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Anxiety over driving test

NAS83027

Hello,

I have a driving test next Friday and I am really anxious as mum and dad have given me money towards my lessons and I dont want to fail my test because I would feel like I had wasted their money.

Also I get really irritated when I am stressed and overwhelmed and I ended up lashing out at a family member and I feel horrible. I know that until the test is over I am going to be a nervous wreck and really snappy.

Does anyone have any advice?

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  • Just remember driving has rules for almost every situation that is designed specifically to keep you safe on the road, most examiners also want to see you pass, so if you just follow the rules and keep your breathing and panic under control you should do okay, you can have up to 15 minor marks against you before you fail too, so you don't have to pressure yourself into absolute perfection, you can do a manoever quite clunky even as long as you do so safely. Also if you do do a serious error as long as you drive well the rest of the test some examiners will even discrecionally choose to ignore it as not representative of your general driving agility, so if you do commit a serious just try to forget it and keep doing as best as you can afterwards.

    I only passed last september, and I passed with 2 minors, one for excess speed approaching a roundabout and the other for not completing a parking manouver in a single go (my parking was actually fine but I worked myself into an anxious mess second guessing it so I pulled out of the space to straighten up a smidge more).

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  • Just remember driving has rules for almost every situation that is designed specifically to keep you safe on the road, most examiners also want to see you pass, so if you just follow the rules and keep your breathing and panic under control you should do okay, you can have up to 15 minor marks against you before you fail too, so you don't have to pressure yourself into absolute perfection, you can do a manoever quite clunky even as long as you do so safely. Also if you do do a serious error as long as you drive well the rest of the test some examiners will even discrecionally choose to ignore it as not representative of your general driving agility, so if you do commit a serious just try to forget it and keep doing as best as you can afterwards.

    I only passed last september, and I passed with 2 minors, one for excess speed approaching a roundabout and the other for not completing a parking manouver in a single go (my parking was actually fine but I worked myself into an anxious mess second guessing it so I pulled out of the space to straighten up a smidge more).

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