The first thing to do is make sure you have both hands on your steering wheel, as this will help you to retain as much control as possible. In a real emergency situation there would be no time to check your mirrors or indicate, so do not do so in your driving test, however counter-intuitive that may seem. Once you are asked to perform the manoeuvre, do so immediately. You should always be aware what is going on behind you, however, your examiner will also be keeping an eye on the road, and will not ask you to perform an emergency stop if it is not safe to do so. Driving in excess of the speed limit, or too slowly for the traffic could see you given a fault, even if you perform the emergency stop correctly. They will have picked a suitable location, so there is no need to accelerate as quickly as possible, and they will want to see you perform the manoeuvre from a normal speed, so it is important not to go too slowly either.
Once your examiner has told you to pull away, wait until it is safe to do so and drive away as normal until they tell you to perform the emergency stop. It won’t happen unexpectedly.Īn emergency stop is a simple manoeuvre to perform, and you won’t be asked to do so if the examiner feels it is unsafe (for example there is traffic around), so there is no need to panic. Although you should always be prepared to do an emergency stop should the situation arise, if your examiner would like to see you demonstrate an emergency stop, they will ask you to pull over to the side of the road and ask you to do so. The emergency stop will be done in addition to your other manoeuvres. One in three people taking their driving test will be asked to do an emergency stop.
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