There are 4 main reasons why people fail their driving test in Australia:

There are 9 car controls that you need to know about when you go for your practical driving test in Australia.

The driving examiners will ask you about two of them randomly:

1. Headlights & Indicators
2. Windscreen Wipers
3. Windscreen Washers
4. Hazard Lights
5. Air conditioner
6. Demister
7. Mirror Adjustment
8. Seat Adjustment
9. Rare-view Mirror Anti-glare

The red painted areas across some roads in Australia are a type of pavement marking. They are used to:

1) Guide traffic
2) Give advance warning
3) Apply a road rule

There areas are not to be confused with pedestrian crossings.

The reasons they are painted red are because red is the colour that:

1) triggers alertness
2) captures attention
3) is the most visible colour after yellow

20. Quarry Street, Hamilton: 10.5 degree angle; 19 per cent slope,

19. Norwood Tce, Paddington: 10.5 degree angle; 19 per cent slope,

18. Chaprowe Road, The Gap: 10.9 degree angle; 19 per cent slope,

17. Ellis Street, Kangaroo Point: 11.5 degree angle; 20 per cent slope,

16. Surrey Street, Red Hill: 11.5 degree angle; 20 per cent slope,

15. Hampson Street, Kelvin Grove: 11.5 degree angle; 20 per cent slope,

Some traffic rules in regards to road markings and lines (which are disobeyed in the video above):

• You must not drive on a painted traffic island if the island:
  
  a) Is surrounded by double continuous lines,
  
  b) Separates traffic flowing in the same direction.
  
  
• You must not cross continuous lane lines to change lanes