Steve at Driving School WA here in this short video I'm going to share some
secrets on how to keep the composure in a driving assessment
We 've seen literally many hundreds of people who were nervous who could not handle the
thought of you know going with the Assessor in the car and being judged we
had many many hundreds but all of those who implemented sooner or later these
techniques did manage to pass their driving assessment and we strongly
recommend that you just analyze what it is it that's taking place okay so yes
it's a driving test there is there's a person who's appointed by the Department
of Transport who will look over your shoulder you know who will have to
make sure that you drive to the standard they will not fail you on the spot for
most minor errors if they don't repeat too often only if they have to
intervene if a candidate is is reasonably well prepared and if it's if
it's nerves that they need to overcome often we would ask them to write down in
block letters on the blank piece of paper what are the likely outcomes we
ask them to write down a few things such as what are the most likely scenarios
you can fail you can pass so the worst case scenario would be that a person
fails so they don't basically get to do the test they just do something in a carpark
that basically discontinues the driving assessment on the spot or
similar so you know just going through the stop sign or even speeding or not
not spotting a pedestrian that's coming right across and the Assessor needs to intervene if
that happens in two to three minutes or even less sometimes some people out of
nervousness don't even make it out of the carpark we can only imagine how it
feels okay so the second case scenario would be that you pass and that you pass
with flying colors like a clean sheet there's nothing at all
if a person's relatively well prepared to do the driving assessment we would
ask them hey can you tell us what's a realistic expectation for your driving
test can you can you tell us what you truly believe most of them would say
they would say to pass with a few minor errors so if you look at all of those
bullet points that you wrote on a piece of paper so it says to fail and to
fail in a miserable manner the second one is to pass with the clean sheets
flying colors there's nothing whatsoever in the third one which is the most
likely case scenario with 99% of people who pass is to pass with a few minor
errors here and there so if you look at that and if you analyze everything and if you
ask yourself what is so much in these three scenarios that worries me so much
and why am I losing control over it you know so let's put it in the perspective
for you in any scenario like in any case you're still gonna go back home and
you're still gonna do whatever you want to do you can ring your friend you can
you know have your lunch or dinner you know you can hug your dog whatever you
want to do really so nothing else changes other than results that will be
heavily impacted on you know how you're feeling fully understanding these
aspects well definitely 100% no matter how
nervous and you know what sort of character you are you are going to
perform better so you're still going to go back home you're still gonna do
whatever you do and you're going to basically either have your license in
your pocket or you're going to have to repeat it so
what else does it involve if you don't pass so yes it's gonna cost you a little
bit more you've got to pay for the entitlement and there you gotta
potentially pay for some more lessons and to hire a vehicle for the driving
assessment but still it doesn't justify your facial muscles twitching and not
breathing properly we ask all of our clients who are about
to go for the driving assessment just to make sure that they breathe at the normal
tempo you know if you breathe too heavy your brain doesn't get enough oxygen and
your rational thinking might be impaired just just be conscious of your breathing
right so just breathe normally don't breathe too heavy or too shallow because
biologically if your brain doesn't get enough oxygen you're not gonna be able
to process your thoughts so think about it it's it's really not that scary
sometimes jokingly we would even say it's not a dentist you know not going to
your dentist it's really simple you go for a drive if
you feel that you're reasonably well prepared in order to retrieve those
tricks that you've got up your sleeve you will need to be composed there's no
substitute for it well guess what if you don't manage to keep your
composure throughout the driving assessment you're gonna have to do it
the next time if you don't do it the next time we're gonna have to do it the
next time so think of it as a Sunday morning Drive and there's a person
that's sitting next to you who wants to establish you can drive safely
that's all it is that's all it's required you need to understand that how
you act will potentially give the Assessor a reason to you know intervene
or you know do something that's that's undesirable in a driving assessment your
execution on the day will closely depend on how you feel you've got to work on
your mindset everybody needs to understand the seriousness of getting a
driver's license because it's it's a serious serious matter just getting your
license is not necessarily going to make you a safe driver you still need to be
aware of all of these things that we teach you and the Assessor on the day of
your PDA will have to have that impression you will have to show that
you can drive safely that is number one you know even if the errors of you know
some major nature a caused by your nervousness that's still not going to be
justifiable to say look you know I was nervous so I didn't see the car so you
just just can't do that you've got to understand that the nervousness is
depletion of being able to think on your feet you
know constructive energy gets impaired to act accordingly to any situation that
we can't predict is a skill that requires a normal function of your brain
but if you are too nervous your rational thinking will be one of the
things that's not going to function properly so you've got to understand
that we understand that it's easier for us to say this but it is best to try and
implement it
parking a little bit wide from the kerb not indicating when you're pulling up
and you know reversing slightly wide so it would be sort of
