New Zealand Full License Driving Test - Jipcho Road, Sockburn 

So true sigh…

not really a hazard, if you cant speak while driving you shouldn't be allowed to drive with other passengers (what the full license test is for), its not to check whether you can spot all hazards, its to see if you can pay attention to the road while speaking

No worries, and good luck!

@@bridget27 i passed so thankk you!!

Good luck!

No worries! How’d you go?

Passed!!

@@keegsta22 hey congratulations. i've mine on monday. did you have the same route?

How’d it go?

From what I understand, there is no parallel park in the full test, as this is just a requirement in the restricted test (if that’s what you mean!) I believe there was no highway driving as there was no appropriate highway nearby to drive on. This may vary per location however, and I’m not sure whether many locations actually have highway driving either

No worries, and good luck!

Yep, I found that overall, the full test was much easier than the restricted because it’s shorter, and you skip the introductory “easy part.” (Including parallel park as you said.) I didn’t learn how to call hazards until about two weeks before the test, so it doesn’t take too much effort to get it to a passable level! Because you’re checking mirrors anyway, the additional step of saying what you see, and what you’re doing about it, isn’t too hard to get into the habit of doing :)

@@bridget27 Its just that the testing officer will ask you what are hazards and you tell him what are doing about it. I still have 4 years of my restricted until I get my full

@@josephdonoway Wdym you have 4 years? it's only a year and a half on your restricted?

@@benolds9523 yes

I only learned to call out the hazards the night before my test lol whoops. I’d been on my restricted for 5 years but still found it frustrating having to actually say it all out loud. The test was easy and the testing officer just said thank you, or as he put it politely telling me to shut up when he had heard enough. No errors and an “excellent pass” so glad it’s all over!

Because you do not have to stop at a give way sign, you won’t be penalised for not stopping (unlike if it were a stop sign). Because I slowed down, and the testing officer could very obviously see I was checking for traffic (which there was none,) there were no issues :)

I indicated right for the entire turn, I didn’t pull over :)

Before the test began, he explained that while parked cars weren’t hazards in themselves, if there is a possibility they may move into your path (i.e. you can see doors opening, brake lights on or indicating, people getting in and out etc,) you should then call them as a hazard. However, this may vary per testing officer - to be safe, it may be worthwhile to call them anyway, especially if your instructor says so!

I passed mine today

This test occurred at 08:30am on Tuesday, September 28th, at the Jipcho Road VTNZ in Sockburn, Christchurch. The route was very different from that of Bridget’s and took me around 24 minutes. VTNZ -[L]--> Parkhouse Rd -[R]--> Treffers Rd --[R]--> Sonter Rd --[R]--> Hayton Rd --[straight]--> Hayton/Symes Rd --[R]-then-[L]--> Main South Rd --[R]--> Hanworth Ave (dead-end U-turn) --[L]--> Main South Rd --[R]--> Hayton/Symes Rd --[R]--> Symes Rd --[R]--> Vickerys Rd --[L]--> Pilkington Way --[R]--> Hayton Rd --[L]--> Parkhouse Rd --[L]--> VTNZ IMPORTANT REMINDER: 1. The online booking system was still close on September 28th. Stop waiting! Go to VTNZ in person and book your test there! The earliest test offered to me was scheduled only 3 days later. 2. In order to make a right turn from Parkhouse road to Treffers road, you need to change from left to right lane on Parkhouse road in advance! The lane-changing maneuver must be carried out almost immediately after the previous left turn (from VTNZ carpark to Parkhouse road), because these two intersections (VTNZ/Parkhouse & Parkhouse/Treffers) are extremely close! BE VERY CAREFUL! Rear vehicle may instantly speed up rapidly to force you to withdraw the maneuver, stopping you from getting in front of it. Due to a reckless driver, I got a critical error for not checking right at the beginning of test! Since impeding traffic is not a critical error, you’d better slow down and wait for larger gap that is about 2-3 seconds more than your judgement of safe distance! 3. MAKE SURE to say “no hazard” in a direction (front/rear/left/right) if there’s no hazard in that direction! Otherwise, the testing officer would just assume that you didn’t check that direction! UNTIL the testing officer says “thank you”, keep calling out hazards even if the situation (like a car behind you) hasn't changed, which happen when you come to a complete stop at a roundabout or intersection.

