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Driving faults

Any faults that you commit on your driving test fall into one of three categories. These are:

1. Minor driving fault
2. Serious driving fault
3. Dangerous driving fault

1. A minor driving fault is where the manoeuvre was not perfect, but it wasn't dangerous in any way. For example: cutting a right-hand corner when they' wasn't any other road user nearby.

2. A serious fault would be given if the manoeuvre had potential danger. For example: There was a car parked near the end of the road that your turning into. In the examiners opinion, they would deem that you wouldn't have been able to see if there were any vehicles approaching the junction before you cut the corner.

The examiner would also mark a serious fault, if you make a series of the same fault, as this would be see as a weakness of your driving skills or knowledge.

3. A dangerous fault is where either you, or someone else had to take some kind of evasive action to avoid an actual collision.