considered as a minor error in the test number of people tends to catastrophize
those things and as a result they would simply not be able to continue because
they would be too stressed out and they'll be thinking too much about what
happens just then they'd be thinking about how they're gonna continue if
that's already happened they'd be thinking about what are they tapping in
their tablet put it this way the Assessors have to enter something so
that they're gonna enter something whether you do it right or wrong they
will have to tap their tablet so you gotta understand that what do we do if
something happens and we know it's wrong what's the best thing to do
if you briefly comment on what you've just noticed ah look I've just I've just
pulled out a little bit wide or I've noticed there's a bus stop too close
hey let me just move let me just move a little bit forward I don't know what I was
thinking so as brief as possible and correct it sooner you recover the better
and you potentially won't even be marked down whereas those who catastrophize
they would not be thinking when they get out of that spot they'd be thinking
about what happened just then and potentially missing the sign that said
roadworks we've had situations where a person misses pedestrian that's coming
right into their path to not noticing it because they were thinking
about what happened about two minutes ago which would not have failed them in
the first place so it's really down to you making a decision how you are going
to act accordingly so it's about presentation so you've got to make a
safe driving presentation how are you gonna act how your presentation will be
it's as simple as that most Assessors in Perth are very
reasonable professionals who will make a decision based on what you do we haven't
had many cases in the last two decades where an Assessor made a decision that
was not right so you've got to understand their point of view okay so if you can't
satisfy the criteria on the day for whatever reason whether it's the you
know nervousness and you know being tired or you know unprepared you've got
to understand that they've got to look at the criteria okay
so in all of the five sections in the driving assessment exercises and three
of the sections are driving sections there are seven Criteria points which
are looking signalling flow movement path responsiveness and vehicle
management looking signalling flow movement path responsiveness and vehicle
management responsiveness is usually left out because only if something out
of ordinary happens such as crisis where a kid chases a ball and jumps right in
front of a car you would have to be able to act as good as an experienced driver
other six you know criteria points are mark accordingly try and be conscious of
things that we've just mentioned here so you've got to be able to execute all the
tasks on the day to the standard and safety is what matters it's not so much
whether you've done a few minor errors you know because they understand that
you are not experienced unless you are upgrading to a C class or you know
transferring your overseas license but if you are a learner driver who's never held
a license before they do perfectly understand that you are not experienced
and that you will gain experience at some point they don't judge
you on your experience we can't really have situations on demand they will take
you randomly through the streets all these things happen randomly you know we
can't really tell how many cars are they gonna be around the corner whether
there's going to be a cyclist on your left hand side there's a pedestrian
coming through what's gonna happen behind you know around every Bend if you
are unsure ask the Assessor what they wanted you to do but obviously you've
got to watch the flow sometimes people get concerned about what they need to do
and they would slow down significantly for an instance if it's a sixty zone
and if a person is unsure what to do if they reduce their speed significantly
say to thirty or forty kilometres an hour and continue driving at that speed
as a result of not knowing what they need to do the Assessor will severely
mark them on their Flow be aware of your surroundings you've got to know what's
within your immediate surroundings in order to act properly so make sure that
you check your mirrors properly that you check your blind spots anticipate
intersection particularly give-way intersections because that's where we
don't stop if there's now vehicles you're not gonna be able to take proper
actions if you don't anticipate intersections so ensure that you have
plenty of practice days leading to the test and make sure that you're familiar
with the process in the driving assessments otherwise you're going to be
in for a big surprise there's no substitute for professional lessons and
everyone who everyone who thinks they can try and get away without doing any
professional lessons you know they're gonna ask their friends and you know
they're gonna see you know on the internet and you know try and watch
videos yes videos and you know research it's helpful but it's not a
substitute for professional driving lessons this is something that we can
share from our experience and these particulars worked for many hundreds of
people who felt that they would never pass their driving assessment we urge you to
try and do some changes to how you perceive the whole event you have far
better chances of passing just simply put if you can drive perfectly for two
minutes just do it two minutes at the time and repeat it
like 15 16 times and it's going to be the end of the test make sure that you don't
get too carried away before you turn the engine off when you come back to the car
park of the licensing centre a lot of times people get carried away and they
would kind of think to themselves oh I've done it you know and then the next
moment they'd be potentially parking too close to a car and somebody opens a door
they don't see it and the Assessor would have to break and you know obviously to avoid a
potentially dangerous situation so you are the one who needs to carry it out from
the beginning to the end without any intervention by the Assessor having your
composure will make this process a lot easier it's inevitable that you are
going to have better results if you can think rationally throughout your driving
assessment thank you for watching and we'll see you in the next video
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