“Many drivers don’t indicate, or indicate at the last moment, and as a cyclist there’s no way to prepare yourself by slowing down. Sometimes it’s just a habit and too late. Sometimes it’s because other cars are parked badly so they can’t see oncoming traffic, but that’s not always the case. Anne, from Finchley in North London, said: “I see lots of cars coming out of streets and stopping when they’re already halfway into the next road. She regularly witnesses drivers exiting junctions and halting when it’s too late. Anne Iarchy, 49, has been cycling for 15 years. It’s also the reason many cyclists get caught up in incidents on the roads.Īnother FOI request submitted by Avaris eBikes to the London Metropolitan Police service last year revealed more than 12,000 road traffic incidents involving both drivers and cyclists plagued Greater London between 20. According to the DVSA, drivers failing to look properly was a factor in 37% of all reported accidents in Great Britain in 2019. In the previous financial year, from April 2020 to March 2021, only 437,352 tests were taken with a 49.8% pass rate. In the most recent financial year, ending in March 2022, DVSA data shows 1,112,424 car driving tests were conducted with a 49.6% pass rate. Mistakes candidates are failed for include not using their mirrors when exiting a roundabout, causing a vehicle to slow when changing lanes on a dual carriageway, trying to change lane on a roundabout when a vehicle is directly alongside them and exiting a roundabout and not checking mirrors - cutting across vehicle on the left. They could be marked with a serious or dangerous fault for failing to judge the speed of an approaching vehicle and forcing it to slow, entering a roundabout with a vehicle approaching to the right and causing it to slow, going straight ahead at a crossroad without realising it’s a junction, looking too late, making no observations when joining a dual carriageway from a slip road and making no effective observations at all.ĭrivers are expected to use the mirror, signal, manoeuvre routine effectively - checking mirrors carefully before signalling or changing direction or speed. When it comes to junctions, the DVSA says candidates must make effective observations before moving into a new road and make sure it’s safe before proceeding. Some driving test candidates scored fails for each of the manoeuvres during a single test. The figures represent the number of tests where failures were recorded, for each of the faults listed. In 2021, 73,734 faults were recorded for failing to check mirrors while changing direction, compared with 63,512 in 2020, and 148,219 in 2019. In 2021, 93,250 faults were recorded for failing to observe at junctions, compared with 79,698 in 2020, and 190,960 in 2019. The number of faults marked for each reason in 20 are lower than those recorded in 2019 - however this may be due to a slump in the number of driving tests taken during and post-pandemic. The figures were obtained through a Freedom of Information request submitted to the DVSA by electric bike retailer Avaris eBikes, as part of the company’s research into safety and awareness on the roads. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) said from January 2019 to December 2021, 363,908 serious or dangerous faults were recorded during the tests of hapless motorists, who failed to observe junctions correctly during their driving tests across Great Britain.ĭuring the same period, 285,465 serious or dangerous faults were recorded against those who failed to check their mirrors properly before changing direction. Failing to make effective observations at junctions and check mirrors properly when changing direction are the top two reasons people in the UK have flunked their car driving tests over the last three years.
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