Driving Test Nerves | How to stay calm on your driving test

The stress and anxiety of the whole experience of the driving test is getting worse. In the UK at the moment the waiting times for booking and taking the driving test is in some areas 5 months or longer. This alone will put lots more pressure on the learner driver to pass the UK DRIVING TEST, at the back of their mind is if they fail the driving test then it's another 5 months. Lots of nerves before you take the driving test that could be avoided if the DVSA managed the situation better and was able to reduce the waiting times for the driving test to 4 to 8 weeks.
Then you have the build up to the driving test where your nerves plays a part in how well you drive on your driving lessons or even if you were taking a mock driving test.
Finally the driving test nerves on the day of your driving test, this could make or break your dreams of passing the driving test, so it is important to be able to control your driving test nerves and bring in check the anxiety.
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[thomasbeasley]

I passed last week. I get super nervous about things like this. I promise you that the build up to the test is more stressful than the test itself.

[ju]

What helped me loads with nerves during the test (and driving before passing) is commentary driving. I feel vocalising your decisions and your plan with the next junction etc helps you to make better judgments behind the wheel (and be more consistent with MSM, for example). The examiners do not mind either; before my test I stated I will be commentating while driving, and the examiner welcomed my decision. Also, it helps to avoid awkward silences in the car with the examiner. It helped me massively

[foziasalman]

Hi I m very happy today I passed my driving test in Italy thanks a lot ur videos helped me a lot I failed 3 times and passed in 4th attempt never give up keep trying until u achieve ur goal

[markdavidson]

Bottle of water helped me during my test when I passed, was also in a play that week, so had something else to focus on. Told the examiner that I was, when I just set off, and he replied ‘well if you do that, you can handle this’…but when I said ‘but I’ve learned my lines, and I know what I’m doing, here I don’t know what you’re going to ask me to do’…he apologised and said ‘fair point, never thought of that’…he was a nice bloke

[AJDaEnvoy]

Hi Travis, I felt very nervous for my test many years ago and what helped me pass was this thing called EFT, emotional freedom tapping. Essentially, you would gently tap stress and pressure points around your body and it calmed me down!

[Yasmin-blif]

I passed 1st time in Bletchley today!! Cannot thank you enough Travis, your videos have helped so much.

[ameliamarie]

Hey, I passed my test this morning in Bletchley just want to say such a big thank you for your videos they’ve been so much help!

[tamilponnuinlondon]

Hi Travis I am a driving instructor who moved from London recently to Buckingham and now doing lesson in Bletchley/milton keynes and I would like to thank you for your videos as I always recommend my learners to watch your video, am a busy mother of 3 little children so I can’t do any youtube video at the moment hence I recommend your videos.. next time i see you will come and say hi!

[mathewjames]

Hi, I have my driving test on next week, I lost my driving theory test paper but it was in my phone as a photo so whether they accept it for my test.

[laila]

I have a test on Monday and my instructor has a new car which I still haven't got the hang of. Any tips? It's making me extra nervous