Driving Test

annetted

Hi
I am doing my driving test in two weeks times. Has anyone done a test lately. How did they find it. What were the questions like before the test. My test is on at 5 past 10 on a Monday morning so not a bad time.. Its my 2nd test so hoping I do better this time. I do get very nervous and usually end up conking the car..
Thanks a million

spurious

Mine was also at 5 past ten, but on a Tuesday.
The questions before were very straightforward - yellow box, double yellow line, continuous white line etc..
Drive as you normally drive - they are checking to see you are a safe person to be unaccompanied on the roads. Relax.

Dutchess

I did mine in Galway yesterday. I have a post in the succesful thread about it. Good luck, you'll be grand!:)

omniscient_toad

Passed first time in Rathgar yesterday, the questions were straightforward enough but they did look for quite a lot of detail, ie not just "you don't break continuous white line" but wanted the few exceptions to the rule (when directed by garda/in case of emergency). I think it was the clearway sign (in case of obstruction/breakdown) and headlights (during fog) I got asked for exceptions as well.

I found the vast majority of the non reversing/turnabout/hill start was constant turning, I'd rarely pass more than a single junction before being asked to turn again. Pretty much all my grade 1/2 mistakes were under progress on the straight and I suspect it was approaching turns off main roads to smaller roads too slowly/cautiously due to nerves. I was getting into 2nd gear and the right speed to turn too early while approaching the turn. The other vital thing I worked on the week before the test was making absolutely sure you visibly check everything when moving off from the side of the road (mirrors AND over shoulder) as you end up doing this repeatedly (turnabout/reverse around corner/hand signals/hillstart etc). The week before the test I wasn't doing this reliably or was checking blind spot and not immediately then pulling out and probably would have failed on that alone.

The area I did it in had a lot of narrow residential roads with cars parked along the sides and I ran into a good few bastards who roared into the gap despite the obstruction being on their side and me having right of way, it pays to try and spot them early so you don't end up stuck with no room to maneuver. On the other hand i must have run into about 3 taxi drivers who obviously seeing my clipboard toting co-pilot went out of their way to flash me through on turns in traffic .

Dutchess

omniscient_toad wrote: »

On the other hand i must have run into about 3 taxi drivers who obviously seeing my clipboard toting co-pilot went out of their way to flash me through on turns in traffic .

That's nice. They must be different there than here because some charmer taxi driver pulled out of an exit while I was driving past during my pretest lesson right beside the test centre and my instructor had a check sheet with him. My instructor knows some colourful curses I found out:)

spurious

During my test, I came to a T junction which had a taximan weaving in reverse from side to side of the road across the junction I was waiting at.
The world is full of loons.

deepertheroots

I have my test tomorrow, and I feel nervous about observation! I just got into the habit of not checking as much as I should!

annetted

i did my driving test and passed a few weeks back. was very nervous but some how i got thru it.. you will be grand.. check out this website this evening.. they have some great tips on observation etc.. .. look it up for a half hour or so
drivingtesttips.ie
then get a good night sleep..
best of look in your test..