake.
To my luck, it was… otherwise i wouldnt have passed.

Right Turns – must be atleast 5 questions. Again, as everyone says, be very very safe. Do it when you can have gap big enough for elephants.

Tricky one on RIght turn was a Biker came out from nowhere (well behind a truck and car on the other side)

I had the right turn question, where a car was going to turn left (coming from opposite direction) but changed its mind.

Rain – dont worry about taking a turn. I had two of those, in one scenario i did a turn right at the end.

Slowing down – had 2 questions on that. Be careful, when you touch button the car actually doesnt slow down. So I went for it, beated the hell out of the screen

Overtake – had 2 questions on that again (one that i didnt read, lol) DONT overtake, be safe, whats the hurry?

Hazard picking – had none, YAY… i am bad at those

Good luck guys and gurls!

thanks to this site (and of course readnig through the handbook) i passed first go!
i have every question that people had posted so read them through. I only had one percentage question the 30% one.

Advice would be to do the practice questions and in the HP part 2 look at the gaps between the drivers coming at you. (touch when you would turn right) i was too cautious in the practice but the cars seem to slow down as the come up to the intersection so if there is a 6 cm gap on the screen between cars you can possibly still go.

i had the cyclist one and i didn’t touch the screen because it was on bends.
i also had a turn right on a bend/dark and raining.. you can go on that one after a while, look for the head lights through the trees too. that will tell you if there are cars coming.

and thanks to the person who posted the tunnel one with the truckin the left lane and the car in front of you. the truck just puts their blinker on before they move across so be looking for it.

as you can probably tell. i was most worried about the HP part. the first section is mostly common sense. most other options are no where near right.

goodluck

Thank you very much for such a wonderful thread. Reading this thread, as well as reading the DQT book and browsing the DQT website proved to be fruitful. I passed the test in my first go!

I guess I was one of the luckier ones, during the 2nd part of the test I had 7 ‘touch the screen when you would turn right’ scenarios and 3 ‘touch the screen when you would slow down’ scenarios and they were all relatively simple. I think, for me, the most important thing was to be aware of the whole screen and not fixate on one thing (a certain hazard to look out for or the speed the car is travelling etc). Although this part is easy to get nervous on (I was slightly more nervous doing the second part) all that is required is a heightened sense of alertness and concentration!

The first part of the test was also relatively simple, all the questions were answerable (although I strongly recommend that you read the DQT Book, actually make sure you read through it, at least, once!) by the use of common sense. I BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE CAN PASS THIS MONEY MAKING SCAM…I MEAN ‘TEST’ ON THEIR FIRST ATTEMPT…CONFIDENCE (THROUGH PREPARATION OF COURSE) GOES A LONG WAY!

Thank you SO VERY MUCH for this site, I passed first time!!

Big thanks to everyone… failed on my first go, but after browsing this site for a couple of days, i finally passed, yahooo…. no more P Plates!!! Thank You!!!!

Thanks so much! Passed my FULL’s first time thanks to this site!
(yes it’s still as nerve-wracking as getting your P’s….!)

Part one
One of the first questions’ graphics almost stuffed me up though,
A still graphic of a police car in front of you up ahead, and you are asked what your next action is (which from memory is safely veer to the left out of the way)
From the dodgy graphic you can’t tell if the police car is FACING you, or going in the SAME DIRECTION.. the taillights and headlights are almost identical, so a guess had to be made!

Also – memorised all the stats (%’s), and when it came to the test, I was asked if something was “more than half, more than 3/4’s…”, so you have to remember if the book said 70% of something, be mindful they may ask for a generalised answer, not exact statistics as well!

Part Two
One thing I noticed…. my first real-time video 2 part question, I’m sure I did terrible in! (pressed the screen too late on an opening side door on a parked car)
Was confused to them have the very same question repeated back to me as my last question?
A second chance maybe?

Cheers for the advice to buy a 5year full license too – it will be nice not thinking about licenses for a while!!!!!!!!!!

I went for the DQT test today and failed in part two. I’m so confused because I honestly thought that I did okay! There was one video where I needed to turn right when safe, but I hesitated even though it appeared to be safe. But can you fail for NOT turning right even when you can?

