So why do most newbies fail this city driving test the first time?
It's all about their level of training, inexperience and, of course, their nerves themselves. Unlike experienced drivers, driver candidates usually tend to be very nervous during their first traffic police exam. But then how can you make yourself less nervous during the exam? Indeed, in such a “situation”, in any case, each of the beginners will definitely be nervous when taking the exam. In fact, our nerves during our first traffic police exam are directly related to our lack of self-confidence. And it primarily arises due to insufficient training of a novice driver.
Trust us, friends, if you are well prepared and learn to drive a car quite well in difficult urban conditions, then you will (and will become) more confident when taking the exams. So remember, if you are very nervous, then you may not be ready to get your first license yet. Maybe it would be better for you to continue practical driving lessons in the city with a driving instructor? Consider this advice.
Or perhaps you need (need) to change your instructor teacher.(?)
After all, it’s not uncommon for a driving instructor to simply not suit you. It also happens that citizens (newbies and future drivers) complain about their driving teachers, that they deliberately do not want their students to pass all the traffic police exams right away, the first time, in the hope that in the future they will apply again to them for help in order to somehow come to an agreement with the State Traffic Inspectorate employees themselves, with whom they usually already have acquaintances.
Another reason for our mistakes and failures at our first driving test in the city is ordinary human stress, which, as has already been established, is associated with great stress when driving a car around the city.
Don’t forget, friends, that what will be sitting next to you during the exam is not your driving instructor, to whom you are already accustomed, but a strict traffic police officer, who will give you penalty points for your slightest mistakes (which are often ignored by driving instructors). .
Ultimately, in such a situation, we begin to get very nervous and all our acquired knowledge in a driving school instantly disappears, thereby reducing the chances of every novice driver to successfully pass the practical exam to virtually zero.
Believe me, dear friends, even well-prepared beginners (future drivers) often make simply stupid mistakes in their first exams. It is from here that rumors arise (appear) that traffic police officers deliberately “fail” all new drivers (although it must be admitted that sometimes it actually happens that examiners actually “fail” candidates) so that they come back to take the driving test. But most often, the reason for such failures is the drivers themselves, who are very nervous during the exam and constantly forget about the knowledge they acquired while studying at a driving school.
Dear readers, future novice drivers, please do not hope that all our advice will help you pass the traffic police test for driving in the city 100% and right the first time. In fact, this task is assigned to your (or any) driving instructor. Only he can directly prepare you in such a way that you have a reasonable chance of passing such an exam the very first time.
The purpose of our advice is primarily the following, namely, to increase your chances of successfully passing practical driving tests at the traffic police.
We hope our recommendations will help you prepare well for such exams in the city. From such advice you will learn what you should expect at the traffic police exams, what you need to do or undertake so as not to be nervous during them (the exams), and so on, etc. All our advice will definitely (we hope) help you get a driver’s license the first time.
What to expect from your practical city driving test.
The practical driving test is the final hurdle in the process of obtaining your first Russian driver's license. In order to obtain admission to the exams in the city, you will need to initially pass (pass) a theoretical exam (testing knowledge of traffic rules) as well as a practical exam at the traffic police site, where you will need to perform a number of mandatory exercises (snake, overpass, entry into garage, turning around in a confined space, etc.). After successfully passing the theory and the stage at the traffic police, you receive access to exams in the city.
This practical exam takes a minimum of 20 minutes. During this time, the traffic police inspector checks how prepared you are to participate in traffic on public roads. On September 1, 2021, new administrative regulations of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate came into force, which somewhat complicated the entire procedure for taking driving license exams in the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate.
For example, when passing the theory (theoretical exam), new questions appeared on the tickets, and if the question is answered incorrectly, the driver candidate will now have to answer 5 additional questions.
As for practical exams, new exercises have appeared on the site - now, instead of three mandatory exercises, a driver candidate must complete at least five exercises, and when passing the city (driving) exam, many minor mistakes will now (according to the new rules) be recognized as average errors. So, for example, instead of 1 (one) penalty point, the traffic police officer will now be required to award the candidate driver at least 3 (three) points for not wearing a seat belt.
Here, dear readers, is a mandatory list of skills that a traffic police officer must check during a practical driving test in the city:
What does a traffic police officer check during a practical test (driving) in the city when passing for a category “B” license?
— Driving through a controlled intersection (if there is one in the service area of the examination unit) (subclause 10.1 of the traffic rules).
— Driving through an unregulated intersection of equivalent roads (if there is one in the service area of the examination unit) (subclause 10.2 of the traffic rules)
— Driving through an unregulated intersection of unequal roads (subclause 10.3 of the traffic rules).
— Left, right turns and U-turns at intersections (subclause 10.4 of traffic rules).
— Turn around outside the intersection (subclause 10.5 of traffic rules).
— Passing a railway crossing (if there is one in the service area of the examination unit) (subclause 10.6 of the traffic rules).
— Changing lanes on a section of road that has 2 or more lanes for traffic in one direction (if they exist in the service area of the examination unit) (subclause 10.7 of the traffic rules).
— Overtaking or advancing (subclause 10.8 of traffic rules).
— Driving at the maximum permitted speed (subclause 10.8 of the traffic rules).
— Passage of pedestrian crossings and stops of route vehicles (subclause 10.10 of the traffic rules).
— Braking and stopping when driving at various speeds (subclause 10.11 of the traffic rules).
As we have already said, for each mistake in the city driving test, the examiner will award (you) penalty points in accordance with the violation of each traffic rule, as well as other practical errors (for example, when the car engine stalled at the start, the traffic police officer will award one penalty point per candidate).
How is the exam held in the city?
The cadet’s task is to listen carefully and follow the commands of the traffic police inspector as accurately as possible. He, in turn, evaluates the correctness of their implementation.
