I take my road test to get my license in a week! Im terrified, what can i do to assure i pass it? HELP?

Question

I just turned 18 a month ago & my mom has been begging me to get my license. In my state, once you turn 18, you dont have to take drivers ed, you can just take the written test and the road test & get your licensed. I passed the written portion but i take my road test next week. IM SO SCARED=[
my mom has been taking me out driving everynight so i can be ready but my friends tell me that even though im practicing it will be much harder and difficult once i get on the road with the instruction. This may seem like a silly question to some but im just a teen..LOL...i keep telling myself that if i pass i wont ever have to go through with it again. what do instructors look for?

Answer 1

You'll do fine... Just practice parking on the side of the road... making right and left turns... They may make you do different maneuvers depending on how busy traffic is... like a parrellel park, a Y-Turn, or a U-turn.

Parrellel park, drive forward with your signal light on and up next to a car 1-2 feet away with the passanger door lined up with the rear wheel of the car. that you're parking behind. Stop, turn the wheels all the way to the right, and back up so that you can see the bumper of the car your parking behind in the passenger window. Stop, straighten the wheels. Back up until you can see most of the bumper in the right side of the windsheild stop. Turn the wheels to the left and back up so that you're parrelel to the curb. Just make sure there's a safe distance between you and the car, and try not to hit the curb. After you're behind the car, pull forward a little bit so your behind the car, but can see the back bumper.

Y-Turn:.. Curb the car on the right using your right signal light. Turn on the left signal light and turn the wheels to the left. Pull foward and put the car perpendicular to the left curb. Put on your right signal and back to the middle of the street with your wheels turned all the way to the right using a right signal. When in the middle of the road, turn on left signal, put in drive, and drive away. Again make sure that you do this in a safe manner with no other vehicles in the way.

U-Turn: Curb the car to the right using right signal. Turn wheels all the way to the left. Slowly drive the car all the way around and continue the other direction.

Other than those you'll just drive around basically... Stopping, turning, and going. Do everything safe, check your blind spots, use your blinkers when changing directions and lanes.
They might not make you do everything, some places don't make you do much for manuevers.

Don't worry, you'll be fine... Good luck with your test! I have mine on Thursday too... and I'm nervous, but that's really all they told me I had to practice... I'm 16 and went through the class, and they told me that knowing all those helps, but they hardly ever make you do everything.

Answer 2

Enough to pass the road test? Probably. Enough to keep you alive for the first year? Not a hope in heck. You would be a vehicle operator only, not a driver because you would not have been exposed to any more than a few basic driving and traffic scenarios. Passing a driving test doesn't mean a person is truly qualified to be on road in full control of a huge metal weapon of mass destruction. When I learned, I experienced parking lots, side roads, main roads and highways, divided roads, wide roads and bridges, nice summer days, rain, snow, and full-blown winter driving. It is totally impossible to do that in 3 weeks. Driving is not easy, and the skills needed can never be taken for granted. Do I know what I am doing? Yep, with 43 years of driving, somewhere between 1 1/2 and 2 million miles. Do I know absolutely everything? Heck no, nobody does, and anybody who says so is a fool. After all these years, I find I still learn the odd thing here and there. One must always be prepared for the unexpected, and learning one's own limitations and the capabilities of a vehicle are needed skills. Those skills coupled with confidence that can only come with experience will save your life someday, mark my words. The shortest period I have ever taught a person to drive, and I mean to drive well, is 4 months. Every person I taught passed first time, every one of them made it through the critical 1st year, when you know nothing but think you know it all, alive and accident free.

Answer 3

I went school for truck driving. They like a detailed knowledge of the vehicles safety devices and there functions. If you know these things you can more easily demon state the ability to control the vehicle safely. Explain these things before or while you are doing them. Use the parking brake at all times. Explain why and how. Up a hill on curb you turn the wheels out so the tires lock on the curb and toward the curb down hill for the same reason. Keyword: Smith System. See two lights or stop signs ahead of you. You must have a horn, radio lights with signals, wipers and no cracks in the windshield. Common sense stuff

Answer 4

i took my license at the age of 17 (that's the minimum age for people in Malaysia to have a driving license)and it was nothing. sure, first you get nervous but once you hit the road, you will be much calmer.
first, try to ignore the instructor presence. think that you are driving with friends, your parents,girlfriend (NEVER think that you're driving alone,that will freak you out more). but do pay
extra intention at the instructor orders and if you can,try to talk with him/her. that way, you can loosen up those nerve of yours. being polite and charming will also help you with your test, the instructor will surely be more please and may aid you!
before the test day, try driving your mom car (with your mom) around the neighborhood a couple of times so that you will get used with it.
before the test, i spend a lot of time practicing the basic step like what you need to do before you start driving(arrange the seat,check the side mirror, wear the belt,start the engine, check the signal light,etc), changing gears when driving, etc.
i do all of it not because I'm afraid i forgot it, it is so i can be(and look) as confidence as i can during the test. this is also what instructors look for in you,how confidence can you be during the test. if you look at the gear box while changing your gear during the exam, you will surely fail cause that shows that you are not confidence and unprepared.

hope this can help you. i wish you all the best for your test.
if you need more help,just contact me ok!

Answer 5

The nervousness WON'T pass.. You'll feel like you're gonna puke up until you finish with the test!! Just make sure you practice a lot, remember to put on your seat belt and ask your passenger to put on theirs (if they don't already) and turn on the air conditioner (if it's hot) or heater if it's cold, so you feel relaxed.. And try to remember that you can always re-test if you don't pass the first time!! It's really not hard to pass the test, just try to give the test person a smooth ride and you'll be good to go!! And make sure you abide by all the laws of the road.. Good luck!!

Answer 6

It is easy for me to say to try and not be nervous, but you can be guaranted you will be.Just pay attention to the Instructor and try to keep your concentration on what you are doing and what has to be done.Maintain your cool! The Instructor wants you to pass and sometimes will give you a second chance at something if you mess up like with parking.Try to be comfortable with him as if you knew him a long time.Try driving with your father for once, then you'll know what to expect.

Answer 7

the instructor looks for you to be safe and drive at the correct speed. Slow down in school zones. Obey stop signs and traffic lights of course. If your friends know the route they usually use for the test, get out and drive it with your mom over and over. All of us who went for our test had anxieties over it. It's OK to be scared. It'll be over soon. Good Luck.

Answer 8

The only reason it is "harder" with an evaluator is because when they are sitting there, it makes you nervous!

But keep in mind, your evaluator probably WANTS to pass you. Try to relax -- worst-case scenario is that you'll have to do it all over again. Also keep in mind that a lot of people proabably far stupider than you have gotten their licenses with no problem.

Answer 9

it takes concentration but you will do it with no problems im sure..may sound stupid but practice all your driving skills,road rules behind a wheel of a car that is not going...or buy a cheap paddock racer and practice in that setting up possible hazards 4 u to identify. not saying it will work but hey worth a try..good luck tho.all the way.

Answer 10

Have a bunch of your friends standing out on the driving route. Drive with the window down. As you pass with the instructor inside, have your friends shout out "what a good driver, he didn't even run over my foot!"