An immediate failure error is any driving that results in immediate danger to any road user or property.
Immediate failure errors are the most dangerous errors of all and result in immediate failure of the test.
Immediate failure errors include:
The testing officer has to say or do something to prevent a crash or unsafe situation.
You can’t do the testing officer’s instructions, either because you aren’t confident enough or you don’t have the skills.
It’s okay to ask the testing officer to repeat the instruction. You won’t fail simply because you don’t hear an instruction properly.
You hit an object, a vehicle or a person, or you mount the kerb with 1 wheel in a way that creates danger to property or causes a road user to take evasive action, or you mount the kerb with more than 1 wheel.
A collision that is completely the fault of another road user doesn’t count as an immediate failure error.
You don’t give way and another road user has to take evasive action. This includes when merging and changing lanes.
You drive between 5 and 10km/h over the speed limit for 5 seconds or more, or 10km/h or more over the speed limit at any time.
At intersections, you stop in a position that either blocks or sticks out into the stream of other traffic.
You stop on a pedestrian crossing causing a pedestrian to take evasive action.
You stop on a railway crossing.
You stop on parts of the road marked with cross-hatched yellow ‘no-stopping’ lines or keep clear zones.
You drive through a stop sign or red traffic light without stopping. Also, if you fail to stop when required at a yellow traffic light or railway level crossing.
You do anything else that causes immediate danger to other road users or property.