D
riving Test Complete PC DVD-rom software
Driving Test Complete is based on the UKs best selling driving test CD-rom software product for 2006 and 2007 - the Theory Test 3-in-1. It has all the features of this CD-rom product but because DVD-roms can contain so much extra data this new PC software product offers much, much more including the most user friendly interface yet designed with Windows Vista type icons, drop down, carousel and tree menus etc. All designed to enhance the learning experience. So if you’re PC has a DVD-rom drive (most PC's from 2005 onwards do) and you want to pass the Theory, Hazard Perception or Practical Driving test this is definitely the product for you. Click here for PDF version of product cover.
November 2007. Awarded Best Buy 2007 by Auto Express - the only PC software for learner drivers awarded 5 stars. Auto Express reviewed the top 10 training aids for learner drivers in November 2007 and Driving Test Complete came out as the number 1 software product. Click for more details.
January 2008. New version of the Driving Test Complete containing the new Highway Code, several new features, a new cover and 406 Hazard Perception clips was launched.
Purchase details
The price of the standard product is £9.99 (£10.99 including postage and packing). You can also buy the standard product with the Highway Code for £12.49 (£13.99 including postage and packing). Alternatively you can buy the standard product with the new Hazard Perception eXtra DVD-rom for £20 (including P&P) or £22.50 with the new Highway Code and boost your HP clips to over 600. To purchase any of the product combinations please contact us on freephone number 0800 400 777 or send a letter together with a cheque (made payable to “Learner Driving Centres”) or postal order to Material Sales, Learner Driving Centres, Station House, Station Lane, Pontefract, West Yorkshire WF8 1RB.
Alternatively, you can buy any of the below product combinations online, over a secure connection, by clicking on the appropriate PayPal button. Goods purchased online will be despatched by first class post. Allow up to two working days for delivery. Please note postal prices quoted are for UK only. For people out side of the UK please call our Material sales department on 01977 691810.
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Standard Complete only £10.99 |
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Complete + Highway |
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Complete + HP eXtra only £20 |
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Complete + HP eXtra + Highway |
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Hazard Perception eXtra |
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Driving Test Complete product features
Please note professional voiceover is used extensively throughout the product for help, information, learning notes, tutorials, animations, video, questions, answers and hint advice and has been stated here to save repetition of this fact in the features and descriptions below.
The Product is made up of 7 distinct application programs, namely:
1. Theory Test
The very latest OFFICIAL DSA Question Bank for cars drivers and motorcyclists (i.e. 2007/2008 questions) used in 3 unique learning programmes with highly realistic mock test simulations. Nothing can offer you the same learning flexibility or ease of use with comprehensive pre-study tutorials and help hint pop up. See below for more details.
2. Hazard Perception
406 Hazard Perception test simulation video clips including the 10 OFFICIAL DSA test sample clips and test introduction video providing 22 properly balance, unique test simulations. Also includes entertaining interactive multimedia tutorials to help you understand the test, the skills you are trying to develop and the common types of hazard that appear on test. See below for more details.
3. Practical Test
Fully interactive mock test videos, tutorials and driving test game so you know exactly what to expect on the big day and exactly how the examiner will mark you. Discover if you still have any outstanding driving weaknesses and how to correct them. Ensure you make your first test your last. See below for more details.
4. Learn-2-Drive system
20 Interactive driving lessons using over 50 animations, videos and quizzes to help you to prepare for each driving lesson in LDC’s highly acclaimed tuition system. Put yourself in the driving seat by making sure you follow a proven structured training programme that leaves nothing to chance. See below for more details.
5. Show Me Tell Me
Complete video lesson with video examples of each of the 13 OFFICIAL test questions (i.e. 5 Show Me and 8 Tell Me questions). Don’t get caught out even before you start by rehearsing how to answer each of the 13 official questions that can appear on the practical driving test. See below for more details.
6. Highway Code Plus
Interactive talking version of the OFFICIAL Highway Code (new version), LDC’s supplementary training notes and extracts from Motorcycle Rider essential skills with view, search and print capabilities. Plus eBooks of LDC’s version of the Highway Code and Theory Test quiz book valued at £1.99 and £6.99 respectively. See below for more details.
7. Signs, signals and road markings
Interactive tutorials about the UK sign system plus 3 games to make learning your traffic signs fun. Learn how our signs, signals and road markings came about then test yourself with the theory, quick fire and memory game. See below for more details.
