I see where you are coming from, but it is imperative that your head moves to see in the blind spots of the car; it's the large section of the surroundings of the car that mirrors are not covering or that are hidden by pillars or other structures of your car if you head stays still.

I don't think it's a big deal if you otherwise check your mirrors, speed, rpm, etc using peripheral vision, but if your head isn't moving and always points forward, it's physically impossible to stay aware of everything happening around you because there are large chunks you never see

Sorry, but they're the rules of the game.

You're right, there are many bits about the driving test that are suboptimal, but the aim here isn't to be 100% optimal, it's to make it clear to the examiner that you're doing the checks.

That's all it is.

I was a mess when I was younger, especially in these kinds of situations - it took me eight attempts to pass my driving test, and my instructor could never understand why I kept failing. As an adult, I'm much happier with there being different rules for variants of situations, but when I was younger it just felt wrong.

I have been "advanced" in most areas of things that I've applied myself to, but for some fucking reason, driving has always been my arch nemesis. I just got my permit and I still absolutely blow so far.

I wouldn't pin this on the assessors or even those making the tests. In scaling the driving test system up to fit an entire country, they can't accommodate each individual's needs, and the position of a driver's head tends to be correlated with attention. You should learn to move your head to the point you are focusing on, instead of complaining because the system doesn't perfectly accommodate you.

I took ages to get my license because I kept failing, and only found out later that the office where I was going was notorious for being impossible to pass. It's just in a really dense area with enormous amounts of idiosyncratic bullshit that I'm sure 90% of licensed drivers get wrong. Like one time I failed because there were two gaps in the middle lines for turning, and no indication of which gap matched which side street, and I guessed wrong.

After that I got an instructor that explained some of the BS things I needed to do to pass - even if nobody does them when driving - and I went to a quieter area to take the test. There are places people know to go to where it's easier. Might be worth looking up if there's any better places where you live.

My test proctor asked me to move my seat back so he could see my eyes move. We stopped and did a little bit of hkm asking queations to make sure I noticed everything around me. Test proctors often have tricks to just make sure you get it without making you too uncomfortable.