Not Moneysaving but please help with tips for driving test nerves

tracy1981

Hi all :wave:

I've been taking driving lessons since 28th January this year. My instructor told me to put in for my practical test 2 weeks ago and the date is now coming up fast :eek:

The last 2 lessons I've been out on have been awful. I appear to have forgotten how to drive!! Apparently this is normal but it's making me more and more nervous for my test.

Any help/tips/coping strategies you can give me would be very, very much appreciated.

Thank you for reading

Derivative

Don't worry about it too much. If you fail, you do it again. You'll soon forget about the cost when you pass. Which you will.

Good luck.

BonandDom

Good luck with your test - i swear by Bachs Flower Rescue Remedy, you can get it from most supermarkets and chemists in the herbal section.

I always have a bottle to hand as its good for all kinds of situations.

AnythingButChardonnay

They're not looking for the World's #1 driver, they're just checking you're not unsafe.

Don't take risks, and do lots of mirror checks. And if you think you make a mistake, just forget about it and carry on.

GSDog

tracy1981 wrote: »

Hi all :wave:

I've been taking driving lessons since 28th January this year. My instructor told me to put in for my practical test 2 weeks ago and the date is now coming up fast :eek:

The last 2 lessons I've been out on have been awful. I appear to have forgotten how to drive!! Apparently this is normal but it's making me more and more nervous for my test.

Any help/tips/coping strategies you can give me would be very, very much appreciated.

Thank you for reading

I took my test just over a year ago now and like you my driving suffered just before the test. I kept making mistakes and wasn't really listening to my instructor because I was thinking about the test the whole time. Once I was in the car with the actual examiner on test day I did absolutely fine though and passed first time. I was very nervous before the test and felt sick, but once I was driving with the examiner in the car I was in my own little world and concentrated on what I had to do; remembering what my instructor had taught me. The build up to the test was far worse than the test itself.

littlepinky84

I sat my test in Jan this year and i used Bachs Rescue remedy to help keep my nerves calm. The bulid up is so much worse than the actually test. I was a bag of nerves on my lessons leading up to my test but as soon as i got in the car with the Examiner i actually kinda forgot that they were even there and just concentrated on driving

Good Luck you can do it

HannahIOW

If I remember rightly (few years ago now), I was very nervous about my driving test and having failed two tests previously mostly due to nerves, I went to the doctors and explained that my nerves were getting in the way of passing, and was prescribed 'beta blockers'. Only gave three, but one was enough and I passed the test that time as it took the nervous edge off.

jonewer

I passed my test in a different country so after about 7 years of driving had to do another test for the UK.

About a half dozen lessons to get me up to speed and.... failed! Purely because of nerves. Doing stupid things like indicating the wrong way. Passed second time easy, very few mistakes. Purely because I wasnt winding myself up into a tight little ball of stress. And also because second test wasnt on a monday.

So, dont worry about it. If you dont pass then so what? Just do it again. And mainly - dont do your test on a monday! no one is ever at their best on monday.

samwsmith1

When I passed last september I think it helped knowing my driving instructor was sat in the seat behind me, who at the end explained any problems that I had and why I had a minor in that category etc.

fadetogrey

GSDog wrote: »

I took my test just over a year ago now and like you my driving suffered just before the test. I kept making mistakes and wasn't really listening to my instructor because I was thinking about the test the whole time. Once I was in the car with the actual examiner on test day I did absolutely fine though and passed first time. I was very nervous before the test and felt sick, but once I was driving with the examiner in the car I was in my own little world and concentrated on what I had to do; remembering what my instructor had taught me. The build up to the test was far worse than the test itself.

agree 100% I took my test many years ago and was also a bundle of nerves but as the op said once in the car the nerves although perhaps still there were in the background.have to say I remember little about the actual test it seemed one minute he was asking me could I read that number plate and then hes saying congratulations you passed with the inbetween bit very hazy.but try to remember they are not out to trick you just to ensure you are capable to drive on your own so TRY to relax listen to the instructions and if your not sure ask for them to be repeated.try to judge the road ahead eg lights going to change as you reach them and if you think you have made a mistake ignore it and keep focused on whats ahead not whats passed,I wish you the very best of luck.:T:T:T

colino

If you have difficulty passing the very, very basic practical test without resort to drugs or other external supports, question carefully if you are the type of driver the rest of us want to be facing on the roads tomorrow. Driving isn't some right, you should be competent, safe and assured before taking to the roads.
If you are wary, great, take more lessons and feel confident about taking to the roads. Don't feel pressurised by anyone about taking the test, it is a big deal, and rightly so.