Nothing in the market currently compares to the quality or the quantity of the Driving Test Complete product. Indeed it is easy to pay twice as much for half of what this product offers. So if you want to give yourself the best possible chance of passing the Theory, Hazard Perception and practical Driving Test first time then buy Driving Test Complete and put yourself in the driving seat today. To find out more please read on.
1. Theory Test program
Information module
- Interactive tutorial that tells you all about the Theory Test with professional voiceover.
- Comprehensive help on how to use the program at each stage.
Learning module
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Contains the entire Official DSA Theory Test question bank for car drivers and motorcyclists 2007/08 which is valid for tests taken from 3rd September 2007 all with click on text professional voiceover. - Three unique learning quiz programmes that enable you to cover all the Official questions with ease.
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One designed to work with the standard DSA theory categories, - one to work with your study of the Highway Code or
- one to work hand-in-hand with the early stages of your in-car driving course.
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- No other product gives you such learning flexibility or ease of use. Also includes one learning quiz programme specifically for the motorcyclist theory test.
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Pre-study illustrated learning notes for each of the above learning quiz programmes with relevant extracts from the new Highway Code, our own unique supplementary notes (covers the theory needed that is not in the Highway Code) and the Motorcycle Riders the Essential Skills publication. - Learning quiz hint pop up screen again with appropriate extracts from the above publications to help you with
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Unique traffic light progress monitoring detailing which of the Official questions have been answered correctly, incorrectly or not at all. The only product to make it easy to know when all the Official questions have been learnt or what’s outstanding. - Each learning quiz has the option to exclude questions already correctly answered thus enabling you to focus on those questions not attempted or answered incorrectly.
Exam testing module
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Six properly balanced pre-set simulated Theory Tests based on our extensive experience (as the third largest national driving school in the UK) of the most commonly occurring test questions all under realistic exam
conditions. - Unlimited randomly generated Theory Test simulations (again properly balanced with the right number of questions from each category) just as on the real test.
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Printable exam papers of randomly generated Theory Test simulations to allow you to test yourself away from the computer. - Designed to work with the new harder Theory Test that came in to force in September 2007.
Review final revision module
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Comprehensive test review with weaknesses automatically identified and feed back to the learning module using LDC unique traffic light question monitoring facility for subsequent revision before attempting another simulated test.
Reading difficulties?
- Over 10 hours of professional voice over presentation is provided throughout this product. Perfect for anyone with reading difficulties or who simply finds reading the computer screen tiring.
Information learning module
- Official DSA video introduction to the Hazard Perception Test.
- Comprehensive video tutorial and interactive presentation
about the scoring mechanism and precisely what constitutes a developing hazard. -
Three Multi-media interactive tutorials entitled
- About the HP Test,
- Hazard Perception skills and
- Defensive Driving skills
incorporating 30 video clips and several interactive animated presentations.
Practice learning module
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Thirteen tutorials covering each of the 13 common hazard perception test types that can appear on test and in the real world. - 14 Practice clips, one for each hazard test type and one containing a double hazard for you to practice on with comprehensive review.
- After being tested on any practice clip you are presented with a comprehensive review feature that enables you to replay any practice clip in full or in part using a drag bar line that also shows exactly where you clicked and where each section of the scoring window was with the option to pause at each score point.
Exam Testing module
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406 Hazard Perception video clips used to accurately simulate the Hazard Perception Test including the 10 Official DSA Hazard Perception sample video clips. All shot from outside of the car as on the real test. - 22 Full pre-set Hazard Perception test simulations with review option. Each test is unique and contains a properly balanced set of hazard test types. Test 1 contains the 10 official sample test clips making this simulation particularly realistic.
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Random Hazard Perception Test simulations with review option giving virtually unlimited test combinations. - After each pre-set or random test you are presented with a comprehensive test review feature that enables you to replay any test clip in full or in part using a drag bar line that also shows exactly where you clicked and where each section of the scoring window was with the option to pause at each score point.
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Exceptionally accurate anti-cheat mechanism to help you determine what type of clicking is and is not allowed. - Video is shot from outside the car in full PAL resolution (i.e. 720 X 576) just as on the real test - not from behind the windscreen of the car in a lower, grainer resolution as on most other products.