I went back to the RTA for another attempt at getting my full licence and I passed!! First time around I failed HPT and got all my questions right. I was so lucky that I went into the RTA and it was dead quiet, not like the first time I went for the DQT. It gave me the opportunity to ask the guy at the counter exactly where I went wrong, and apparently I wasn’t paying attention to road signs. I was just under the assumption that you could turn right no matter what, as long as the gap was big enough. Big tip- look at THE WHOLE SCREEN, and pretend that you are driving a brand new car. That tip helped me out so much. I would also suggest getting as much feedback as possible from one of the RTA counter staff if you do fail, that is if they aren’t in a foul mood as they usually are. The feedback honestly helps you see what you can improve on next time. ALSO, You should really study the handbook. It is mainly common sense, but some questions that come up can be quite misleading or tricky so do yourself a favour and memorise statistics! This site is great, thanks to everyone who contributed you all seriously helped me out!

I went for my full license today and got it first go thanks to this site. I am very grateful to all who contributed to the blog and the person who set this us. This was fantastic for me to read before I went and did the test and helped me so much. So thanks!!!

I got my gold today. Thanks for creating such a wonderful site. It’s really resourceful indeed.
I had most of the questions that already been posted by others. So, if I just say “Thank you” to those guys, guess won’t be enough.

Passed 1st go just the other day.

Just dropped by to say thanks to all the people who commented and the creator of the site (3 years and still going strong!). Nothing extra to add because ‘ its all here “. Really! Every single question that showed up on my screen was mentioned in the comments above (both part 1 and 2). LOL!!!

So DON’t Be Nerrvous because you’re practically looking at the ans.. … *wink wink*

*GOOD LUCK* future DQT’ers

Hi

This site is cool n helpfull

ill be going 4 my full licence soon just studing a bit b4 i go anyways ill cum back to the site n let u know if i pass lol :L

Hi just a quick question, I have noticed a few people saying that the answer to this question

‘In NSW, the risk of being booked and issued for a traffic offence is how many more times greater than being killed in a crash?’ as 5000

but in my handbook it says ‘in nsw the risk for being booked and issued with a ticket for a traffic offence is more than 2000 times greater than being killed in a crash?’

So does anyone know which answer is correct 5000 or 2000?

Cheers
P.S fantastic website!!!

I passed the test today! The only questions I would add to those above are:

1. Why are head on collisions more dangerous?
a) Because the collision speed is the sum of the speed of both vehicles
b) Because seat belts are less effective in head on collisions
c) Because the front of the vehicle is the weakest
d) Because engines and other objects protrude into the passenger compartment (or something like that)

Answer: A

2. Picture with two cars one with headlights and one without.
Which car is at most risk of collision in dull conditions?
a) The car with headlights
b) The car with fog lights
c) The car without headlights on.
d) ?
Answer:C

3. What is covering the brake?
a) Lifting your right foot off the accelerator and placing it above the brake ready to push down in case conditions change
b) Lifting your left foot off the accelerator and placing it above the brake ready to push down in case conditions change
c) Using the hand brake
d) pushing down hard on the brake when conditions change

4. Fatigue related accidents may be caused by?
Answer: Normal day to day activities

5. On a full licence what is the safest way to stay below the BAC limit?
a) Drinking one cup of coffee for every drink
b) Not drinking if you plan on driving
c) ?
d) ?
Answer B

6. What is NOT likely to be a distraction in the car?
a) the climate controls
b) Loud passengers
c) food and mobile phones
d) scanning

In the second part I had:
2 x Overtaking questions – Both were cyclists one on a normal suburban street and one on a narrow bush road. Didn’t overtake in either scenario

5 x Turn right questions – 2 in the rain (didn’t turn), 1 at traffic lights (didn’t turn because lights were red), 2 at intersections (I turned right once but only because there was a large gap)

3 x Slow down questions – 2 travelling at 60 km/h (slowed down when I saw an old man crossing, when a car turned into the road), 1 in a 80 km/h zone with the truck coming towards me, behind the truck was a motorcyclist, I slowed down when I saw the truck getting closer.

Best of luck!

