Too tensed during lessons
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Any tips on relaxing abit during lessons as I seem to be too tensed during lessons. Especially on dual carriageways. As sometimes I mess up with gears. And forget to change gear sometimes got my test near end of november
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Do you mean that your instructor has already booked you in for your test at the end of November?............ ..............That's so unprofessional, I think he/she would do better building up your confidence and teaching you how to relax while driving, and stop thinking or planning so far ahead, good luck.
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Hi there
Sounds like you are not quite ready for the test if you are forgetting to change gear then you are probably concentrating on to many other things sounds like you need more practice.So you need to either get more lessons in or get some private practice.If you can't do these then postpone the test.One way of finishing it would be to maybe do an intensive driving course of say 10 hours towards the end http://intensivedrivingcourses-bennetts.co.uk/.
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It's not unprofessional. The DVSA's own code of practice for instructors advises that tests should be booked "taking account of local waiting times and forecast of the client’s potential for achieving the driving test pass standard".
While the waiting times are generally predictable, the client's potential is less so! -
Quote ............" i seem to tire near the end so if theres any tips on that"......................................... ..........That's just concentration, don't worry about that, once you feel more relaxed behind the wheel, that will soon go, good luck............................. ......................( I remember when training on my emergency driving course, I used to end up with my arm pits soaking in sweat, yet I couldn't remember sweating?............................. ..............They told me it was quite normal, it was due to concentration)
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Aye! You will know when the time is right to go for your test, and when your ready, your confidence will be with you, good luck.
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It really does get easier as things like gear changing become automatic. I know what you mean about Redditch, but there is a good variety of roads really: Learners often use Plymouth Rd for hill starts and awkward junctions.
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If later in you feel confident enough to drive a manual car, you can always re-sit the driving test in a manual car, that will means you will be able to drive both then
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A good tip for Driving Lessons, is to get lessons from at least two different instructors. Don't just go to the same person all the time.
You'll be amazed what you can learn when you sit in with a new instructor. -
Just learn from your mistakes and try to imagine it's your mum and not some examiner sitting next to you. Good luck anyway.
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Good luck with it...I failed my first test in the first 30 seconds after hitting the kerb coming out of the test centre! LOL 2nd time just didn't work out but 3rd time I was more settled and only got a few minors -
I think that's about the ideal time - think that's roughly when I had mine...most people out early are at work by nine and then people don't start piling into the shops until a bit later on. -
I failed my first test which was the last on a Friday afternoon. It didn't help when I annoyed the examiner over the eye test. He said "Read the number plate on the red car." I did and he was about to fail me when he realised that I had read the number off a car two cars further down the street. Friday rush hour in Cardiff with a grumpy examiner - not good.
My second went like a dream. Second test on Monday morning after the traffic had died down. -
I passed on my third attempt, which was something like 9.30 or 10 am. The first time was a Saturday mid-morning, which was a nightmare with dithering shoppers and dodgily parked cars on narrow residential streets. I failed within a few minutes of leaving the test centre after someone in a parked car suddenly opened their road-side door, leading the examiner to press on the dual brake pedal, failing me automatically, even though I had also braked.
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I agree with the doctor. You only want to take any medication if you really need to.
They can cause:
Fatigue.
Cold hands.
Headache.
Upset stomach.
Constipation.
Diarrhea.
Dizziness.
Shortness of breath.
Not sure you would want to risk any of that on your test! -
I can well remember passing my test, (second attempt) because I had to take a cancellation test, in a town called Keith, about 22 miles from my home town...............................I had never been there before, so at the start of the test, when the examiner said, "take the next right"............................. ..........I did, and ended up in a filling station?...................... ................So, thinking I had blown it, I just relaxed and carried on, going through the motions?............................. ..................It was a shock to me when he said I had passed, and we had a laugh about the filling station, and he was surprised when I told him that I had never been there before
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That's because as long as you still drive correctly the instructor will pass you as you have not done anything wrong as such. A good way to pass though...although maybe if you had stopped for petrol and something to eat you may not!!