What you must be able to do
You must always:
make full and effective use of all the mirrors
check the mirrors carefully before signalling, changing direction or changing speed
use the ‘mirror - signal - manoeuvre’ routine effectively
Any mistakes you make in this area when changing direction will be counted under the ‘Mirrors - Change direction’ fault on your driving test result.
These are some examples of mistakes that would count towards this fault. Not using mirrors when exiting a roundabout You need to take the right-hand exit on a large multi-lane roundabout. When you move from the right-hand lane to the left-hand lane to exit the roundabout, you make no rear or passenger-side observations or mirror checks. Causing a vehicle to slow when changing lanes on a dual carriageway When you’re on a dual carriageway, you check your mirrors when changing lanes, but there’s a vehicle approaching in the lane you want to move into. You start to change lanes anyway, causing the approaching vehicle to slow down. Trying to change lane on a roundabout when a vehicle is directly alongside When you’re driving on a roundabout, you try to change lanes when there’s a vehicle directly alongside you. The driving examiner has to take control of the steering wheel to stop a collision. Exiting a roundabout without checking mirrors When you exit a roundabout, you do not check your mirrors and cut across the path of a closely following vehicle to the left-hand side of the car.