The Driving Standards Agency - The Official DSA Theory Test for Car Drivers

The OFFICIAL DSATHEORY TEST for Car Drivers London: TSO Written and compiled by the Learning Materials section of the Driving Standards Agency (DSA). Questions and answers are compiled by the Item Development Team of DSA. Published with the permission of the Driving Standards Agency on behalf of the Controller of Her Majestys Stationery Office. Crown copyright 2012. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form without the written permission of the copyright owner except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd.

Crown Copyright material is reproduced with permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queens Printer for Scotland. First published 1996 Sixteenth edition 2012 Second impression 2012 ISBN 978 0 11 553231 3 A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Other titles in the Driving Skills seriesThe Official DSA Guide to Driving the essential skillsThe Official DSA Theory Test for Car Drivers (DVD-ROM)The Official DSA Guide to Learning to DrivePrepare for your Practical Driving Test (DVD)DSA Driving Theory Quiz (DVD)The Official Highway Code Interactive CD-ROMThe Official DSA Theory Test iPhone AppThe Official DSA Theory Test Kit iPhone AppThe Official Highway Code iPhone AppThe Official DSA Guide to Riding the essential skillsThe Official DSA Theory Test for MotorcyclistsThe Official DSA Theory Test for Motorcyclists (DVD-ROM)The Official DSA Guide to Learning to RideBetter Biking official DSA training aid (DVD)The Official DSA Guide to Driving Buses and CoachesThe Official DSA Guide to Driving Goods VehiclesThe Official DSA Theory Test for Drivers of Large VehiclesThe Official DSA Theory Test for Drivers of Large Vehicles (CD-ROM)Driver CPC the official DSA guide for professional bus and coach driversDriver CPC the official DSA guide for professional goods vehicle driversThe Official DSA Guide to Tractor and Specialist Vehicle Driving TestsThe Official DSA Guide to Hazard Perception (DVD) Every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this publication is accurate at the time of going to press. The Stationery Office cannot be held responsible for any inaccuracies. Information in this book is for guidance only. All metric and imperial conversions in this book are approximate.

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You can give feedback to the Government Digital Service from the website. Message from Lesley Young, the Chief Driving Examiner Learning to drive is an exciting experience. As with getting to grips with any new skill, you may be nervous and it may be challenging at first. But before long, youll be ready to take the step towards getting your full licence and enjoying the freedom that comes with it. A sound understanding of driving theory will help you reach that stage and to carry on improving right through your driving life. Understanding and practice come together in a safe and responsible driver, so my advice is to get at least some practical lessons with a qualified instructor under your belt while youre studying for your theory test.

It helps to make the theory meaningful, and that helps it to stick. And youll be glad of that on the day of your theory test! I wish you safe driving for life. Lesley Young Chief Driving Examiner Introduction About the theory test In this section, youll learn about

• how to use this book
• getting started
• the theory test
• after the theory test
• Pass Plus
• using the questions and answers sections
• using this book to learn and revise.

How to use this book To prove that you have the right knowledge, understanding and attitude to be a safe and responsible driver, youll need to pass the theory test. It includes a multiple choice test, to assess your knowledge of driving theory a hazard perception test, to assess your hazard recognition skills. This book contains hundreds of questions, which are very similar to the questions youll be asked in the test and cover the same topics. Its easy to read, and explains why the answers are correct.

References to the source material also appear with each question. Everyone learns in different ways, so this book has features to help you understand driving theory whatever kind of learner you are, including bite-size chunks of information, which are easier to understand at your own pace lots of photographs and images to illustrate what youre learning fourteen topic-specific case studies and six mixed-topic ones, just like those youll get in the test things to discuss and practise with your instructor, to put your learning about each topic into practice meeting the standards, to help you understand how each topic relates to the National Driving Standard. This book is designed to help you learn about the theory of driving and to practise for the test. To prepare thoroughly, you should also study the source materials that the questions are taken from, which are The Official Highway CodeKnow Your Traffic SignsThe Official DSA Guide to Driving the essential skills Theres always more you can learn, so keep your knowledge up to date throughout your driving career. Getting startedApplying for your licence You must be at least 17 years old to drive a car. As an exception, if you receive Disability Living Allowance at the higher rate, youre allowed to start driving at 16.

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