Here are a few tips to help you impress the driving examiner and pass your driving test.
The examiner will ask you to read a number plate from a distance of 20 meters if it's a
new style number plate, so it's well worth making sure you can do this before taking your first
driving lesson and before booking your driving test. Your test will end if you can't do this.
If you can read a number plate then the examiner probably won't be super impressed
as it's a standard requirement but at least you haven't wasted your time and there's.
To be a good safe driver takes time as you build up experience.
Driving in different areas at different times of the day and weather conditions
will all help. But it's also useful to get a little familiar with the driving test area,
especially any tricky sections that your instructor will know about.
Practicing on these tougher road layouts will also help you be a better driver.
Make sure your mobile phone is switched off before taking your test. Having someone calling
you to wish you luck while you're on your test is going to be distracting and annoying.
If you're taking your own car for the test then make sure it's road legal
you have an 'L' plate on the front and rear of the car and an extra interior mirror for the examiner.
The examiner might have some spare 'L' plates and a mirror you can borrow but it would give
a good impression if you came prepared. Your test won't go ahead if your car doesn't meet the rules.
Have a look at the full list of these rules in the link in the description.
Once you've arrived at the test centre and you're waiting for the examiner,
have your license actually out of your purse or wallet in your hand ready to show them.
You'll also have to sign your name. Make sure it's the same signature as on your license.
These things will make the examiner's day go a bit more smoothly and possibly less frustrating.
It might sound obvious but when the examiner calls your name, walk over to them be friendly and greet
them. Don't forget this is going to be a positive experience where hopefully you're going to pass.
They're not your enemy and they want you to pass too. The examiner is just a normal
person doing a job. They won't try and trick you, they just want to make sure you're a safe
competent and considerate driver and not a danger to yourself or others.
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Getting the show me tell me questions correct. You'll be asked a tell me question at the start
of the test before you even go driving. Getting this right gives the examiner a
good impression that you've prepared for the test and ready to pass. All the show
me tell me questions can be found on our website, there's a link in the description.
Now this might sound obvious but when the examiner sits in the car with you
they have no idea if you can drive or not. You might think that braking late and going fast
through tight gaps shows the examiner that you're a super confident driver.
But you're probably making them feel nervous and they're likely to use the dual controls and brake
if they feel there's potential danger, resulting in a test fail. Be confident but in a safe way.
For example, not being confident and missing opportunities to go at roundabouts will result
in faults and maybe eventually failing your tests for hesitation. It's all about getting the right
balance. Confident but not taking dangerous risks. Drive like you have been on your recent lessons.
Don't change anything. Your instructor has seen your driving and also thinks you're going to pass,
so don't change how you drive just because someone different is sitting next to you.
If it helps then you could imagine that you're a chauffeur for the examiner. Drive smoothly,
make them feel comfortable with your driving and just take the examiner where they want you to go.
The examiner might talk to you during the test which might help with any test nerves.
Of course be polite but don't talk so much that you lose focus on your driving.
If commentating on what you're doing or seeing helps then don't be afraid to speak.
It might also help the examiner understand your thought process and what you're doing and seeing.
You'll do one reversing manoeuvre. Of course it would be great if you get it right in one go.
But if you don't, try and correct it. Pull forward and reverse back in if you think it might help
but don't forget to observe around for others. There's a good chance
that you'll get a driving fault or a minor as they're commonly called for correcting it
but at least you won't fail your whole test, unless you've gone over 15 driving faults.
If the manoeuvre is really bad then it's worth asking the examiner for another try.
If there's enough time then they may let you try again. Before you know it, the driving
test will be over and you've hopefully passed. If not then learn from it and just do it again.
To impress the examiner doesn't mean that you have to wear your smartest clothes,
drive really slow or that you have to check the mirrors in an over-the-top exaggerated way.
Just drive normally and safely.
For more driving tips we've created a free online course.
It includes all the show me tell me questions, how to tackle roundabouts and all the driving test
manoeuvres. It's completely free. There's a link in the description and I really hope it helps.
Thanks a lot for watching. As usual keep safe on the road and bye for now.