Driving Test Hints (2)

What’s a Learner Driver to do? Prepare well in good time after absorbing the Hints List.

Here is the List:-

• Take Lessons with a suitably qualified Instructor.(not one week from the Test)
• Check your car in the minutest detail. Tyres, Lights, Brakes, Secondary Equipment
• Check all your paperwork. 4 Documents in the case of the Irish Driving Test.
• Familiarise yourself with the Area that  your Test is scheduled for (3 mile radius)
• Check the day before the Test in case of major Road or Building works
• Practise your reversing manoeuvres in at least 6 different locations(5 times each)
• Check out the Test Centre for traffic flows and where you will park.
• Driving Test candidates frequently fail the Test at the first hurdle (manoeuvre) because they haven’t checked out what is going on in the locality.
• Learn the answers to the Technical check questions off by heart so that you can reel them off without any hesitation.
• Don’t change your car at the last minute. All cars are different and it’s too risky learning how to cope with a different car just before your Test.
• Practise in the Test centre locality at different times of day, different days of the week and at night. This will give you a clear picture of what you may be facing on the day of the Test.
• Learn and be familiar with the Driving Language that examiners use. An Instructor will be using this same terminology.
• Book a mock Test with your Instructor a few days before your appointment. This will give you a clearer picture of how the Test will be conducted and just how quickly a Test will be completed.
• Clean the car thoroughly inside and out and completely remove all loose objects including hanging Spiders, Nodding Dogs and Air Fresheners.
• Final check of tyre pressures including the spare.
• Buy a pack of spare Bulbs for Brake light and indicator failure. If you have them with you and your bulb goes, you will have a chance to take the Test. Without them your Test will be cancelled.
• If it is not your first time taking the Test then discuss your previous result with your Instructor.

Now you have an idea of the sort of preparation needed to give you a more than average chance of passing the Driving Test First time. Ignore any one of the Hints above and you could be joining the statistics of the unsuccessful.

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