@@derekw.5108 omg thank you so much for this!! I followed your comment an hour before my test and I passed! You are a life saver! Hope you win lotto hahah

Yes I did :)

You can have a look at the license costs here, I believe: www.nzta.govt.nz/driver-licences/licensing-fees/licence-fees/

@@bridget27 thanks mate God bless

Yep this is the Jipcho Road VTNZ

Indeed it was.... I still failed😂

Yeah I failed my first time because I was going too fast... but I booked it again a couple months later and passed the second time! Thank you so much for the video it really helped

Yeah I failed my first time because I was going too fast... but I booked it again a couple months later and passed the second time! Thank you so much for the video it really helped

Yeah I failed my first time because I was going too fast... but I booked it again a couple months later and passed the second time! Thank you so much for the video it really helped

Yeah I failed my first time because I was going too fast... but I booked it again a couple months later and passed the second time! Thank you so much for the video it really helped

The way I was taught, and therefore the way I did it, was to indicate right for the whole turn, which wasn’t questioned by my testing officer - however I am not 100% sure whether this is the correct technique sorry!

Thank you 😊

@@jessclive2358 This is also what I was taught by my instructor at AA

All up, around 15 minutes - basically everything in the video was the test, plus a few minutes beforehand where my tester checked my car and explained how the test would work etc. Good luck for tomorrow!

@@bridget27 I passed! Thanks for the great video ❤️

Yep, this was a dashcam

I believe you need to check all three mirrors every 5-8 seconds, rather than just the rear one. While I didn’t have a stop sign on my route, I think it’s that you must stop BEFORE the line, wait three seconds, and if it is clear, you are then allowed to crawl out if you can’t see traffic :)

@@bridget27 Thank you for taking time to answer my questions!

No worries!

You can stop after the line if you can't see what's coming. The written rule is that you stop where you can see what's coming if that differs from the line, but usually the line will mark where that is. The shape of your car, parked cars near the intersection or vegetation that has grown up since the line was painted can change this of course. When I did my restricted I almost did a rolling stop but caught myself in the nick of time and stopped fully. When I admitted that to the testing officer he asked what the rules were for stop signs and I quoted that (stop where you can see what's coming) and he said I was one of only 2 people he can recall who actually got that right when asked. I ended up passing it, but definitely wouldn't have if I hadn't caught myself since rolling stop is an immediate fail error.

I had three free lessons with the AA, when that was a thing :)

Yes - before the test, the examiner explains how the hazard calling works, and that you only have to call hazards when they ask you :)

Yer, really pain in the arse, thankfully I didn't going through my hevey classes

Lucky it wasn't my accent 😂

At least two seconds in dry conditions, and four in wet conditions - because it had been drizzling all day I was trying to keep a four second following distance in my test

@@bridget27 Thank you! Sitting my test next week 😁🤞

@@mikaylamccarthy4184 hopefully you’ll fly through it!

According to the Christchurch City Council website the speed limit on Hillary Crescent is 50km/h :)

@@bridget27 do you get marked down if you drive slower since there’s parked cars on both sides?

@@zebabi9304 I didn’t get marked down for that, presumably because it would have been unsafe for me to travel at 50km/h down such a narrow street

@@bridget27 awesome!! Thank you for that xx sitting mine tomorrow at 9am 🥺😅

@@zebabi9304 no worries! Good luck for tomorrow, hopefully the traffic at 9am won’t be too bad for you!

Where did you go?

Wtf do you need to mention blindspots?! I swear that's not part of it