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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #30 in Software
• Brand: Avanquest Software
• Released on: 2009-09-29
• Platforms: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7
• Format: DVD-ROM

Manufacturer's Description
The NEW VERSION of the UK's Best Ever Selling All-In-One Driving Test Software+ developed by driving experts at Learner Driver Centres (LDC), the UK's 3rd largest driving school.

We're so confident that using this product will significantly increase your chances of passing the Theory Test, we're offering £50 worth of Avanquest software to anyone who fails the Theory Test, having thoroughly used the product*

THEORY TEST FEATURES

Includes the entire OFFICIAL DSA Theory Test Question Bank for cars and motorcycles with 3 unique ways to learn:

• The OFFICIAL DSA Theory Test Question Bank for cars and motorcycles valid for 2009/2010
• NEW CASE STUDIES - Includes 14 car and 10 motorcycle case studies, designed to closely represent the official ones to be introduce for all theory tests taken after Sept 28th 2009
• NEW ABRIDGED THEORY TEST - Features a shorter 35 question mock test option for learners who have undergone an accredited pre-driver training course
• NEW MOCK TEST REVIEW FEATURE - provides detailed feedback for tailored revision. Re-test yourself on incorrectly answered questions

• Interactive Theory Test tutorial so you know what to expect on the day
• Highly REALISTIC Theory Test simulations with 10 pre-designed tests based on the most commonly occurring questions
• UNLIMITED random tests, all with a balanced set of questions
• Unique traffic light progress monitoring detailing which of the Official questions have been answered correctly, incorrectly or not at all. The only product to make it easy to know when all the Official questions have been learnt or what's outstanding
• Printable theory test question papers to allow you to test yourself away from the computer
• Automatically sends feedback from the mock tests to the learning section, for tailored revision
• Print, view or search the Highway Code and Theory Workbook (worth £9.94)
• LEARN ON THE MOVE - Practise OFFICIAL DSA questions and answers PLUS the HIGHWAY CODE on your mobile phone, iPod, PDA or other portable device that supports MP3 and Podcast files

HAZARD PERCEPTION FEATURES

With over 400 high-quality hazard perception clips, including the 10 official DSA practice clips and the test introduction video, this program will test your ability to spot potential hazards on the road. All the clips accurately represent those you will face in the real test so you can be confident you're properly prepared on the day!

• Includes OVER 400 high-quality hazard perception clips
• Video is shot from outside the car in full PAL resolution just as on the real test not from behind the windscreen of the car in a lower, grainer resolution as on most other products
• Interactive tutorials with animations and videos cover the test, hazard perception skills and defensive driving
• 28 pre-set test simulations, each incorporating 14 clips, one for each hazard type
• Exceptionally accurate anti-cheat mechanism to help you determine what type of clicking is and is not allowed

• UNLIMITED mock hazard perception tests with the random test facility
• 'Hazard Type' mock test facility lets you take a test on a specific hazard
• Review feature shows you exactly where you clicked and where points are scored
• Review and retest your 10 weakest clips to identify problem areas and ensure test success!

PRACTICAL TEST FEATURES

With 20 interactive driving lessons, 19 Show Me, Tell Me questions and a fully interactive mock driving test, you'll have everything you need to know and do, to pass your driving test - first time!

• Follow the highly acclaimed LDC Learn-2-Drive programme of 20 lessons for you to follow with mum or dad or indeed your driving instructor. The computer lessons are composed of over 50 interactive animated presentations with exercises, video tutorials and quizzes to help you prepare for each in-car lesson in the LDC programme
• An Interactive tutorial tells you all about the practical test with illustrations, animations and video
• Interactive Examiners Marking Sheet with 25 pop up tutorials explaining what the examiner is looking for and what constitutes a driving fault
• Interactive training notes to help you correct any faults you may have identified

SHOW ME, TELL ME OFFICIAL QUESTIONS

• Full Show Me, Tell Me driving lesson video with an expert instructor
• 19 Interactive mock test video clips showing examples of the 12 Show Me and 7 Tell Me Official possible questions
• Illustrated training notes about the marking process
• Show Me, Tell Me game to teach you the car's features - inside & out

MOCK DRIVING TEST

• Watch and interact with a full driving test as if you were the examiner - a great insight into what to expect on the day!

