Product Description

The UK’s best-selling driving test software “ The best and most comprehensive learner driver product on the market ” Approved Driving Instructor News
THEORY TEST
Everything you need to pass your Theory Test: Revising with ALL TESTS is just like taking the real test. In fact, we’re so confident that it will help you pass your Theory Test that we offer a money-back Pass Guarantee.
	Revise from the complete UP-TO-DATE OFFICIAL DSA Theory Test question bank valid until 2010. NEW Includes the NEW OFFICIAL DSA Case Study-stylesample question and additional interactive examples. For learner car drivers, motorcyclists and ADIs in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Sit unlimited mock tests simulating exam conditions. Detailed progress monitor to see if you’re ready for the real test. Identifies your weakest questions so you can practise more thoroughly. NEW Passed the new pre-driver qualification in safe road use? Includes the option to revise for your abridged Theory Test. Voiceover option to help those with reading difficulties. Printable exam papers allow you to revise away from the computer. Essential advice and detailed video tutorial for the Theory Test. View hints for each question and detailed explanations of every answer.
Practice a mock test focusing on your weakest questions. Practice OFFICIAL road sign questions. Download OFFICIAL DSA Theory Test audio questions and answers, complete with professional voiceover, onto your iPod® or other portable media player. Printable Theory Test question book to help you revise away from the computer. Includes the latest OFFICIAL DSA Theory Test Question Bank for ADIs, plus progress monitor for ALL pupils. PASS GUARANTEE – Pass or your money back (Terms and conditions apply – see pack for details)
HAZARD PERCEPTION TEST
	Get the best possible practice for the Hazard Perception part of your Theory Test using hundreds of interactive video clips that accurately simulate the real test. ALL TESTS teaches you how to recognize potential dangers in a wide variety of different hazard situations, giving you invaluable “road sense.” Hundreds of interactive video clips shot from outside the car just like the real test, to practise as many times as you like. Review each clip to see where you clicked and where the maximum score could have been achieved. Sit unlimited mock tests simulating exam conditions. Watch the 10 OFFICIAL DSA Hazard Perception sample video clips and OFFICIAL introduction video. Detailed progress monitor to see if you are ready for your exam. Exam Hints and Tips to maximise your chance of passing the test.
PRACTICAL TEST
Safely revise essential driving skills and manoeuvres. Revise and refresh the essential driving skills taught to you by your Approved Driving Instructor before and after lessons. Over 60 high quality video tutorials covering everything you may be asked to perform in your Practical Driving Test. Expert driving instructors teach you how to perform essential manoeuvres using multiple camera angles. Mock Practical Test shows you what to expect on the big day Includes Practical Driving Test routes for every test centre in the UK
Lessons include: Pre-drive safety checks. MSM and POM routines. Use of mirrors. Moving off at different angles. Stopping safely Roundabouts, crossroads, junctions and one-way streets. Responding to road signs and markings. Four reverse manoeuvres. Controlled emergency stop. Encountering various hazards and pedestrian crossings. Driving in poor weather conditions. Joining and exiting dual-carriageways. Motorway driving. Applying the Two Second Rule.
Learn the way that suits you Short of time? Always on the go? Revise anywhere with printable Theory Test and Highway Code books, or Learn on the Go using our audio Theory Test for your MP3 compatible mobile device. No matter where you are, ALL TESTS fits in with your busy lifestyle. Highway Code Read, search and print the latest digital edition of The Highway Code. Show Me, Tell Me Contains all the OFFICIAL DSA test questions plus additional step-by-step video tutorials
Mock Driving Test Watch a full length mock Practical Driving Test and find out what the examiner is looking for. Road Signs Test Test your knowledge of every road sign that you may come across in your theory exam. Learn on the Go Practise OFFICIAL DSA Theory Test questions using your iPod®, mobile phone or other portable media player.
Theory Test Book Printable Theory Test book to revise the OFFICIAL question bank away from your PC. Advice Centre Essential information about all three tests and how to ensure you pass first time!
Safe Driving for Life Are you a safe driver, or a risk to others? Discover the importance if introducing responsible driving habits early on in your driving career, making you more likely to pass your test and enjoy a lifetime of safe, accident-free driving. Safe Driver Test – Which of your own individual attitudes and behaviours make you more likely to take risks and cause an accident? Take the test and find out how to become a safer driver. Commentary Driving – Sit alongside a fully qualified traffic police driver as he demonstrates the gold standard of observation, awareness and hazard perception. New Licence Holder’s Survival Guide – How to survive your first year as a licence holder with your life and no-claims bonus intact!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8 in Software
• Brand: Focus Multimedia Ltd
• Released on: 2008-07-25
• Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows XP

Customer Reviews

Perfect

As my daughter is the one who's learning to drive, I thought it made more sense for her to write this review, so here it is...


The DVD is really easy to use and provides a lot of useful tools.

One thing I particularly noticed which I'm sure wasn't on the previous version was the help with the practical test too. This is particularly beneficial for me as I'm not able to do driving lessons now but it's helping to prepare me for the kind of things I will be learning about and the final test also - I'm sure this section will become even more relevant in the run up to the practical test.