The exam is similar to a regular lesson. First, the instructor checks the car's readiness to move. Then the cadet sits down, adjusts the seat and mirrors for himself and fastens his seat belt. When the student is ready to start driving, the traffic police inspector gives him the first command.
The exam lasts on average fifteen minutes. During this time, the student must perform a number of maneuvers, by which the level of his preparation can be assessed. The cadet must be able to:
- turn;
- make a U-turn on narrow and wide roads;
- drive at regulated and unregulated intersections of equal and unequal roads;
- park;
- change lanes.
All commands during the exam are given by the traffic police inspector. If you didn’t understand or didn’t hear his request, be sure to ask again. In case of incorrect execution or failure to comply with the inspector's command, you will be assigned penalty points. To successfully pass the exam there must be no more than four.
If a cadet commits a gross violation of traffic rules, which is assessed as five penalty points, the exam is considered failed.
For which traffic violations during a city driving test does the examiner immediately give an o?
According to the new regulations (rules) of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate regulating the procedure for taking license exams during a practical driving test in the city, for gross violations of traffic rules, the candidate driver is awarded 5 penalty points and he is immediately suspended from further exams, and is marked on the examination sheet O.
Here is a list of those gross traffic violations for which 5 penalty points are awarded:
— Driving into the oncoming lane of the road.
— Failure to give way in accordance with traffic rules to other vehicles or pedestrians, as well as for ignoring special regulations signs.
— Driving through a section of road at a red traffic light.
— Exceeding the established or permitted speed.
— Driving beyond the stop line at a traffic light or at a stop sign.
— Failure to follow the instructions of the examiner (traffic police officer).
— Overtaking a vehicle with special signals turned on.
— Overtaking a car that has stopped in front of a pedestrian crossing.
— In case of repeated violation of traffic rules.
As a result, a driver candidate, upon receiving 5 penalty points for the above gross traffic violations and having also collected the same 5 penalty points for other minor violations, is sent to retake the exam, which, according to the law, cannot be held earlier than 7 days later since the last exam taken. True, in the same practice, on average you have to wait about 1 month before the next exam, since in many departments (divisions) of the State Traffic Inspectorate there is a queue of the same driver candidates. This is primarily due to the fact that the traffic police cannot check the driving skills of such a huge number of drivers every day, who constantly contact them to pass a practical exam. It is for this reason that such queues form for exams at the traffic police.
Attention! The results of theoretical and practical exams on the site are valid for no more than 6 months from the date of successful completion. That is, to pass the practical traffic police exam on driving in the city, you have 6 months left from the moment you pass the theory and on-site exam. Otherwise you will have to retake everything again.
Errors when taking the exam in the city
- did not give way (created an obstacle) to a vehicle having the right of way;
- did not give way (created an obstacle) to pedestrians who have the right of way;
- drove into oncoming traffic (except for permitted cases);
- crossed the stop line (marking 1.12) when stopping, in the presence of a prohibiting traffic light signal;
- exceeded the set speed;
- violated the rules for making a turn or U-turn;
- did not comply with the requirements of prohibition signs;
- did not comply with road marking requirements;
You must show the inspector that you know how to drive a car, operate the gearbox (engage in fourth, if possible).
Stop. If the inspector asked you to stop, then first think about whether this can be done on this section of the road (follow the signs).
When stopping, you need to turn on the turn signal, if necessary, give way, change lanes to the right and stop (remember the car must be parked parallel to the sidewalk), turn off the turn signal, neutral gear, parking brake up.
- Often cadets are afraid to stop in front of the sign “Movement without stopping is prohibited.” They slow down, but do not bring the car to a complete stop. This is a big mistake. When you see such a sign, you need to stop completely and count to three. Only after making sure that there are no cars on the roadway you are crossing, continue driving.
- Unexpected pedestrians on the road can be confusing. It must be remembered that pedestrians must be allowed to pass before turns, at zebra crossings and at controlled pedestrian crossings. If a pedestrian is going to cross the road in the wrong place, hoping that the training car will drive slowly, there is no need to let him pass. On your part, failure to give him the right of way on the road will not constitute an offense. If he entered the roadway, then to avoid an accident, let him pass.
- If you are taking the test in a car with a manual transmission, be careful with the gears. When stopping, it is important to move the gearshift lever to the neutral position, and to start driving with first gear engaged. If you try to move away in a higher gear, the car will not like it. And you will start to get nervous when you hear frightening sounds.
Where is the traffic police practical driving test in the city held?
According to the administrative regulations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate of the Russian Federation, the practical examination of a driver candidate is carried out along pre-approved routes, which are established by the examination department of the State Traffic Inspectorate. According to the law, such routes must be approved by the Head of the examination department of the traffic police and posted on stands for their familiarization.
It is worth immediately noting that the traffic police authorities periodically change such (their) routes for driving tests in the city, in order to improve the quality of examinations and to fairly test the driving skills of driver candidates, as well as to test knowledge of traffic rules specifically and directly in practice. It just sometimes turns out that many driving instructors, knowing in advance about such routes where traffic police officers conduct driving tests in the city, begin to drive their novice drivers along these routes ahead of time in the hope that they will remember by heart all these necessary nuances of the routes and easily will be able to pass a practical driving test in the city, which will be a good advertisement for them among subsequent students.
You can find out about current exam routes in the city directly from your department or traffic police department, using the official website of the State Traffic Inspectorate.
To do this, go to: https://www.gibdd.ru/gosuslugi/reg/exm/
Next, select from the list the traffic police department that interests you, which conducts exams for obtaining a driver’s license. Then you will be provided with information about the work schedule of this department, the bank details of the department and several official routes along which practical driving tests are taken in the city.
