hi guys so this is a video about the show me
tell me part of the driving test so just a brief overview of the show me and tell me Parts
the show me part uh is for you to operate one of seven controls whilst you're driving along now
always before the examiner asks you to operate the control they will always start with when
it's safe to do so so for example they may say to you when it's safe to do so I would like you
to operate the rear demister so because they've said when it's safe to do so it's important that
you don't necessarily have to rush and do that immediately you might be dealing with a hazard or
a roundabout or some parked cars or things like that so don't rush into doing it take your time
and pick the right moment to do it okay and we'll show you the the seven controls that you might
have to use if you forget where the control is that's not a problem because the examiner will
actually pull you over at the side of the road and they'll actually show you where the control
is because this is not a test of you knowing where the control is this is a test that you know that
you can operate it safely without losing control of the car the tell me part of the test that
consists of 14 questions and the examiner will ask you one tell me question at the beginning of the
test um now you can't fail for getting the tell me question wrong you can get a minor fault but
my view is that you should study and you should know because First Impressions count and it is
your first chance to impress The Examiner so the examiner will ask you at the test center either
when you're outside of the car if it's one of the questions that can be done outside or inside the
car to tell you something about the car you've got the document that you can download and what
I would suggest is that if there's any questions that you're really struggling with put them on a
Post-It note and put it somewhere where you'll see it every day especially question two and question
four about the tire pressures and tire Treads because they're the ones that people struggle with
so I put those answers on a Post-It note stick it on your wardrobe or on your mirror on your laptop
or whatever you wherever you spend most of your time during the day and that will just help you to
remember the answers I've got a document for you uh you can go into the description and download
the document which is a good idea because then you can print it off you can highlight off
any questions that you might struggle with um we're going to start with a show me questions
first in the tell me questions the questions number two and four are usually the questions that
people struggle with they're the ones about the tire pressures and the tire trades but we'll go on
to the show me questions first there are several of them um now these these are questions that are
done while you're driving along so when you're on your driving test the examiner will ask you to do
one of these seven things while you're driving and this is not a test of you knowing where the
control is this is a test of you being able to operate the control without losing control of
the car so for example you shouldn't be swerving while you're operating control you shouldn't
take your eyes off the road for too long and you shouldn't slow down too much that's a common
one that people's come off the gas and slow down while they're working the control so it's more of
a test have you been able to operate the control um just on that note as a backup plan if
you were to forget where the control is you can just mention that to the examiner
and surprisingly they will actually pull you in at the side of road they'll show you
where the control is then they'll get you to drive on again again and then get you to
operate control while you're driving along so there's actually seven of uh the show me
questions and we're going to start with the first two which are the front and rear demisters
now my car's a voxel Corsa so they might be different on your car so you should get used
to your controls on your car or on your driving instructor's car so I'm going to start with the
first two which are the front and rear demister okay so the front demister is just here on the
Corsa and we'll press this and you'll see it lights up you can hear it also is blown into
action after we turned it on hopefully without losing any control then you'll be asked to
switch it off as well so that's the front you mister on the other side next to the other
round button so it's quite easy to find is the rear demister here and simply press that one
you'll probably drive on for a few seconds and then they'll ask you to switch it off so
there's the front and rear demisters for you okay so next we're going to move on to lowering
the driver's side front window and the buttons just here press the button down window will go
down if you hold it for a few seconds it would go all the way down and a few moments later you'll be
bringing it back up so hold the button let it go after a few seconds and the window will go all the
way up so moving on to the next show me question and that would be when it's safe to do so show
me how to Sound the Horn so this is a nice easy one on the Vauxhall Corsa we would just press on
there and as you can see that will Sound the Horn okay guys so moving on to the windscreen washers
now this is our wiper control and if we pull the wiper control towards us we can see that washes
the front screen and if we push it away from us you won't be able to see this in a video but as I
push it away from us it's washing the back screen okay finally we're moving on to the light switch
as you drive along the examiner will say to you okay when it's safe to do so I'd like to show
me how to turn on the headlights on the course of the light switch is just here and we turn
it two clicks to the right one two our dipped headlights are on and then a moment later
we'll turn it two clicks back to the left which will put it back on the automatic setting okay moving on to the tell me questions
now and probably the easiest way for me to do this is read off the sheet and give you the
answers and we'll do some demonstrations as well um so there's 14 tell me questions and
remember you can't fairly test it get them wrong but first impressions count so do try
and revise these questions and get to know them um so question one is tell me how you check
those brakes are working before starting a journey and the correct answer to give is that
the break should be tested as you set off the brake should not feel spongy or slack and your
vehicle should not fall to one side question two is tell me where you find the information for the