I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who has posted on this blog, I failed twice yesterday and thanks to reading the advice on here I passed today! I passed Part 1 every time but Part 2 was really getting to me. I think I was overthinking it & then was unsure when to press, then freaked out and pressed the screen at silly times. To be honest I would have been better off with a physical driving test since I drive so much; judging distances and hazards on a tv screen is more than disorientating! Only advice I can give is to relax and take your time before each question and if unsure whether to turn right, you probably shouldn’t.

Anyway, thanks again! Best of Luck!

woooo yes i passed 1st go

just wanted to say saw a crash today at a cross intersection some guy took a chance LOL

Many of these crashes could have been prevented lol i read this today

yes they could have been prevented if there were more roundabouts at a cross intersection with no lights because so many ppl are taking too many chances, roundabouts are so easy to use n much cheaper seting up instead of putin lights.

well its got nothing to do with this blog but leting ppl noe not to take chances at intersections look both ways n scan 4 any hazards then go.

tc all n good luck:>

Hi all. I have been reading many many readers posts I did write a post dont know if Micheal langley site received it not, regardless thought I would try again. since I cant sleep. As I wrote before I am a 43 year old mum, all my life relied on Pub, transport family and friends to get around. Although I have very mild rare CP that only affects one leg I have done well for myself in life. I have brothers whom I love but have always thought I was incapable of driving. Pissed off with their smartass attitudes I went ahead and with the help of dad and bAby sister did 120hrs driving and passed. I rubbed it into the faces of my brothers ., yes, it felt bloody good.
Now I have been driving for more than 1yr 27 days time to move up to green p’’s. Looking fantastic I went to the RTA booked and paid and returned early for the HPT. I got many question wrong, clicked to much maybe or not enough or no quick enough. I was so upset and still am. The way I am going I wont ever ever have a full licence like you guys until I am in my 60’s or even 70’s that is if I live that long. But for every day I am here on earth I will always try no matter what my brothers or anybody else says., Going for the HPT again next tuesday. reading as much as I can dont want to make the same misktakes again and fail.. I mean I am on 4 points. Its an additonal 3 points if I pass the HPT I am toast if I fail. I am jealous of all of you. But I am not giving up. Love and PEace to all out there ,.x Sera

Hi guys! it’s so awesome to see everyone helping each other out. Thanks NEERAV for starting this thread, and to everyone for contributing! It was a really big help and a huge confidence booster in settling down the nerves.

The information here is spot on for both sections of the test!

Although there is one question in Part 1 which stumbled me. It’s the one asking about the distance away from the truck in front. I think I read earlier on in the post that the answer was 4 seconds (?) – I may be wrong, but the answer turned out to have been 3 seconds. Luckily it was only a practise question

On to Part 2 (Turning Right), there is one scenario in particular which I wanted to point out. Not sure if it was previously mentioned. It is one where you are asked to touch the screen when safe to turn right (slightly curved road). After a long queue of cars, what SEEMED to be a safe gap had me thinking twice. Almost immediately after, a white car comes zooming down the stretch on the oncoming lane. Best not to touch the screen for that situation!!

Anyways, thanks again for all of your help!
You’re all good people.

What goes around, comes around

Thankyou Thankyou Very MUCH after a restless night. I went to the RTA and stayed calm said a prayer and made sure both audio headphones were working this time. Took my time READ the questions carefully before attempting each one and BINGO I PASSED.. I couldnt stop smiling. Thankyou. HOW ever I am $75 + 37 x 2 = $149 poorer. I am smiling. Thankyou to M Bhatt. Micheal Langley and everybody who gave their input . KISSeS smiles and PEACE to everyone . Now have to wait 24 months for the BIG DQT test. For now I HAVE GREEN p’s so proud of myself. GOOD LUCK to every driver out there what ever test you may sit for. X

Hi drivers!
I too have passed the DQT with the help of the advice and comments on this site. So here’s a big Thankyou all ’round!
Got a few statistics questions with I remembered from this page and the others were either simple or clear in my mind from skimreading the handbook after breakfast As for the hazard portion of the test, I was all psyched up to not press anything for the ‘overtake the cyclists’ questions, only to not get any overtaking questions at all! Yep, I was stuck with right-turn and slowdown questions only. Fortunately I didn’t get any especially hazard-rich questions with suicidal pram ladies . There were a couple of questions where I was worried that I’d tapped when I shouldn’t have so I was really worried that I might have failed (for the second time – I flunked it 14 months ago – wish I’d thought to Google for tips last time!) but to my great relief I passed! When those plastic P plates have been on a car in the sun for long enough, they make a really satisfying crunching sound when you fold them to fit them in the bin
One slight annoyance was that I showed up 15 minutes early for my 8:30 test but they don’t open ’til 8:30. Though I guess it was time well spend since I got to re-skim the comments here on my PDA

