NSW Driving Test. 1. Why You Might Fail Your Driving Test.

WHY YOU MIGHT FAIL
This guide shows examples of what you must do to drive safely and pass
the test. However, some actions and behaviours are classed as fail items.
If you do something that gets a fail, your test will continue so that you
can be given a full assessment of your driving ability but you will not
pass the test.

Here is a list of all the fail items along with some examples of how they may
happen on a driving test.

Remember that this is only a guide and if you have any more questions you
should consult the Road Users’ Handbook available from your local registry.

Alternatively, the Road Users’ Handbook as well as the Road Rules can be
downloaded from Roads and Maritime website rms.nsw.gov.au

1. DISOBEYING TRAFFIC SIGNS, SIGNALS OR ROAD MARKINGS
Be sure you have a thorough understanding of the meaning of regulatory
signs, traffic signals and road markings. They tell you what road rules apply
in any specific situation. Examples of this fail item include:

Not stopping at a red traffic light.
This means that all of your vehicle must be behind the stop line.

Not stopping at a yellow traffic light when it is safe to do so.
You must stop at a yellow light unless sudden braking
might cause a crash.

Not stopping correctly at a stop line.
Your final stopped position must be within one metre
of the stop line and with no part of your car over the line.
Crossing a continuous centre line, lane line or
edge line unnecessarily.

Disobeying lane markings (transit lane, turn arrows etc).
Not obeying regulatory signs such as One Way, No Entry, No U-Turn,
Keep Clear and Keep Left.