recommended tire pressures for this car and how the tire pressure should be checked now this
is one of the questions that people struggle with because it's actually a five part answer so
I would suggest putting this on a Post-It note um the first party answer is the information is in
the manufacturer's guide we should use a reliable pressure gauge that's a gauge not a Gorge check
and adjust the tires when the tires are cold check the spare tire and remember to read your valve cap
so that's the five parts of the answer to that one um question three is an easy one tell me how
you make sure your head straight is correctly adjusted so it provides the best protection
the event of a crash so the correct answer here is that the rigid part of the HEPA strain um
should be behind your eyes and ears and as close to the head as comfortable and the reason for
that last part is because some head restraints are just backwards and forwards mine don't it
just goes up and down but it's as close ahead as possible or as comfortable um question four
tell me how you check the tires to ensure they have sufficient tread depth and that their General
condition is safe to use on the road now this is another one that pupils find really hard to learn
and on your cheat that you can download you'll notice that the first part of the answer I've
put in bold because quite often pupils forget to mention the first part of the answer so the
first part of the answer is that there should be no Cuts or bulges in the tire and the second
part is that the tire should have at least 1.6 millimeters of tread depth across the central
three quarters attire and all the way around um question five is tell me how you check
the headlights and tail lights are working um The Examiner will say to you don't need to
exit the vehicle because uh a few years ago you had to get out but you don't need to now um so
your answer for this one would be that you would turn the ignition on and your headlights on and
then you'd walk around the vehicle and check that they're working um as is to tell me question
you don't have to physically check the lights question six tell me how you know if there's a
problem with your anti-lock braking system quite an easy one this one and the answer you give to
the examiner is that a warning light should come up on the dashboard if there's a problem with
your anti-lock braking system uh question seven tell me how you check the direction indicators
are working you don't need to exit the vehicle um again fairly straightforward answer this you
don't have to have the ignition on but the answer would be a simple one that I put my hazard warning
lights on and then I'd walk around the vehicle and just check that all the indicators are working
there has been occasions when the examiners um have uh asked the pupil to actually do it
using the indicator switch rather than the hazard warning lights but I don't think that's likely to
happen now because you don't have to physically do the check um question eight uh tell me how you
check the brake lights are working on the car um so on this one we'd say I would turn the
ignition on and then I press my brake pedal and ask somebody to check for me or I could make use
of Reflections in Windows or doors Etc um question eight tell me how you check the power assisted
steering is working before starting a journey um so I'll actually demonstrate this one for you
I'll turn my engine off for the moment so when the engine is off the power steering feels very heavy
and then if we check handbrake and neutral before we restart the engine restart the engine once the
engine started the steering feels much lighter so that's how we would check the power steering the
examiners may ask you to give a demonstration of that they may not okay so it might be just enough
to just explain it to them um question 10 tell me how you switch on the rear fog lights and explain
to me when you'd use them and again they'll say to you don't need to get out of the vehicle so
um we'd have to have the ignition on for this so we would the answer we would give is I'd turn
the ignition on and the headlights on and then put the rear fog lights on and a warning light
will come up on the dashboard and Rear Front lights must only be used if visibility is less
than 100 meters okay so that would be ignition on headlights on fog lights on and only should
be used when visibility is less than 100 meters question 11 um this is the last one before we need
to get out of the car so uh tell me how you switch your headlight from dipped beam to main beam
and tell me how you know the main beam is on um well I'll demonstrate this one as well so
I'll get the um ignition on turn my headlights two clicks to the right and then for the main beam
I use this stalk here push it forward and how I know the main beam is on is because a blue light
has appeared on the dashboard and that tells us that the main beam is on okay so we're gonna get
out the car now to do the last three questions because these all involve opening the Bonnet
um so we'll see you on the outside okay so the next three questions all involve lifting up the
Bonnet so to lift up the Bonnet fee down in the passenger side here we've got this lever which I'm
going to pull you might hear the Bonnet pop open and then as it come out it's a good idea to
close the door in case the wind catches the door Vauxhall core so it's quite easy to find
where we open the Bonnet because there's like a little Gap or a hole here so slide
my hand in and this is what I was pressing bring this up and then we have to move around
slightly take the prop and pop it into here so first of all underneath the body we're going
to look at checking the oil and we will explain to The Examiner that we would remove the dipstick
take it out and wipe it and then put the dipstick back in take it out again and check that your
level is between minimum and maximum The Examiner might then ask you where would you need to add
the oil if it needed oil and we would point to this one here um there's no need to touch anything
don't get your hands dirty they don't want you to touch anything you've got to get in the car and
drive in a moment so just just point to whatever you need to um the coolant is the next one so on
the Corsa the engine coolant is just here and we would just check that the level is between the
minimum and maximum and that's all we need to do so point to The Container explain it should
be between minimum and maximum and then finally the brake fluid over here and it's the same
amount so point to this container and we explain that the brake fluid level should be between the
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