So thanks again everyone. And of course the most thanks have to go to God who designed us humans with the abilities we rely on to drive, plus the creativity, intelligence and curiosity to invent cars in the first place

hey everyone.
read the book. maybe try to put into practice what you learn? try to remember basic things. try not to stress to much! thats how i did it. best of luck

1. SECTION 1:
1. Most car crash costs goes to:
Answer – the long term care of injured people (24%)
2. If you have a high SSS you should:
Answer: Continue driving but be cautious when thinking about taking a risk
3. High Alcohol hrs:
Answer – Weeknights (Thu, Fri) and Weekends
4. Percentage of Fatigue-related crashes on country roads?
Answer: 75%
5. If you slow down from 70km/hr to 60 km/hr, you will travel:
Answer: >60km/hr distance. (This was easy…)
6. Blind spot is:
Answer: The area outside the car not covered by mirrors (common sense)
7. You need to go to page 70 of the handbook and study the two pictures to figure out what 3-second distance and 4-second distance looks like. I had an animation with 4-seconds
8. If you are driving in dark and foggy conditions, you should:
Answer: Travel four seconds or more
9. I had a diagram where you were driving behind a truck at night (broken lines and one lane), what would you do? and the options were:
a. Accelerate and driver closer, then drive slowly (i think)
b. Drive slowly only
c. Drive slowly and keep a fair distance from other vehicles
d. Drive normally. or keep same speed.(something like that)
Answer: I ended up choosing c. Correct me if im wrong
10. People who let their emotions dictate their driving are usually:
Answer: Young Males.
11. Crash research shows that drivers make a NEAR crash mistake every:
Answer: 800km. ( I stumped in this question, i couldnt remember the figures. Got it wrong, but hey.. goes to show they don’t expect you to get everything right to PASS)
12. Young male drivers tend to take risk when:
Answer: Passengers are around the same age.
13. If you experience fatigue:
Answer: You should only drive at times you are usually not asleep (this was a common sense one too)
14. I had a picture where it was two laned and up ahead there was an ambulance or truck (not sure) in the middle of the road (over broken lines) in the opposite direction. What should you do?
Answer: Slow down and drive more to left hand side
15. haha I wish i remembered the 15th question, but it was probably a silly one.
Q. A young male driver is likely to take risks when?
A. other young male passengers of the same age are present
SECTION 2:
I had two videos with two cyclists in front of me, never overtook.. roads too narrow
I touched the screen a few times for the right turn ones.
I remember the one in the rain, didnt turn right
Keep an eye whether its a 50km, 60km etc zone which will be stated in the questions. This will help determine whether to slow down.
Im usually a hazards freak, so I didnt worry about this.
Good Luck!! Hope this helps
1. I always read the whole book. However, sometimes they can have questions which really require you to remember little things. e.g
Question: Who invlove the most in alochol related crashes?
A, men
B, woman
C, men and woman
D, woman over 50
( This is NOT exactly how the question written) Anyway, the answer is A.
1. 2 years ago, i always had trouble with section 2, coz I had no idea how many times I should touch the screen and how soon I should touch. e.g When there was a massive truck in front of me, I would touch to slow down and it did not seem to slow down then i kept touching, then I ended up failing. Thanks for the comment in this site. I pretty much just kept what other people said in mind, and did what they suggested at the test. I passed. Thanks god. Thanks Michael, you save me keep paying $36 for rta.
I GOT THIS AS A PRACTICE QSTION SAME PROBLEM

Cant remember the questions but had to thank the website at the least.
Helped out a lot. Probably got made me a little nervous more than i needed to but i passed and thats all it counts. My Part A had hardly any of the statistics questions which i had remembered so i was a little stumped by that, obviously i did alright though.. Def harder than i thought.

