After many months spent practising driving in all conditions, and a large amount of money spent on driving lessons, how do you know when you are finally ready to take your driving test?

If you have a good instructor he or she will be able to tell when you are ready to give the driving test a fair go. Many driving instructors will put a student through their test before they are ready, either so they get a feel for how the test will be, or because they have a quota to fill!

The main way to tell if you are ready though is how you feel yourself. You will probably reach a point with your lessons where you feel comfortable behind the wheel, and can drive without any prompting from your driving instructor. Perhaps their comments even start to annoy you a bit, as you feel that you know what you are doing!

There is no harm in taking the driving test as soon as you feel like you can. There are no limits to the amount of times you can take it, and it is all good experience.

It is often said that you learn to pass the driving test, and once you have, that is when you start to learn to drive!