The day of the practical test is nerve-wracking for most. Here are Britannia’s top tips for your test day.

– When booking your test: choose a date and time suitable for you, choose the test centre you’d prefer (your Britannia instructor will be able to advise you on test centres).

– Get plenty of rest the night before: don’t think about your test, relax and take your mind off driving. Make sure you get a good night’s sleep.

– Before the test: Make sure you eat a good breakfast beforehand, remember your documents and leave early so you don’t have to rush.

– Relax: It’s normal to be nervous on your test day, it is important to not let the nerves affect your driving. Keep calm and just think of the examiner as your instructor; examiners are not there to fail you.

– Confidence: Your instructor would not have allowed you to go on test if they didn’t think you were ready; this means that you clearly have a good chance of passing. If you make a mistake, don’t dwell on it and don’t assume you’ve failed – you are allowed 15 minor faults. Most fails happen when the learner thinks they have failed when they haven’t, lose concentration and make a silly error.

Follow these tips and good luck from Britannia!

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Many people regard driving in London as difficult with much traffic, large congested roundabouts and a number of drivers not being as careful as they should. For this reason, it is understandable why it would be daunting to tackle driving in London, let alone learning to drive in London.

Of course it is easy for young Londoners to put off learning to drive for these reasons as well as the excellent transport links that are easier to use than driving in London. Add to that that some of the lowest pass rates are found at London’s test centres – the reasons to put off learning to driver seem to be greater than the reasons to pick up learning to drive.

However, this should not put people off wanting to learn to drive. Learning to drive in London should not be any different to learning to drive anywhere with side roads to enable pupils to start learning and the complicated routes providing learners with significant skills that will prove useful as a driver.

Intensive courses in London are also successful as pupils will take a significant number of hours over the space of a week making the notorious London driving test significantly easier.
Don’t put off learning to drive and once you have passed keep driving, if you are still nervous about driving in London, why not look into Britannia’s refresher courses?

Safe Driving from Britannia!

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It’s half term and a great time to get ahead in your driving. Why not book an intensive course with us and pass your test next week? We have a range of courses available depending on your driving ability. Have a look at the number of people who have passed on our intensive courses. If you did not want to start your intensive course this week, we can book you in for a course during your Christmas holidays.

You can also get a head-start on normal weekly lessons. We offer the first lesson at £10.50 and great discounts on block bookings. So why not take a few lessons this week before going back to school, university or college? All our instructors also work evenings and weekends and so you can book in your lessons for after half-term too!

Just as the weather is getting worse, what’s better than being able to avoid public transport by learning to drive?

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The government has announced measures to help motorists cut the cost of running a car. Below are the measures announced by Justice Secretary Chris Grayling:

– The fees charged prior to obtaining a licence will be reviewed, including the current £31 for the theory test, £62 for the practical test and £50 fee for the provisional licence, to identify any opportunity to save money for the 1.5m car drivers who take their test every year
– Whiplash cheats will be targeted by new independent panels which will ensure only evidence from accredited professionals can be considered. As a result, exaggerated or fraudulent claims will not be allowed whilst genuine claimants will get the help they deserve.
– The statutory maximum price of the MOT test for a car will be frozen at £54.85 until 2015
– In order to tackle high motorway fuel prices, new comparison road signs will be trialled that will show prices at different services stations en route.

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