HIGHWAY CODE

• Interactive version of the latest edition of the Highway Code with professional voiceover and extra training notes

LEARN-2-DRIVE SYSTEM

• 20 Interactive driving lessons using over 50 animations, videos and quizzes to help you to prepare for each driving lesson

SIGNS AND SIGNALS

• Learn the signs, road markings and signals via pre-study lessons
• Interactive game to help learn traffic signs with ease!

PRINTABLE E-BOOKS

• Includes a Theory Test Workbook (worth £6.99) and a Highway Code Workbook (worth £1.95)

PASS GUARANTEE & FREE DRIVING LESSON OFFER*

+ Based on cumulative sales of the All-In-Driving Test - Source ChartTrack July 2009
* Pass Guarantee only applies to the Theory Test - terms and conditions apply - see program for details

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Customer Reviews

Good value package
All-In-One Driving Test 2009/2010 Edition is an excellent value package that could prove invaluable to anyone about to take their driving test. It can also be a useful catch-up for those of us who took our test some while ago - a lot has changed over the last few years and this package is bang up to date!

Its main competition comes from Focus Multimedia's Driving Test Success All Tests 2009/2010 Edition which is a very similar package at a very similar price. Amazon has very comprehensive Product Descriptions of both products and would be well worth reading through.

Having had a look at this product from Avanquest and the previous version of the Focus product, I would rate the Focus product just above this one; but there is really little to separate them. This software will copy itself onto your hard drive which may or may not appeal to you - could be convenient or annoying! If you are currently paying for driving lessons for yourself, or your teenager, then the price of these packages is pretty insignificant by comparison and you could probably run to both and choose the one that is most suitable for your own needs. Well worth it if it helps to pass that test!

I will give this Avanquest product five stars as it does represent excellent value for money for what you get. However, I would recommend at least looking at the Focus package as well as that would be my personal first choice - although some Amazon reviewers have had problems with the latest version.

First impressions let down by second impressions
Unusually, this product insists on copying itself completely to your hard drive, so make sure you have 3GB free. I don't know why you can't just run it from the DVD with just a few files copied to the computer, but to be honest I prefer it this way, as there's no distracting noise from the disc drive when running it. If you have Vista, it installs an icon on the left of the taskbar, which opens up the menu with one click. If you have Vista like I do, then firstly my commiserations, and secondly everything said in this paragraph will help you to get back the irritating amount of time you lose every time you have to sit through Vista loading.

This is a fully windows embracing product, unlike others I have seen, meaning that not only can you minimise it and do other things as the need arises, but you can have more than one module open at once. It is extremely easy to use, and - of course - has everything you need to know, including the hazard perception tests and show me tell me.

But if only it was that simple. The product is fairly insistent that you register with them, and after spending some time with this product I now know why. I was doing a mock theory test and the window kept flickering annoyingly. Couple that with the text size that you can't seem to enlarge, and it started to give me a headache. Then, 27 questions into the 50 question test a box appeared to tell me the program had stopped working. And now I don't know whether I got the right answers or not, so it did me more harm than good. I had to start again, but with the window constantly flickering I couldn't stand to look at it anymore. I have two choices now - contact customer support or go back to my old driving test software that works and doesn't try and influence me into subscribing to its own driving lessons. Guess which one I'll do.

Avenquest vs. Focus Multimedia
Competition in the "at home learn to drive" software market from Avenquest, much like the excellent Driving Test Success ALL Tests 2009/2010 Edition (PC) and in truth there is little to separate them.
Even if you are skeptical about the idea of learning to drive on your PC, or think this is just for help with the written tests, you are quite wrong, and it provides a valuable tool for new drivers, as well as learners.
I'm a huge advocate of road safety, and wish I had seen something like this when I was learning to drive!
Pretty much everything is covered in meticulous detail, including in depth clips and questions for the hazard theory.
I also love the "Show me, tell me" video section where mock test videos are run to help you identify errors and get to know all of the cars features.

For the price these are a great investment, and if your teenager spends as much time on this as they do on Facebook, they'll be a lot less accidents in the future.
I wouldn't especially recommend this one over the Focus product as they are both very good, not identical, but all the relevant stuff is covered in both. Considering the price of professional lessons, these software packages are also ridiculously cheap.