Gazza58 Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Make sure the examiner knows you are looking in your mirrors,by that i mean move your head slightly ,not just your eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 The advice I would always give is to treat all other road users as complete idiots and expect the unexpected. Anticipation is the key! And as another poster put, always move your head when checking mirrors, not just your eyes. Good luck!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Spyda Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Just to add on to the moving your head when checking mirrors tip. You can also think out aloud. By that, I mean when you are about to check the mirror, simply say "checking mirror". Or "check blind spot" when you are checking your blind spot funnily enough. etc You may feel like an idiot, but at least you know that the instructor definitely knows what you are doing, because it is impossible for them to have their eyes on you all of the time to see you doing these things, so just make it blatantly obvious that you are doing it so that there is no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joanchiu Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Just stay calm & take a deep breath. I know you can make it. Stay focus;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forumosaurus Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Yeah if you do a fault, don't worry about it. I stalled twice on my test (Shouldn't be an issue for you if you're doing automatic), and I passed first time. Yeahh we all did things in our test where we thought "Sugar, I've failed. Might as well stop trying". But most of the time it's not that. As someone else said, all the examiner is looking for is to see if you're safe to be on the road, and seeing as your instructor put you in for the test, he clearly knows you're safe. So it's all about the mindset on the day, you can do it, your instructor thinks you can, be confident. And most important of all, don't listen to the s**t heads who've been saying "If you can't concentrate enough to drive a manual, can you concentrate enough to see a kid in the road" That's bull. It could be argued that if automatic drivers have less to do in the car, i.e gears, it leaves them more to concentrate on the road. Damn, I'd drive an automatic if I could have found one in the car I wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xt500 Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Been to the bookies this morning,i got 10-1 on a fail although they said it would be reduced to 6-1 if the op chews chewing gum or takes a deep breath 2 pages of twaddle!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linzi 1984 Posted January 4, 2012 Author Share Posted January 4, 2012 Thank u everyone for the comments I managed to have a mock exam today and he would have passed me so fingers crossed for the morning x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsexydoug Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 look (dont glance with your eyes) actually move your head to see the mirrors, is a nice tip i was told Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denlin Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 I thought you were going to say it was tomorrow, in which case my advice would be GET TO BED! But since its not tomorrow... Try not to swerve to avoid things. My dad failed 3 times avoiding potholes and large stones in the road! Todays the 4th so the test is tomorrow:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denlin Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 I have got my driving test on the 5th January and I am really nervous. I'm doing it in an automatic cause I can't get my head around a manual and it's easier gives me more time to concentrate on the road than worrying about which gear to be in. Anyway just wondering if anyone had taken there test recently and what it was like and what's classed as a fail etc You are aware that if you take your test in an automatic you can't drive a manual car without L Plates and would have to retake test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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