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The day of your Driving Test
So, it's your driving test and what seemed years
away when you booked your test (and
complained about the long wait) has
arrived all too soon
Well, what can you expect to happen?
- Your Instructor will probably pick you
up an hour before your test appointment
- Show your Instructor your documents
before you move off from the kerb
(it's too late to find out you
haven't got your licence with you
when the driving examiner calls your
name)
The hour before your test
- Your instructor will more than likely
run through the manoeuvres with you and may
highlight any special points that you might
need to concentrate upon
- Avoid a two hour lesson just before you
test
- You need to arrive reasonably relaxed
- Not feeling like you've just driven
from London to Birmingham
In the waiting room
- You are not alone
- There will be other "would be" drivers
just as nervous as you and you will never
know if the person opposite you is taking
their test for the first or the tenth time
- The driving examiner will not know if
this is your first or tenth test either
You've just heard your name called
- The examiner wants YOU
- Your examiner will ask you to sign a
declaration at the top of the marking
sheet. (A nervous smile doesn't go
amiss at this point)
- You are signing to say that your
vehicle is insured for the purpose of a
driving test and the address on your
licence is your current address
- The examiner will ask to see your
driving licence and perhaps your theory
test certificate
- The examiner will compare your
signature on your licence with the
signature you've just put on the
declaration. Hopefully they match!
- If all is in order the examiner will
now ask you to "lead the way to your car"
or words to that effect
- Don't forget if you have a photo card
licence to take the paper counterpart as
well
- If you have the "old fashioned" paper
licence take photographic evidence as well
(passport)
- Many a driver has failed their test
without leaving the waiting room for not
proving their identity
- Don't forget your glasses if you need
them for driving
Now what?
- The eyesight test
- The examiner will (once you're
outside the Test Centre) ask you to
read a number plate
- If you cannot then the examiner will
get the tape measure and mark out the
prescribed distance and invite you read a
number plate again
- If you succeed then it's onwards to
your car
- If you still can't then it's off to the
optician, you have failed your driving test
Good Luck!
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 This
page is devoted to the day of your driving
test.... we've all been there....some of us more
times than we might like to admit
Do
make sure you bring all the documents you
need
Do
remember your glasses if you need them for
driving
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