Back to theory - the tests have to be the best part in my opinion. It's so easy to go through them again and again and are a useful learning tool; it helps me affirm what I know, what I kind of understand, and what I'm just guessing about so that I can actually have an aim with my studying of the highway code rather than trying to learn it in one go.

I have always been daunted by the highway code, but now I combine the tests with the code to break it down into more manageable pieces. I'm learning much quicker too!

Also the hazard perception test is good; I'm not always sure what a hazard is and sometimes think a post box is but the huge lorry approaching isn't. So, this part is of particular help because it teaches me about recognising hazards when driving (which I would like to be able to do!). However it would be a bonus (for me, at least) if there could be two possibilities with the hazard perception test - the straightforward test, and then a more learning-as-you-go option, so for example if I signal a hazard when there isn't necessarily one, a little box could appear saying, "This isn't necessarily a hazard", or if it is then, "Yes, that's a hazard". I find it easier to relate if I get this kind of feedback during the test rather than at the end, and then I would be able to prepare myself more so that when I start practising for the test I could turn off this feature and do it without instant feedback. If this already exists, please tell me!

Overall I would highly recommend using the DVD for people learning to drive, and I hear it's good for those recapping too. It's easier to manage than the printed highway code in my opinion, not daunting, easy to use and I feel one can learn a lot faster with this interactive style as opposed to reading it all in black and white.

It's also preparation for the real thing not just in learning and doing practice tests but in that it is electronic, just as is the exam (to my knowledge), which means you become comfortable with that format and can recall information quickly in that setting, as opposed to trying to translate pages and pages of knowledge.

All in all, highly recommended.

Does what it says on the cover - and it's still relevant if you have passed your test
This is the new 2008/9 edition. The program says it was 'last updated May 2008' and the content talks of 2007, but it's likely the information is really up to date, as laws change relatively slowly - besides the software can update itself via the internet anyway. Put in the DVD and the program installs quickly and runs perfectly on our Vista & XP gaming PCs, plus there are a few video options that can be set to ensure it all runs smoothly [useful as the training is very video based].

Start it up, and there's a great intro video outlining the reasons to drive safely: 95% of accidents are caused by human factors, seventeen under 25s die every week on the roads in the UK, a learner driver is 7x more likely to have an accident in his first 250 miles on the road. This video mentions research on why under 25s are so at risk, it's because they rely on their good reaction skills too heavily so that they become more aggressive in their attitude. This coupled with their inexperience on the road [hazard perception] is the cause of their notorious high accident rates [particularly among young males]. Whether any young man running this software will take much note of this is debateable, but at least the software might give them a few hazard perception skills and it will certainly help them pass the theory test [this is 'guaranteed' for users of this program] and the main driving test. For older 'safer' experienced drivers there's still much to gain from playing with this software, with it's prime message that "having the right attitude is the key to safe driving". As you would expect, it is very UK orientated, even the English voice-overs.

Once past the important intro, there's Theory test help [for the new DSA test], with training and then mock exams. You get similar help with the hazard perception test [which is the main cause of failure prior to the actual driving test]. The hazard perception test includes ten official sample clips [and many more of the same standard]. And finally there's the practical driving test, where you can view 60 video lessons, and there's show me/tell me questions plus a full mock driving test. Even more helpfully there's a lot of text/pictures that includes a Theory test book, all the roads signs you might be asked about, the official highway code, and 'safe driving for life'. There are options for learning when you are on the go, with things like printing out info and putting test/answers on your portable music player. The only downside is that the hazard perception videos are a bit blocky to the point that a distant hazard can be very tricky to perceive - not that you are marked down for it though provided you notice it as it comes nearer [click on it].

All for under a tenner, this is important software for any driver, and pretty essential viewing if your teenage kid is learning to drive. It will be well worth viewing this software yourself if you are teaching your kids to drive [so that you can ram home those safety points]. Great software.

All You Could Need (...for your Theory and Hazard Perception Test)
Prior to using this 2008/09 edition I had been using the previous version and without a shadow of a doubt I can say that this updated version is a much needed and welcome improvement. For one thing, it is aesthetically pleasing to look at which perhaps in the grand scheme of things is not that important but it is nice to get it right. Moving up the set of priorities is the way that this edition has set out its revision tests, in a way that one can accustom to their own revision technique without it being complicated, all the questions and answers needed to pass the UK Driving Test are included to encompass detailed revision to improve one's chances of passing as well as being laid out in easy chunks for all the information to sink in easily: the entire thing is user friendly and intuitive.

Most of the content can be transferred onto portable devices, such as your MP3 player for learning on the go as well as more (e.g. the Highway Code) being printable. All aspects of the Driving Test are covered, Theory and Hazard Perception, both for car drivers and motorcyclists so everything you could possibly need is here.

Furthermore, it also plots your progress as you go along so one can see how you are improving and what areas need improving. Therefore, all things considered this is an excellent tool to pass your theory and hazard perception tests.