What you must be able to do
You must be able to:
position the car correctly for your intended route
position the car in the middle of marked lanes
only change lanes when necessary
Any mistakes you make in this area will be counted under the ‘Positioning - Normal driving’ fault on your driving test result.
These are some examples of mistakes that would count towards this fault. Repeatedly driving too close to the kerb or centre of the road Throughout the test, you repeatedly drive too close to either:
the kerb, putting pedestrians at risk
the centre of road, putting oncoming drivers at risk
Unnecessarily driving in the right-hand lane of a dual carriageway When you drive on a dual carriageway, you unnecessarily drive in the right-hand lane for a considerable length of time. Cutting across the normal road position when you go ahead at a roundabout with no lane markings When you go ahead at a roundabout with no lane markings, you ‘straight-line’ the roundabout with no consideration for following vehicles. ‘Straight-lining’ means you drive in a straight line in the road, rather than following the bend of the roundabout.