Top 5 Tips to Pass your Driving Test

5.  Personalize the driving test.  This is your test, you've paid for it, make it yours.  Put the radio on quietly if you want it on, sort the temperature to make YOU comfortable, use a cloth on that side mirror to wipe rain droplets off before your manoeuvre, tell the examiner what you're thinking if you want to (remember, you can't ask them to make driving decisions for you), need a moment to compose yourself... do it.  This is YOUR moment to demonstrate that YOU are a safe, efficient and considerate driver.  

4.  Avoid added pressure.  You will be anxious enough about the test itself, but when the test result affects another important factor in your life then that is piling up the pressure on you.  This is aggravated yet further if the important event is very close in time to the driving test – because that means if you were to fail the test, you don’t even have time to have another attempt.  A new job is a classic example of this problem e.g. the job requires you to have passed; fail the test, you don’t get the job.

3.  Drive to the conditions.  It will be natural to want the test to be over as soon as possible, and it will be so tempting to rush through the 38 minute test, to get it over and done with.  A driver who is not responding to different driving conditions is test fail material.  Whatever crops up, crops up and needs dealing with.  Think of the test like a moving goal, your responsibility is to be seen to be able to adapt to that moving target.  Look at the top reason given for why the test is designed as it is.

2.  Observe first, drive second.  The top reason for failing driving tests is lack of observations at junctions.  You will need to demonstrate an attitude of consideration for other road users.  A fundamental development in driving ability is being able to consider how your driving affects other road users.

THE NUMBER 1 THING TO DO TO PASS YOUR TEST FIRST TIME........

1.  Get lots of driving experience.   How much experience you have of driving will greatly influence your potential to pass first time.  People who rush through a few driving lessons, to then rush into a driving test, are very likely to be rushing to fail.  Look beyond the test, aim to train to be safe for the years ahead.  Paying for lots of tests, or high insurance premiums due to accidents,  or even paying with your life – is avoidable by training well so that you drive well (passing the test then becomes a side issue).

Any Learners monitoring this blog that have any questions on the above, please feel free to add comments below.