Practical Driving Test Tomorrow!

Marky

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Hey all,

I've got my Practical Driving Test tomorrow :eek: :D

I'm pretty nervous already - can't imagine what I'm going to be like tomorrow :p

Any tips you guys have for the test?

The test is at 9:22am so I'm being picked up at around 8:15am tomorrow to have a quick hour of practise from my instructor - I'm thinking I should wake up quite early and maybe get a breakfast to keep myself alert for the test? :p


Marky
 
have a bannana to help with butterflies.

Anything you think your not entirely certain of make sure you practice it in the hour before with your instructor but try not to get to worked up about it, your instructor probably thinks your ready so you are capable of getting through it.

Remember when checking mirrors to make it very visible you are doing so.

I had mine at about that time in Kings Norton or Kings Heath forget which one and had all the school run mums to deal with....was not pretty. Will give you something to talk to the instructor about though, I remember I kept on talking about how rubbish all the other drivers on the road were :P

Good luck, obligatory "once you pass thats when you really start to learn to drive" comment :)
 
Best of luck with it mate! Just after the morning rush should be a decent enough time to take it.

I just passed on Friday! Had a 13:35 test slot so was nice and quite on the roads outside of city centre (Exeter). The new test with it's independent section is really straight forward and nothing to worry about if you're confident enough, which you should be. Think I pulled 4 minors total, 1 for speed, and 2 for my manouver (reverse left), not sure on the other.

Best of luck. Spent 90% of yesterday whizzing about enjoying the freedom of my Golf Gti (the bestest best car in the whole entire world, naturally ;)) and it's the best feeling out there!
 
SB118 said:
Ideal time for the test really, it's half term so the roads should be nearly empty.
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Good times :) Didn't even realise until last week when my instructor told me :p

keyser87 said:
have a bannana to help with butterflies.

Anything you think your not entirely certain of make sure you practice it in the hour before with your instructor but try not to get to worked up about it, your instructor probably thinks your ready so you are capable of getting through it.

Remember when checking mirrors to make it very visible you are doing so.

I had mine at about that time in Kings Norton or Kings Heath forget which one and had all the school run mums to deal with....was not pretty. Will give you something to talk to the instructor about though, I remember I kept on talking about how rubbish all the other drivers on the road were :P

Good luck, obligatory "once you pass thats when you really start to learn to drive" comment :)
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Thanks for the tips buddy :)

I'm just trying to think as postively as I can :)

Mostly worried about the maneuver as I think I can drive fairly confidently... Just hope no other drivers mess me up :p

neverender said:
Best of luck with it mate! Just after the morning rush should be a decent enough time to take it.

I just passed on Friday! Had a 13:35 test slot so was nice and quite on the roads outside of city centre (Exeter). The new test with it's independent section is really straight forward and nothing to worry about if you're confident enough, which you should be. Think I pulled 4 minors total, 1 for speed, and 2 for my manouver (reverse left), not sure on the other.

Best of luck. Spent 90% of yesterday whizzing about enjoying the freedom of my Golf Gti (the bestest best car in the whole entire world, naturally ;)) and it's the best feeling out there!
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Thanks pal :) Congrats on passing last week :) Lucky having a Golf GTI! I love that car :D I currently have a little Peugeot 106 sitting outside ahaha :p Can't wait to enjoy this "freedom" everyone keeps talking about :p
 
I passed on the 14/09/10 on my third test, all i can say is don't think too much about it because you will get more nervous. The Maneuvers are easy, if you mess it up just look around and move forword to correct yourself. Just remember to do about 5mph under the limit and never stop looking in your mirriors, that's what i failed on in my first test.

Good luck
 
Good luck, I passed friday as well. Dont worry about the independant driving section, its a piece of cake and a godsend as you have one less maneouver
 
Matty114 said:
Just remember to do about 5mph under the limit
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If the conditions are right you should do the limit... Don't want to fail on something stupid like failure to make progress do you?

Drive like you would on any lesson. Take no notice of anything the examiner writes and don't worry about "Did i do the last maneuver right". Just make the drive as smooth and comfortable for the instructor as possible :)
 
Duke said:
Poor advice imo. Just up to the speed limit when safe to do so.

Good luck.
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I was doing the limit when on my test and got 5 marks for it, i was told it's a limit and not a target. This was going down roads with a few cars and no people doing 30mph
 
Thanks for the tips guys :)

Starting to feel pretty nervous now :p Just going to try and get an early night and keep my head clear :p
 
matty114 said:
I was doing the limit when on my test and got 5 marks for it, i was told it's a limit and not a target. This was going down roads with a few cars and no people doing 30mph
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Most examiners would mark it up for lack of progress in decent conditions though, sounds like he was just being an arse.
 
Passed my test 2 months back. Most important thing i thought personally was to watch your mirrors. Sit down, and drive like you have done through all of your lessons and you'll fly it. And theres nothing wrong with doing the speed limit, Drive to what the signs say and make sure you leave decent gaps for the conditions.

Also i had my instructor sit in the back, just incase something went wrong and i thought i could dispute it. Someone could back me up then ;)

Good Luck!
 
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Yeah I'm having a lesson beforehand so I'm starting at 8.15am to do some more practises...

Would it be a good idea to have my instructor sit in with me or not? I was thinking I won't...
 
Marky said:
Yeah I'm having a lesson beforehand so I'm starting at 8.15am to do some more practises...

Would it be a good idea to have my instructor sit in with me or not? I was thinking I won't...
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Don't be too bothered if you aren't great on the lessons, I think I got rid of my nervous energy in the hour or two before my actual test.

Personally I wouldn't have liked the instructor sitting along with me on the test.
 
I had my instructor sit in the back as a few of my friends had gone to dispute their scores after failing for what they say was an unfair test. Obviously they could be making up a load of crap there and the test was indeed a deserved fail, but having my instructor sitting in the back with me put my mind at ease.

But everyones different, Some people might feel more on edge with an instructor sitting in the back of the car as well as the examiner. Its all down to what you want :)
 
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