Articles written by Matthew Leeden, driving instructor in Peterborough.
- Preparing mentally for your driving testHaving the wrong mind-set can play the biggest role in helping you pass. Here are some hints and tips to help get you in a positive frame of mind.
- Managing your nerves before and during your driving testThe pressure of passing your driving test might make you feel very nervous, here are some tips on how to keep calm and get that pass.
- Tips for maintaining and improving driving skillsIn current circumstances, you may not be able to practise as much as you would like. Here are some things you can do to improve and maintain your driving skill.
- Developing compentency in drivingAs learner drivers, you will progress from not having much understanding about how to drive a car, to being at test standard, passing your driving test and then being a driver for life.
- Learning to drive: how we learnHave you noticed how you’re constantly learning new things? Have you ever wondered how that occurs?
- Effective listening on your driving testDuring your driving test, your examiner will give you a number of instructions and directions to follow. Here’s how to listen effectively during your driving test so that you don’t miss anything.
- Driving Test Availability and Planning For Your TestWith the current wait on driving tests still at an all time high, here is how to get the most out of your lessons whilst planning out your driving test.
- Mindfulness during your driving testIt has been recognised by driving instructors and the DVSA that 1/10 people who fail their driving test say the reason they failed is because they were too nervous.