Review and retesting module
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Review your test performance by hazard type and retake a test using just those clips for any particular hazard type you are weak on. Once you have made sure you are no longer weak on any particular type of hazard use the league table of weakest clips to polish off any final clip weaknesses. - Weakest clip league table review and retest. Allows you to see and retest yourself on your ten weakest clips for any particular hazard type or across all types. Helps you to eliminate any final weaknesses you might have.
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Pre-set Hazard Perception test simulation review so that you can re-examine any of the 22 previously taken pre-set tests from the testing module again. - Again as with the practice clip and test modules you have the comprehensive clip review features available to you.
3. Practical Driving Test program
- Interactive multi-media (i.e. animation, video and slideshow) tutorial About the Driving Test.
- Use an interactive talking version of the Driving Test examiners report to determine exactly what the examiner is looking and determine precisely what driving faults might be recorded and why.
- Interactive training notes version of the Driving Test examiners report to help you correct any faults you may
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identified from the above. - Interact with a full driving test video game. Take on the role of the examiner and determine how to mark the pupils Driving Test Report. Watch and interact with a full driving test – much more than just a mock test video.
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Highly acclaimed LDC Learn-2-Drive programme of 20 lessons for you to follow with mum or dad or indeed your driving instructor. - The computer lessons are composed of over 50 interactive animated presentations with exercises, video tutorials and quizzes to help you prepare for each in-car lesson in the LDC programme.
1. Moving off
2. Gears
3. Steering
4. Co-ordination
5. The emergency stop
6. Junctions and hazard drill
7. Crossroads
8. Emerging from busier junctions
9. Roundabouts
10. Pedestrian crossings and traffic signals
11. Hazard perception and defensive driving
12. Dual carriageways
13. Town and city centre driving
14. Progressive driving
15. Mock driving test
M1. Straight line reverse
M2. Reversing to the left
M3. Reversing to the right
M4. Turn in the road
M5. Reverse and bay parking
Show me Tell me program- Full Show me Tell driving lesson video with one of LDCs professional driving instructors.
- Interactive show me drag and drop animated game.
- 13 interactive mock test video examples of the 5 “Show Me” and the 8 “Tell Me” Official test questions.
- Talking Highway Code: the latest Official Highway Code for you to listen to, view, search and/or print.
- Talking Supplementary Notes: covering theory not in the Highway Code for both the car drivers and the motorcycle riders’ theory test.
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Easy to listen to professional voice over presentation. - Free Highway Code eBook (rrp £1.95) in PDF format.
- Free Theory Test eBook (rrp £6.99) in PDF format.
- Full eBook search, extract and print capabilities.
7. Signs, road markings and signals program
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Learn all about the signs system using a series of tutorials - Theory Test signs quiz game.
- Signs memory game.
- Signs quick fire game.
LDC Driving Test Complete ... the magnificent seven.
And finally
In our view no other product currently offers:
- A more flexible or easier way to learn the answers to the Official Theory Test questions both for car drivers or motorcyclists.
- A better understanding of what constitutes a developing hazard in the Hazard Perception Test and what are the common Hazard Types to look out for.
- More realistic Hazard Perception Test video clips, all shot from outside of the car as on the real test in full PAL resolution.
- More Hazard Perception clips to practice on (i.e. 406 in total).
- Properly balanced Hazard Perception Test simulations with the right number of clips from each hazard type.
- A better way to view, search, listen too or print the contents of the Highway Code.
- The extra LDC supplementary learning notes to cover the theory you need to answer the Official questions not covered by the Highway Code.
- A better or more proven training system to learn to drive.
- A more comprehensive understanding of the practical driving test both in the way it is conducted, what constitutes a driving fault and precisely how you will be marked.
- A more fun way to learn your road signs, signals and road markings.
- Better value-for-money; it is easy to pay twice as much for a product half as good.
Minimum PC specification
The minimum PC specification recommended to run the above software is as follows:
Operating System: Windows® 2000/ME/XP or Vista.
CPU: Pentium II 800.
Hard Drive Space: Minimum - 1.55gb with HP clips on DVD-Rom or 5.54gb full hard drive install.
Memory: 128mb.
Graphics: 800 x 600 x 32 bit colour.
Dvd-Rom Speed: 2 x or faster.
Audio: 16bit SoundCard.
Printer: Recommended.
Internet Access: Optional.
Other Software: Microsoft Internet Explorer
Although we are confident that the majority of Computers that satisfy this minimum specification will successfully run the program we can not guarantee this as other factors can also effect compatibility.