Which color is The Blind Spot in the DQT ?test.I fail in that question ,im confused.
Thanks

I went twice and i didn’t pass, since i’ve been reading this page everithing is much better so i might go next week.

Can anyone tell me which color is the blind spot?? I had a picture of the car with 3 colors around and i didn’t know what to do.

Thanks

I did my DQT today and passed 100%! Thanks to the editor for recommending the 5 year licence – the gold colour was the selling point for me! xD

Just wanted to thank everyone for their tips and contribution. I couldn’t have passed without this blog. I’ve recommended my brother here.

The RTA guy said that on the Results page, if there are no recommendations, it means you did everything right.

Part 1 is a breeze so long as you read the book. I highlighted (in my book) all the sections which were mentioned in this blog. I got very few statistical questions, if any at all.

Part 2 was more tricky. I did not have any overtaking questions. I had lots of TURN RIGHT and SLOW DOWN questions.

Thanks to Nic (Post 43) for the helpful tip about not turning right unless you can imagine an elephant wandering across – that was very useful! If unsure, don’t touch! In most of the TURN RIGHT questions, I did not turn at all and the video just ran to the end.

I found the SLOW DOWN questions more challenging than any other. In one scenario, I had to touch the screen up to 4 times, because I saw 4 hazards. You touch the screen as soon as you see the hazard (eg pedestrian, road sign, corner, pedestrian). Like many others, I had my hand hovering near the screen so I could touch the screen ASAP.

I was a bit concerned with the touchscreen – sometimes my touch did not register. I had to press long and hard on the screen before it would take me to the next page. I saw the mouse cursor on my screen but it didn’t affect my test.

I got to the RTA one hour early, and studied there until it was time to do my test. It helped me feel calm and collected.

For my photo, they instruct you not to smile, and not to wear your glasses.

Thanks Manny (post 14) for the tip about pre-filling your form – I didn’t need a witness but it just helps to get organised beforehand – and makes you feel calm and not rushed.

Thanks to the website. I read through half of this website and read the downloadable summary twice. I have passed ^^^.

Today i sat in exam and passed in first go and got a full license.Thanx alot alot ,that site really help me a lot.THANX EVERYONE

Thanks to this site I have just passed my DQT! I cant remember all the questions or choices or the order of them…but they were something like this ;

PART 1:

1. If you are traveling 5km over in a 60km/h zone how likely is it that you would crash
a) twice
b) ten times
c) none
d) don’t remember

Answer: I wasnt sure about this one… but i answered twice

2. If you are travelling 70km/h, what percentage of distance do you need then if you were going 60km/h
a) 30%
b) 50%
c) 10%
d) 80%

ANSWER: 30%

3. What is the biggest distraction while driving
a) lighting a cigarette
b) talking on the mobile phone
c) other passengers

ANSWER: other passengers

4. what are the “LOW aclohol” hours
a) weekends
b) thurs friday nights and weekends
c) weekdays during daylight
d) night time

ANSWER: weekdays during daylight

5. what are the statistics of fatique related crashes in metropolitan areas
a) 25%
b) 75%
c) 90%

ANSWER: 25%

6. I had a picture where it was two laned and up ahead there was an ambulance or truck in the middle of the road (over broken lines) in the opposite direction. What should you do?
a) slow down
b) speed up
c) slow down and move to the left hand side

ANSWER: Slow down and move the the left hand side

7. Young male drivers tend to take risk when:

ANSWER: Passengers are around the same age.

8. Something about good scanning routines

9. A diagram of common car crashes and then they ask which picture shows the most common crash

ANSWER: rear end crashes

10. there was a picture of a car following a truck in daylight with fine weather and asked how far you should be travelling behind the truck

ANSWER: 3 seconds

11. What is the “3second rule” used for:

a) determine your speed
b) how quickly to answer your mobile ( this really was an option)
c) to help determine how far you should be traveeling from the car infront

ANSWER: C – the distance should be traveling from the car in front

PART 2

1. A few cars indicate to turn before they get to you but one slows down but not enough to be turning. He cancels his indicator and goes straight. I was very close to saying turn but it didn’t quite feel right. So I would suggest being on the lookout for sneaky ones like that.

