Street-Wise School Of Motoring

 So your instructor says "you are ready for your driving test".. Are you? is the  better question to ask yourself...

Have trust in your instructor, The fact is all instructors have an identification Number (adi Number)this goes on the official score sheet at the start of your test, And then the DSA gain statistics upon them, if they constantly put pupils through who are not ready for the test they will call the instructor back in for a retest ( we call it a "check test") of his instructing skills. If he does'nt pass he can no longer teach.

 

Below are few guide lines just to help you through

 

At the start of the test you will be asked two questions as regards to the Vehicle safety  checks before starting a journey (we know as "show me tell me"). These are relatively easy questions and your instructor should know what they are and let you know possibly on the morning of your test,

 

 

The test itself  is relatively straight forward, You will be asked to complete a set route lasting approximatley 45 minutes during your driving you will be asked to do 2 or 3 manoevres ( one of which may be  the Emergency / Controlled Stop).

Depending on the test centre you may be asked to reverse park your car either on the road or in the test centre Car Park. (Your instructor would have taught or adviced you of the relevent move  prior to the day of test any way)  During your drive you are assessed on your own decision making whilst driving, The examiner is there to guide you around the route but they will not give you instruction, If the situation arose once you passsed your driving test how would you deal with it??? that is the main question the examiners  are asking themselves. 

 

Turn -in- the -road 

Before you take your hand-brake off have you looked every where (including your blind spots?)

Have you got enough control to make good use of the steering.?

 

Left Reverse 

Before you take your hand-brake off have you looked every where (including your blind spots?)

Are you taking a pause at the critical moments before you change your position?

 

Reverse Park 

 just like the other two manoevres but now you are in the middle of the road so this is even more important. (if you are conducting this on the road.)

Take more care and even more observations when doing a Reverse Park in the Car Park.

 

 Keep both hands on the wheel whilst braking. react quickly and firmly and leave your clutch as late as possible before you press it down. And BEFORE    you pull away after the stop HAVE A FULL 360 DEGREE LOOK AROUND YOU!!! (are there any cylcists on your left hand side??) if you dont look you wont know!