Passing your Driving Test

Hello 

I have now been taking lessons for just over one year and I have taking the test twice and failed both times. I am driving an automatic as I have enough things to worry about can't deal with a clutch and gearbox as well.
My instructor is lovely and really patient with me but he says he now cant teach my anything else and doesn't really get why I didn't pass last time, because I screwed it up. 

I find driving itself a little stressful and have found myself hesitating a little because I check things, I have slow proceessing speed and don't always process what I see (and therefore don't recognise I have seen it) so I often double check things, hence the hesitating at juntions/roundabouts. 

Big problem with driving tests is that I get very stressed/nervous and then my brain takes even longer to process things and boths times I failed my test, I have done something stupid (never have done it on lessons or anything) and then fail the test on a serious fail. For example last time examiner said to go straight ahead on a double mini roundabout without stating the destination writen on the sign (bath, bristol, etc), this roundabout has a two exits in the roughly straight direction, one slightly to the left and one slightly to the right, as he had given me no clue as to the destination I hesitated, couldn't work out which way to go, paniced and picked the right hand one but I forgot to signal right so he failed me (apparently the one to the left was straight one and I wouldn't have needed to signal as it was straight on).

Anyone got any ideas on how I can help myself work on these issues and pass because would really love to be able to drive.

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  • Keep practicing, the more comfortable you feel in your lessons then you’ll find it easier to concentrate in the tests. I failed my first test because my leg was shaking with nerves and my foot slipped off the clutch and stalled the car when I was approaching a roundabout. Failing your second test sounds like it’s partly the examiners fault for not being specific if there were two exits ahead but they probably wouldn’t have failed you if you went the wrong way but indicated and positioned correctly. Could your instructor take you to the roundabout and give you a debrief and some more practice at it? My instructor took me to practice a hill I had issues with later on in my failed test that I’d never been up before

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  • Keep practicing, the more comfortable you feel in your lessons then you’ll find it easier to concentrate in the tests. I failed my first test because my leg was shaking with nerves and my foot slipped off the clutch and stalled the car when I was approaching a roundabout. Failing your second test sounds like it’s partly the examiners fault for not being specific if there were two exits ahead but they probably wouldn’t have failed you if you went the wrong way but indicated and positioned correctly. Could your instructor take you to the roundabout and give you a debrief and some more practice at it? My instructor took me to practice a hill I had issues with later on in my failed test that I’d never been up before

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