Test tips

Vikings

Booked my full test on the 18th of June and now have a test date on the 10th of August in Tallaght. (7 weeks, 4 days if you are coming here after reading another thread )

Will be doing a pretest or two closer to the date but for now is there any advice you can pass along that I can start drilling myself into doing now to get used to.

What is the tester looking out for in cornering/roundabouts/stop signs etc. I hope in the month or so i've been riding I havn't picked up loads of bad habits. Thanks for the help :pac:

Wonda-Boy

Well the biggest failure points is/are lack of progression, observation and speed. You really should ask around and anyone who has done the test in tallaght to show you the route it would be a great help.

The tester will be in a car, if you out on the test and he tells you to turn right/left and you see a gap for you TAKE IT...DO NOT WAIT FOR THE TESTER or you will be done for lack of progression. Take note of the speed, if you done for speeding its an automatic fail STRAIGHT OFF not a mark off. 5klm over is fine but do the speed it says not 50 in a 60 or 70 in an 80klm, and yes there might be an 80klm I had 3 of them in Meath.

Best of Luck

RosieJoe

Have a read of this

gipi

Vikings,

Just a question based on your comment about "In the month or so I've been riding..."

Do you have your learner permit for 6 months? You can't take your test within 6 months of getting your first learner permit - if you turn up at the test centre, the tester will check the dates and will not take you out.

Sorry if this isn't relevant to you, but in all the worry and bother over getting through the test, it would be an easy thing to miss - like going to the test centre with an out of date permit, which happened to the guy taking his test before me....the instructor with him had one heck of a red face, coz he forgot to check it!

Wonda-Boy

Very true....

Vikings

RosieJoe wrote: »

Have a read of this

Thanks for that, hadn't seen that before and is very helpful!!

gipi wrote: »

Vikings,

Just a question based on your comment about "In the month or so I've been riding..."

Do you have your learner permit for 6 months? You can't take your test within 6 months of getting your first learner permit - if you turn up at the test centre, the tester will check the dates and will not take you out.

I was lucky enough that on a previous application form for my car licence I somewhere along the way was issued with a provisional A category which had not expired by 5 years when I applied for my A learner permit this time around. If I had known that it would have saved me 2 theory test fee's (one without study , then one with study) and an eye test fee.

So because this is my second learner permit the 6 months doesn't apply so I figure i'll try get the test out of the way nice and early.