After a very rough two years, i am going for my test today and I am petrified. I live in a sub rural area and my OH is great at bringing me places but i a sick of being so dependent...... please cross your fingers or say a little prayer that i pass, it'd make my DECADE!!! NERVOUS is not the word!!!

Good luck :)

Wishing you all the best x

thank you guys xx

Good luck!! I'm just about to start taking lessons myself, and the very thought scares me!

> Good luck!! I'm just about to start taking lessons myself, and the very thought scares me!

Good Luck Inka, try and stay calm, deep breaths and you'll be fine.

Marianne - about time :-) :-)

oh you'll love it, the independence and freedom, saying goodbye to trains and buses...i wish i'd done it all a long time ago :) thanks

Thanks Chaumsong, i'm getting shaky already and it's 2 hours away...oh flip

Wishing good luck and no brain fade. I'm nervous as well only my appointment is with the dentist.

well jackie wishing you good luck too :) thanks! heading off now, thanks everyone, paws crossed

Look at it as not a test but a drive around with a friend just to show them how good you at driving.

If you don't put yourselves under too much pressure you will be fine.

Good luck :-)

fingers crossed for you x

I guess you hve done it by now hope the fingers and paws crossed helped

How did you do? :-)

come on either way we'd love to know how you did x

Hoping, no news is good news.

C'mon, C'mon!!! What's the result?????

Yeah! go on tell us how it went then I can tell you about the dentist LOL as if you want to know I most certainly did not.

I failed....when I did my pretest last week I asked the instructor specifically what way to do something, he told me, i did it his way - and failed over it!!! ARRRGH! I was so angry but I'm over it now, next time I just do it another way. Bleh!!

Thanks for all the good wishes though-  and hey - how was the dentist? Better than this I hope!

All the best, passed my test 3yrs ago at my age ! but its the best thing ive done freeeeedom !!!!

Inka, sorry you had a stupid examiner I am sure they got it wrong never mind sure you will make it next time.

Dentist, not too bad got a referral.

Optician, not too bad got a referral.

Seems like no one wants to deal with me these days :-)

Glad to hear they weren't as bad as you expected! Must say I'd prefer the dentist to the driving test....i've already re applied so can we swop next time? ;)

I passed on my 4th attempt Inka. Fingers crossed for next time :)

My daughter passed a couple of weeks ago on her second attempt and I have to say she is a much better driver now than she was at her first attempt! Keep practising and you'll pass in no time.

My father was an chief examiner and he always told his staff to rate confidence along with driving skills as he said if the candidate was confident then they would deal with any mistake without endangering themselves or others, don't know if it worked or not but that is what I did, tried to appear super cool and got through first time.

I passed mine on the third attempt back in the 70's, on the first attempt someone stepped in front of me at a junction, I went for the brake but so did the examiner and he insisted it was him that stopped the car, can't remember what I failed on the second time, on the third one[ car I hadn't driven before] my reversing round a corner went haywire so thought I had failed again, shortly after that there was a window cleaner with a hand cart going up the hill and I had to try and get by him but there was lots of oncoming traffic, I had to keep going slowly and not stall the car, roll back down the hill or hit the window cleaner, the rest went off OK, I was amazed when he told me I had passed, he congratulated me on my control of the car when dealing with the window cleaner, I think that was the reason I passed.

I bought my first car a week later for £100,Cortina Mk 1, I used to take fellow student nurses with me for the first few times I went out as I was used to someone being in the passenger seat.

Hopefully you won't have to wait too long for your next attempt.

dont be disheartened... you will pass good luck for next time.

Good luck to the learner drivers for driving test