DRIVING LESSONS Always regard the first 10 minutes of your driving lessons as: 'The Warm-Up'. The reason you should do this is because if something doesn't quite according to plan during the first 10 minutes of your driving lessons, it's all too easy to allow your...

DRIVING TEST From 1st September 2003, 'Tell Me, Show Me' questions became part of the practical driving test. You will be asked a question on basic car maintenance and to explain to the Examiner how you would check. Details of these questions accompany this letter. I...

DRIVING TEST - HOW SHOULD I DRIVE ON MY TEST? Drive just as your driving instructor has taught you. Don't change anything. Don't drive like a 'Learner' driver'. If you drive like a Learner driver, you will stay a Learner driver. The examiner wants to see if you are...

DRIVING TEST- DON'T LET ANYONE STEAL YOUR LICENCE When on your driving test don't let others put you off. If you do this could cost you around £400....it will cost the other driver precisely NOTHING at all! The one who 'makes you fail' is the one you didn't notice,...

DRIVING TEST - FOCUS Whilst driving on your driving test it is very easy to wonder how you're doing and perhaps try to take a sneaky look at the Examiner's marking sheet. But it probably won't make much sense unless you've really studied one or received one after...

DRIVING TEST, NEW TEST CHANGES From June 2017 the driving test will get a major update from what is required in the current driving test. To begin with the Turn-in-the-Road (commonly referred to as the 3-point turn) is to be dropped along with the Reverse into a Side...

DRIVING TEST - NERVES Your Driving Test Nerves, while you're feeling nervous you're no longer concentrating on the task in hand. While you're concentrating on the task in hand you're no longer feeling nervous.  A bit like sneezing: You can keep your eyes open or you...

DRIVING TEST - INSTINCTS, TRUST THEM When driving trust your instincts. If you think that you need to do something, then you probably do! For example as you reduce speed, as you consider should you change to a lower gear, you probably should. You will reach a point in...

DRIVING TEST - THE BIG DAY When the big day approaches it is very easy to feel anxious and nervous. But really you should be fully concentrated on driving, just as you need to be after you have passed when you are out there driving on your own with no-one there to...

DRIVING TEST - MIRRORS Every time the examiner talks to you ÔÇô check your mirrors! Each time the examiner talks to you it is normally to give you an instruction such as: Take the next turning on the left Take the next turning on the right At the roundabout turn left,...

DRIVING TEST - TAKE YOUR TIME Your Driving Test ÔÇô You are in no hurry. You don't need to be anywhere at any particular time. The driving test is one of the few times that you will not have any time pressures. Afterwards you may be running late, need to get to the...

DRIVING TEST - SELLING YOURSELF Your Driving Test ÔÇô Selling! You are giving the driving test examiner an example of your driving, so you need to make it a good example. It's a bit like if you were going to buy something and the salesman gives you a sample. The...

DRIVING TEST - YOU HAVE A FULL DRIVING LICENCE Your Driving test - When the driving test examiner gets into the car with you at the beginning of the driving test, you have already got that FULL driving licence, up until the point that you say 'NO THANKS' because of...

DRIVING TEST - VISUALISATION Your Driving Test - If you're into computer games, just imagine that when you're on your driving test that you're in a big computer game. Imagine that three people are trying to make you fail your driving test, but you are going to be...

DRIVING TIPS AND ADVICE There's a wealth of driving tips and advice that you can apply in your everyday life when you're behind the wheel of a vehicle. But the most important tip is to always drive in the way you would want other drivers to drive. I used to have one...

DRIVING RULES You will encounter many driving rules when you learning to drive, and even long after you've passed your test. But in essence, there are 'NO RULES TO DRIVING', you do everything for a REASON. It just so happens that the RULES are the REASONS. For example...

Documentation Your legal documentation is essential when you're getting behind the wheel of a vehicle. Whenever you are about to drive you need to make sure that you have the necessary legal documentation in place and that you are in a fit, healthy and legal state to...

DISTRACTIONS It's so important to remain focused and free from distractions whenever you get behind the wheel of a vehicle. When about to drive and when driving, you need to be very zealous and alert to what you are doing and what is happening around you and your...