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  2. Driver licences in Australia - Wikipedia

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    The new process requires applicants to complete the Hazard Perception Test before the Practical Driving Assessment. Applicants still have to be at least 16 years of age when acquiring a Learner's Permit, but are now required to be at least 16 years and 6 months of age for the Hazard Perception Test and at least 17 years of age for the Practical ...

  3. Hazard Perception Test - Wikipedia

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    Screenshot of the test with new computer generated graphics. The hazard perception test is administered as part of the theory test and is taken immediately after the multiple-choice questions. Learner drivers can sit the test from the age of 17. Those on the higher rate component of Disability Living Allowance are able to take the test at 16.

  4. Graduated driver licensing - Wikipedia

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    Receipt of a full drivers license typically requires a specific minimum age, a minimum time period of driving experience, and may require the passing of a final road test of driving skills or the passing of a hazard perception test. The first graduated driver licensing systems involving a learner licensing phase, an intermediate, provisional or ...

  5. Road transport in Australia - Wikipedia

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    In most states, there's also an age limit (which ranges from 16 ½ to 18, depending on state). In most states, including NSW, QLD, WA, Tas and ACT, the limit is 17. This process typically involves a practical driving test and a computerised test involving a hazard perception section and possibly some multiple choice questions.

  6. Newly licensed driver plate - Wikipedia

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    After learners pass their driving test, they must display a A-plate (for apprenti), of round shape with white background and red letter, for three years (shortened to two years for those who took part in the conduite accompagnée program – a program allowing learner to drive with a licensed driver in the passenger seat and starting three ...

  7. Defensive driving - Wikipedia

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    Defensive driving describes the practice of anticipating dangerous situations, despite adverse conditions or the mistakes of others when operating a motor vehicle. [ 1 ] [ a ] It can be achieved by adhering to general guidelines, such as keeping a two- or three-second gap between the driver's vehicle and the vehicle in front to ensure adequate ...

  8. Risk assessment - Wikipedia

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    In practice, a true zero-risk is possible only with the suppression of the risk-causing activity. [ citation needed ] Stringent requirements of 1 in a million may not be technologically feasible or may be so prohibitively expensive as to render the risk-causing activity unsustainable, resulting in the optimal degree of intervention being a ...

  9. Motorcycle safety - Wikipedia

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    US Navy motorcycle training at Imperial Beach. Motorcycle safety is the study of the risks and dangers of motorcycling, and the approaches to mitigate that risk, focusing on motorcycle design, road design and traffic rules, rider training, and the cultural attitudes of motorcyclists and other road users.