Revision question · Band 3 driving test, disabilities, law

What should a driving-test candidate do if their inertia-reel seat belt has temporarily locked and they cannot put it on at the start of their test?

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Carry on with the test without a seat belt

Ask the examiner to postpone the test and seek a further appointment

Put it on as soon as the belt has released

Ignore it and fit it sometime later

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Put it on as soon as the belt has releasedThis was the right answer

Exemptions are provided in the regulations. If an inertia-reel seat belt has temporarily locked because the vehicle is parked on a gradient, the driver may move the vehicle. As soon as the mechanism has unlocked and released itself, the driver should stop and apply the belt.

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Carrying out driving tests: examiner guidanceReviewed guidance summary · A candidate follows the examiner’s safe direction; a temporarily locked belt is fitted as soon as released and a correcting manoeuvre remains under observation.

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