2. I got 2 overtake videos, both cyclists, i didn’t overtake on either one.

3. a few “when is it safe to turn right” scenarios at night

4. travelling on a 60hm/h road and a truck is on the other side of the road and you can’t see it, but there is a motorcyclist who goes to overtake the truck, sees you and goes back behind the truck

Don’t remember the rest…. hope that helps!

MY ADVICE: read the handbook and read all of these comments and in the test make sure you don’t panic and carefully read the question and ALL of the alternatives because some of them are very similar.
In part 2 don’t panic and feel like you have to press the screen on all of the answers, be cautious (but not too cautious) for “when would you slow down” questions and wait for the realllyyyy long gaps when turning right they are pretty obvious. GOODLUCK!

wanna say a BIG thank you to all those who have contributed to the site. Because of your efforts i found the test real easy.

PArt 1

i cant remember all the questions. However, a majority of the questions i got have been posted on this forum already.

questions were on

BAC levels,

what is the commonest crash in nsw

how far ahead should u scan

3 second rule question.

…. sorry thats all i can remember.

Part 2

overtaking questions,- cyclist question twice

Rural road and there was a truck.- slowing down quesiton

right turn questions.

hope that helps…

srsly thank you guys again. wouldnt have pass the test without you guys.

YO! just wanna say a huge THANKS to the website creator and everyone who has contributed to this site. i passed all thanks to you

I did the driver qualification test this morning – it was an absolute piece of pie. Thanks to everyone on this site contributing it made the test a great deal easier. Just a note I DIDN’T read the book – the feedback from this website is all you need. My recommendation – don’t read the handbook, rather read through this site a few of times and you will pass. Ask for the sound guys, it does help, if you finding it annoying just turn it off.

Part 1

I had a question that wasn’t mentioned above. It provided a picture of a car sandwiched between a blue truck (on the left) and a red truck (on the right). The question:

You are driving on a 3 lane freeway in between two trucks. The speed limit is 100km/h and both trucks are travelling at 100km/h. You should:
A. Accelerate and pull in front of the blue truck (on the left)
B. Slow down and pull in behind the red truck (on the right)
C. Slow down and pull in behind the blue truck (on the left)
D. Some stupid answer -use your mobile to call the truck driver and tell him to slow down.

Answer- C

Any other question you will get thats not on this page is common sense.

Part 2

Turn Right question- 1st rule, like said above only touch the screen if an elephant could stumble through. If your hesitant to answer, don’t touch it. It’s always best to miss an opening then to crash into a car. Don’t turn right if you have a vechicle blocking your view. These tests are designed so that the most of the time you shouldn’t turn right – keep that in mind.

Overtake questions- I had a cyclist situation twice on a country and suburban road. As said above never overtake. There is not enough room or too many other variables to justify overtaking.

Slow Down- The trick is to constantly scan. If you see any side streets, crossings, cars indicating, cars reversing etc press the screen. A big one people miss is crossings. The girl before me failed because she never slowed down at crossings and nearly mowed down a pedestrian.

Other than that have some fun with it. This will be the last time you have to test at the RTA. Make the most of the opportunity -fart in the waiting room, pay $150 for a bit of plastic, unneedlessly fill in forms and wait in line for 45 minutes. All the things that come with dealing with the RTA

Hi everyone, I did my DQT today and FAILED. My feedback in areas I failed were:
- slowing down to avoid hazards or crashes
- understanding how you should respond to questions in part 2 of the test. Remember, you only need to touch the screen ONCE for each different hazard or safe gap
I guess I touch the screen too early or late! I’m pretty sure I didn’t take any risky turns, maybe I should have turned on the ones when the elephant could have strolled along..

I honestly thought I did everything right and was cautious.

PART 1: All knowledge based questions. I didn’t get any on stats! Read the handbook and the above posts, they cover everything. Really easy, no need to panic =]

PART 2: The clips go by pretty fast, they’re only a few seconds long.

2 x overtaking cyclists – do NOT overtake, way too narrow. (Don’t worry, pretty sure I passed this part).

