{"id":3598,"date":"2019-03-25T00:00:12","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T00:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/?p=3598"},"modified":"2019-02-05T11:20:05","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T11:20:05","slug":"can-you-drive-at-night-as-a-learner-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/can-you-drive-at-night-as-a-learner-driver\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you drive at night as a learner driver?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you haven&#8217;t passed your practical driving test yet, are you allowed to drive at night in the UK? In the UK we don&#8217;t have a graduated driver licence system like they do in Australia and New Zealand where, after passing your first practical test, you become a &#8216;restricted&#8217; or &#8216;provisional&#8217; driver where there are restrictions on when and how you can drive at different times. New Zealand&#8217;s restricted licence means you can&#8217;t carry passengers that aren&#8217;t close relatives, you can&#8217;t drive alone between 10pm and 5am and your blood alcohol level must be zero. Australia&#8217;s provisional licence has similar restrictions but also reduces the maximum speed from 100km\/h to 90km\/h.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the UK, we don&#8217;t do that. While you&#8217;re a <a href=\"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/highway-code\/car\/\">learner driver<\/a>, you must be accompanied by an experienced driver* or a driving instructor but you can drive at any time of the day or night. Once you pass your test you can drive at any time of the day or night on your own. As there&#8217;s no mandatory practice driving at night, newly qualified drivers are more at risk of having accidents when they have not had the experience of night driving.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3720\" src=\"http:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/night-driving-blurred-lights-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/night-driving-blurred-lights-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/night-driving-blurred-lights-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/night-driving-blurred-lights-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/night-driving-blurred-lights.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><b>Challenges when driving at night<\/b><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Judging the distance and speed of approaching vehicles: this is especially hard with motorbikes as they represent a single point of light rather than two headlights that gradually diverge<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reduced overall visibility: depth perception, peripheral vision and colour recognition are reduced, while glare from other headlights can dazzle you<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Difficulty seeing road markings in the rain<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fatigue<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A new driver hasn&#8217;t built up as much experience to be able to deal with these challenges. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*An experienced driver or supervisor is someone who is over 21 years old, is qualified to drive the vehicle you are driving, and has had their UK, EU or EEA licence for at least 3 years. 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