How To Overcome Driving Test Nerves
How To Beat Driving Test Nerves!
Driving test nerves can be a big problem for learner drivers...getting nervous and stressed out is the reason that many people fail their driving test! "How can I control my driving test nerves?" As someone who runs a driving school in the UK, I regularly come across learner drivers wanting to know how to stop anxiety and nerves affecting them when they take their driving tests! No matter how well prepared they are, nearly everyone gets nervous at the thought of taking their driving test! E...

UK Practical Driving Test (Cars)
UK Driving Test - Category B (Cars)
The practical driving test is a test of the ability to drive a car without assistance from an instructor or accompanying driver. Driving tests last for around 40 minutes and candidates are tested by driving examiners employed by the Driving Standards Agency (DSA), an agency of the Department for Transport. Driving tests are conducted on public roads, with the driving examiner directing the candidate around one of several test routes selected for that particular test centre. The UK driving t...

How To Reverse Around A Corner
Reversing Around A Corner Tips
Reversing around a corner is one of the manoeuvres you may be asked to show the examiner on your driving test. You will usually be asked to reverse round a corner into a side road on your left. It is unlikely (but not impossible!) that you will be asked to reverse into a side road on your right. The aim of this manoeuvre is for you to reverse into the new road, smoothly and under control, keeping reasonably close to the kerb. You will also be expected to carry out all appropriate safety pro...

Parallel Parking: How To Parallel Park
Parallel Parking Tips
Reverse parking (often called parallel parking) is one of the reversing manoeuvres that the examiner may ask you to do on your Practical driving test (the other reverse parking manouevre is Bay parking). The aim of the parallel parking manoeuvre is to show that you can reverse the car safely and under control to park it in a space behind another parked car, close to and parallel with the kerb. You need to demonstrate smooth co-ordination of the controls and good observation throughout the ma...

Driving Test Manoeuvres
How To Do All The Reversing Manoeuvres Required For Your Driving Test!
You will need to know how to perform all of the following four reversing manoeuvres for your Practical driving test. The examiner will ask you to do ONE of them during your test: Reverse Around A Corner - (reversing into a junction - either to the right or left) Turn In The Road (aka "3 Point Turn") - (turning in the road using reverse gear) Bay Parking - (reverse parking into a bay) Parallel Parking - (reverse parking on the road) You can't choose which manoeuvre you do on your driving t...

How To Bay Park
Bay Parking: How To Reverse Into A Parking Bay
Bay parking is one of the reverse parking manoeuvres you may be asked to carry out on your driving test (the other reverse parking manoeuvre is Parallel parking). Reversing into a marked parking bay is carried out at the test centre car park either at the start or end of the driving test. You can choose whether to reverse into a bay on the left or right depending on how busy the car park is, its layout and your personal preference. The aim of the bay park manoeuvre is for you to show the ex...

How To Do A Turn In The Road (3 Point Turn)
How To Do A Turn In The Road: Three (3) Point Turn
The turn in the road (sometimes incorrectly called a "3 point turn or three point turn") is one of the reversing manoeuvres that you might be asked to perform on your Practical Driving Test. The aim of this manoeuvre is for you to turn the car round to face in the opposite direction by using forward and reverse gears. You will also be expected to carry out all appropriate safety proceedures and checks whilst doing so. This will demonstrate to the driving examiner that you can control the car...

How To Do An Emergency Stop
On your UK Practical Driving Test you may be required to carry out an emergency stop. An emergency stop is conducted at random in 1 out of every 3 driving tests. It is done for road safety purposes with the aim of the emergency stop manoeuvre being to demonstrate that you can bring the car to a halt safely and under control in an emergency situation. On this page you will find step by step instructions and video tutorials to help you learn how to do a perfect emergency stop!

Driving Test October 2010 Changes - Independent Driving
Changes To The UK Practical Driving Test In October 2010
The UK Practical Driving Test has changed! From 4th October 2010, two important changes to the driving test were made: 1) independent driving, 2) a reduction in the number of reversing manoeuvres The new independent driving section of the driving test enables the examiner to assess how you make your own decisions when driving. The examiner will ask test candidates to drive independently for around 10 minutes by either following traffic signs, a series of directions, or a combination of bot...