The Emergency Stop

The emergency stop is a test of your reaction time. You are required to bring to car to a stop as quickly as possible keeping to car under control at all times.

The emergency stop is carried out at random during one-in-three car tests to enable extra time to be spent in normal driving.

The examiner on the driving test will expect you to:-

Stop the car promptly

Keep the car under control without locking the wheels

Stop the car in the shortest possible distance

Stop the car without endangering other road users