5 x safe gaps (all right turns) scenarios: 1. traffic light 2. dirt track – turned at the end, 3. intersection (daylight) – was a big gap at the start, but I didn’t turn 4. nightime – one big gap – but I didn’t turn 5. raining – didn’t turn

3 x slowing down – 1. following a truck, you get way too close, so I touch the screen early. 2. following some car ahead of you in a suburban area, there is 40km/h sign (I think you’re going 50km/h) – I touched the screen, probably wasn’t necessary? And then you see the car infront brake – I touched the screen but the film ended, so it didn’t register! The last one I don’t remmeber… sorry!!!!

I know I failed, but I hope this helps anyway! ALL THE BEST to you all!

Sorry Typo! for the Distraction stats 4% is unknown! not 34%

Thanks for the great resource!

Thanks to this website (and the book) I passed on the 23rd July 2010 first go.

This site really helps but also you should really read the book .. or at least all the dot points in the book.

It feels good to be no longer on my P plates.

Thanks Again.

Hi guys,
Just as this site helped me pass second go, I’ll have a brief attempt talking about the stuff that was in my test that couldn’t be assumed to be general knowledge:
Part 1
- There was a question about the required safe distance ‘cushion’ between your vehicle and other moving or parked vehicles. Answer: 1 metre
-What is the change of a person dying after being hit at 60km/h? Answer: 70% chance
- High Alcohol hours qn (as discussed on this site a zillion times) Answer: Weeknights and weekends, particularly thursday, Friday and Saturday Nights
- There was a question on identifying from a diagram where the blind spots of the vehicle are. (refer to page 80 of handbook) (pretty much common sense)

Everything else from part 1 was common sense for me. E.g. why do males have more crashes than females (A: Overconfidence), What does a high SSS scale mean (A: Take more risks.. I think one of the alternatives was running a red light which was the only risky thing there), Whats happens when a person is involved in a crash with a high BAC (A: more likely to die in the crash), What things can affect driving (A: marijuana and cold tablets)

Part 2:
- There was the cyclist video… easy.. don’t click
- There was a turn right video where the car on the oncoming (single) lane had his right indicator on and was travelling very slowly (making you think he was going to turn right and therefore its safe for you to turn right), but at the last moment turns off his indicator and goes straight on. Obviously the right thing to do is not to click.
- I had plenty of ‘click when to slow down videos’. Examples of when I clicked was:
– Seeing a bloke open his car door
– your vehicle coming closer to the car in front for no reason (3 second rule)
– Your Vehicle coming to a T section.
– Vehicle moving to a T Section from a side road
– Some pedestrians that were standing right at the side of the road
– Car in front breaking (got a few of those)

That’s all I can remember. Good luck guys!

this website is really great helping tool to pass the DQT, as I was initially failed twice to pass this test then I visit this site and the hints the people gave on this web page was really helpful. Atlast I passed my exam and moved to unlimited licence, YAHOO.

I must say the test was designed in really silly way, no body knows what exactly the right answer is specially with part two of the test, by the time you get to the scene the time is over and sometime you touch the screen but the computer are not sensitive enough to respond to your touch and eventually you marked wrong for that particular question,

I think it’s a matter of luck as well.
who ever designed this test is really an ediot, the actual test is very different from the clips on the rta site for the hazard perception skills, they make this test like that may be to earn more and more money as I think no one passed this test with first attempt.
Well it cost to me a fortune but at last Passed.

I am so glad i found this site before i went for my full licence test today!! This site and the book meant i passed with flying colours!! 100%

I only went for my test today but cant remember much about the questions i got in Part 1… I know the first one I had was the explanation of Sleep Dept.
I also didn’t get that many statistic questions, alot of them were common sense but the book was very helpful, because alot of the questions in test seemed to come straight from the book!

Part 2… So glad found out about “the cyclist one” from this site because i got 2 in a row of those and didn’t touch the screen with either of them.. I seemed to get a pretty even amount of each of the kind of hazard questions.

Thank you all for you input, its great there is a place you can come to help others pass the test and leave general comments, Good luck to all who are studying to go for their full licence, it isn’t too hard if you study the book and read the comments on this site!!

Thanks to all the posters who posted their tips.
I passed my test first go today.
I only skimmed the book and took advice of the other posters ,
It really helped thanks heaps.

thanx, great help. im doing mine this month and this is a great site. wish me luck