Reverse park

Expected outcome/competence

Ability to control the vehicle accurately when parking on the road or into a parking bay. Effective all-round observation throughout the manoeuvre showing consideration to other road users.

Potential deviations from expected outcomes

Control:

• Poor co-ordination of controls
• Scrubbing/brushing the kerb
• Unnecessary shunting backwards and forwards
• Getting too close to the object car
• Mounting the pavement
• Turning the steering wheel, the wrong way
• Parking too far from the kerb
• Stalling
• Not completing within two car lengths
• Finishing at an acute angle to the kerb

Car Park:

• Poor co-ordination of controls
• Ending up straddling two bays
• Unnecessary shunting forwards and backwards
• Turning the steering wheel, the wrong way
• Stalling

Observation:

• No blind spot checks
• Relying too much or entirely on the mirrors
• Ineffective observation
• Looking but not reacting to other vehicles or pedestrians
• Waiting too long for other users in the car park.

Examples of what might constitute something that would result in a fault being marked

Driving fault

Re-positioning required to correct a loss of control or accuracy

Serious fault

Excessive re-positioning to correct complete misjudgement and /or significant loss of control. Final parking position parking – outside the bay.

Dangerous fault

Any situation brought about by the above loss of control that resulted in actual danger to the examiner, candidate, the general public or property.