My 6th attempt at passing the driving test is coming up. It's really bothering me that I am unable to pass it!

I get incredibly nervous and tense at the time of the test, which may well be the cause of some mistakes.

Additionally, my concentration tends to wonder, which is dangerous, and also to blame for some of my mistakes I believe.

Can anyone offer any advice?

its your sinister personality theres nothing you can do about it I suggest you do your test in your own car instead of the instructors which are overpowered and too heavy on the brakes

Relax, it really helps if you can.

try and control ur concentration , u need 2 make sure u realy concentrate at junctions and menuvers , but then try relax on the bit between (dnt stop concetrating but u cna lwoer it a lil ) , tack ur aproches to junktions, roundabouts n tht slow realy make sure its clear then go. make sure u av plenty of revs b4 ya try and move off to avoid stalling , and make sure u always know wha gear your in ( but for good sake dnot look at the gear stick lol )

dont think too much tbh, just drive how you know u can and u ll be fine. if u make a mistake, dw bout it, forget it, this time im sure u will pass <3

Just pretend that you as well as your assesor is naked. It will help

dont do that metty.

How important is sleep?

LACK OF SLEEP MEANS LACK OF CONCENTRATION

GODAMNIT

Bratty is actually correct, lol.

sleep well if posable vvvv well if poss

The trouble is, I like to stay up like all you lot, but I also have to get up at 7 each day.

Too get more sleep means no tf2.

Why do you HAVE to get up at 7 each day?

Because that is the time we get up. There's 7 of us here you know, and I'm needed to help out.

Do you by any chance live in a very small house with 6 other dwarfs?

LOL, Aaron.

Met, go to bed earlier the day before, as long as you have one good night of sleep you should do alright on the sleep front.

P.S. Stop complaining about no TF2 ¬¬

Yes, if anybody is suffering with lack of TF2, it's Skillers!

Have a good night.

It's nice to have a hot bath before bed, not too hot but comfortable enough to sleep in. Don't sleep in it. Warm milk is also good before going to bed. Making sure you don't have anything else on your mind is also good, so if you feel restless because you haven't brushed your teeth or something, then do that. When you wake up, have a shower if you want and make sure to use something scrubby to exfoliate because it helps the circulation of blood close to the skin and makes you feel more awake. A cup of tea in the morning will wake you up, but anything with citric acid is good too.

Thanks for the advice people.


And sorry Skillers, I forgot about your plight.

i get up around 7 as well but just cos i cant ever sleep any longer :O

HIS PLIGHT?!?!?!! No mentiona bout little old me then ¬¬ Who wont be able to play UNTIL UNI!!!

But anyway, Metty... Just make sure you look around a lot too. Mirros, everything. Look when u move off, look when you stop... oh and dont coast

I've never coasted, and am so paranoid about looking I tend to look in directions that are not needed. Which would fail me for not looking in the right direction. :<

im sure u will pass, just dont worry too much about it

Learning to drive is not the same as learning to drive. Learning to drive means to learn how to pass the driving test, but not how to drive properly.

I mean... do they realise that our eyes have muscles and they can move? In fact, this is much more natural than moving your head all over the place just to look in to the side or rear view mirror... Sure, you need to move your head to reverse and pull out and whatnot, but driving instructors are never happy until you are literally headbanging in the drivers seat. Is that not dangerous?

Atleast I agree with Aaron here...

I mean come ON... who REALLY looks out the back to reverse round a corner... How does a van driver do it? I completely agree that when you start driving on your own, you learn how to drive, not how to pass a frankly very outdated test...

(Dont even get me started on "advanced" motorcycle techniques)

Metty, as long as you dont look UPWARDS (which I actually did in blind panic) Itll be OK

the funny thing is dhr, when your doing a driving test, the examiner knows whether you're good enough to drive or not. but at the end of the day one mistake = fail. the test is also highly outdated. it just fails and provides a cash cow for that damn government!