Driving test tomorrow - advice?

Monkeynut said:
If you accidentally go the wrong way, don't worry - the instructor is primarily testing you on safety so if you accidentally end up in the right lane and can't pass across safely tell your examiner this and as a result you cannot go in that direction. Then carry on as normal and he will give you a new route.
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Do this so you go round and round in circles on a pre-determined route you know and can do :p job done :p
 
Passed mine about 6 months ago 1st time :) Just be confident and drive smooth. I should have failed mine for clipping a kerb while pulling up and pulling out too close to another car. But I passed because the rest of my driving was very good :)
 
Nitefly said:
Make it obvious you are checking your mirrors.
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Don't bother with this. Just ask the instructor if they'd prefer that you put the rear mirrors in the wrong position so it's obvious that you're checking or can can you just leave them in the correct position?
 
Make sure its obvious you are checking your mirrors as its been said, move your head rather then just the eyes as other-wise the tester might not notice.

Try and be carm and chat with the tester, i was lucky and second time (first time was a female friend of a friends dad and he hated me, plus he got sacked for being an alcoholic not long after) i got a really nice guy and i kept talking to him about motorbikes and general guff in the news that day. I obviously bored him with small talk as he basically fell alseep and then gave me a single minor once we got back to the test station as he said it would look odd if i'd passed without a single critique.

Your be fine.
 
This whole "move your head" stuff is utter tripe. It's the testers job to notice, drive like you normally would and concentrate on doing it safely - if you're actually looking in the mirrors they will know it, distracting yourself by having to consciously make movements isn't a smart move
 
iaind said:
This whole "move your head" stuff is utter tripe. It's the testers job to notice, drive like you normally would and concentrate on doing it safely - if you're actually looking in the mirrors they will know it, distracting yourself by having to consciously make movements isn't a smart move
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Its really not very hard to move your head left and right to actively shos your checking your mirrors is it? either way your going to be looking at the mirrors but only one way you know the examiner is defiantly going to notice it. Its his job to notice it but what happen if he doesn't = a fail, you certainly won't fail for doing it.

Infact, chances are you move your head to look at your mirrors you just don't notice it, all i'm saying is to exaggerate it.
 
Well im going to get more than usual, 9 hours sleep, then a 2 hour lesson at 11am, test at 13:38. next post will be to reveal my fortune :) thanks! I drove with my dad a couple of times and other than 1 obvious mistake (pulled out at a roundabout when someone was coming, stupid i know but that was the only one) I drove a 50 mile journey with 1 minor, gear fault, was doing like5mph trying to pull away in 2nd shouldve been in first. Thanks peeps! coffee in the morning, good breakfast too :) night night!
 
You boys think 60 lessons is a lot. My dads girlfriend took over 2 years, 4 instructors, 250 hours with said instructors and around 50 hours with my dad.

Failed first test with two majors. Second test she fluked it, was asked to drive a straight road for 30 mins back to her home town where she knows well. Complete fluke.

She's been passed a few weeks, still uses P plates and claims she's doing emergency avoidance manoeuvres everyday and emergency stops! Obviously not reading the road at all.

I've sat with her and its scary to think she's had 300 lessons. She brakes hard 50 yards before roundabouts and creeps up in 2nd gear...only when she reaches the line will she look to her right. She notices nothing and reacts to nothing. It's genuinely frightening. Not to mention she has zero sense of direction and can't navigate out of her home town very well.

The above is all true as hard as it is to believe.
 
im 18 had no experience driving at all and most of my actual lessons were 2 hours. ive had 60 hours but only been out around 30 times. I drive 8 miles to my test centre so thats a 15 minute journey there and back. most of my mates passed before 50 hours but I was a slos starter. still if I pass this afternoon I wont care :)
 
Demons UK said:
Its really not very hard to move your head left and right to actively shos your checking your mirrors is it? either way your going to be looking at the mirrors but only one way you know the examiner is defiantly going to notice it. Its his job to notice it but what happen if he doesn't = a fail, you certainly won't fail for doing it.

Infact, chances are you move your head to look at your mirrors you just don't notice it, all i'm saying is to exaggerate it.
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Its not hard, no. However, by this point looking at mirrors should be second nature. Trying to consciously make a movement every time you check your mirrors will be distracting.

He wont fail you if he doesnt notice you looking, he'll fail you if he sees that you didnt look - he's looking at your eyes and your reactions to the road around you, not head movements.

This is one of those silly 18 year old to 18 year old bits of "advice" that is likely to do more harm than good. I've even heard someone say make sure you apply the handbrake without using the button so the examiner hears the ratchet - just in case he didnt notice you putting it on! He's not sleeping in there, the examiners do this day in day out - they're more than capable of looking for eye movement and assessing your reactions
 
God it's easy, <8mph you'll want to be in 1st, but then you shouldn't really be creeping at that speed anyway. Relax, observe, anticipate, even talk through your reasoning for doing something if it's drastic. "I braked excessively hard because that bloke overshot his junction"

I chatted to my examiner about work and how long he's been doing it etc :)
 
Never skip a red light even if it means slamming your brakes on mega hard.
always indicate at roundabouts even if others arent (they fail you hard for this now)
dont be worried if the instructor gets you to repeat parking up several times.(their checking for mirrors, that it wasnt a one off etc)
 
You should never be at the stage of having to slam on brakes for a red light, thats what the orange is for!
 
iaind said:
Its not hard, no. However, by this point looking at mirrors should be second nature. Trying to consciously make a movement every time you check your mirrors will be distracting.

He wont fail you if he doesnt notice you looking, he'll fail you if he sees that you didnt look - he's looking at your eyes and your reactions to the road around you, not head movements.

This is one of those silly 18 year old to 18 year old bits of "advice" that is likely to do more harm than good. I've even heard someone say make sure you apply the handbrake without using the button so the examiner hears the ratchet - just in case he didnt notice you putting it on! He's not sleeping in there, the examiners do this day in day out - they're more than capable of looking for eye movement and assessing your reactions
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Ok, sit in your car and look at the mirrors without moving your head, it's second nature to move your head. Why make his job harder when you can make it obvious that you are checking your mirrors, it's not a distraction to move your head, if you feel it is then you shouldn't be driving.

He is there to assess you, I just feel there no need to hide your actions.

I agree, if your are going to slam your breaks on make sure you check your rear view (if you have one) first! (or at least mimic the head movement lol)
 
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