Failing your driving test can be frustrating, especially if you've spent weeks or months preparing. The good news is that many driving test failures happen for the same reasons, meaning you can focus your practice on the areas most likely to cause problems. A serious fault (sometimes called a "major fault") is a mistake that could potentially be dangerous or shows that you are not yet driving to the required standard. Just one serious or dangerous fault will result in a driving test failure....

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