Hi all, so tomorrow I have my class 2 test and I’m really nervous about it now whilst lying in bed thinking about it. I’m worried I’ll just cave in when the examiner is sat there judging me. Any tips from previous Class 2 takers?
TSmith98:
Hi all, so tomorrow I have my class 2 test and I’m really nervous about it now whilst lying in bed thinking about it. I’m worried I’ll just cave in when the examiner is sat there judging me. Any tips from previous Class 2 takers?
Don’t get…
Rushed into anything. You are in control and you have to show the examiner that you know what you’re doing. Don’t let what you think is a mistake stress you. You’re tested for your attitude just as much as your aptitude.
Think you have a minute to spare? Check your mirrors.
Long flat straight clear road? Check your mirrors.
Good luck!
You can do it, just relax and don’t rush. Try and get the examiner chatting, ask about their holidays, put them and you at ease. Pretend you’re taking a coach load of old dears down to Bridlington and he is the courier.
Don’t have the radio on.
When I did my class 1, the trainer drove the lorry to the test centre and had put the radio on. I got in and did the reverse with the radio blaring, not really thinking about it. The examiner got in and started trying to explain what was happening from there and I had to ask him to repeat because the radio was still on.
Kind of got off to a bad start you know with a really bad scowl at me for (in the way that he saw it) having the audacity to have the radio on. I know it seems a bit absent minded of me, but I hadn’t touched the radio all week as it hadn’t been on. I had to look around to first of all find it and then find how to switch it off.
Anyway, it obviously wasn’t that bad as I passed okay.
Check your mirrors for everything. Not just with your eyes, make sure there is head movement so the examiner knows you are looking.
Just take everything at a steady , safe pace. The hour or so will fly past.
The examiner knows you can drive. He is looking to see your confidence with the size.
The newbies forum may be able to give you more help as it is riddled with trainers and those in the same situation as yourself 
Noremac:
Don’t have the radio on.When I did my class 1, the trainer drove the lorry to the test centre and had put the radio on. I got in and did the reverse with the radio blaring, not really thinking about it. The examiner got in and started trying to explain what was happening from there and I had to ask him to repeat because the radio was still on.
Kind of got off to a bad start you know with a really bad scowl at me for (in the way that he saw it) having the audacity to have the radio on. I know it seems a bit absent minded of me, but I hadn’t touched the radio all week as it hadn’t been on. I had to look around to first of all find it and then find how to switch it off.
Anyway, it obviously wasn’t that bad as I passed okay.
I can’t believe I’m reading this. A radio in a training vehicle and the instructor having it on whilst driving you to the test centre. Was it a working lorry used as a training vehicle?
Whatever, that trainer should not be a trainer. 
The examiner got in and never said anything about the radio■■? Are you sure you didn’t dream this or have standards got that bad. 
Sorry OP, got distracted. Yeah, don’t rush but drive the way you have been taught. One of the biggest failure points used to be Speed minus, ie going to slow. Some drivers especially the nervous ones tend to suddenly go very slowly when on test. Drive the way you have been taught. If it’s 30 mph and it’s safe to do so, get up to 30 however if it’s a busy street with lots of pedestrians etc then 15 -20 mph is probably more than enough.
You obviously passed a car test. It’s the same again just a bit bigger vehicle. No problem, good luck. 
It helps some people to do a bit of a running commentary, lets the examiner know what you’re thinking, it if comes naturally to you, give it a try.
jakethesnake:
Noremac:
Don’t have the radio on.When I did my class 1, the trainer drove the lorry to the test centre and had put the radio on. I got in and did the reverse with the radio blaring, not really thinking about it. The examiner got in and started trying to explain what was happening from there and I had to ask him to repeat because the radio was still on.
Kind of got off to a bad start you know with a really bad scowl at me for (in the way that he saw it) having the audacity to have the radio on. I know it seems a bit absent minded of me, but I hadn’t touched the radio all week as it hadn’t been on. I had to look around to first of all find it and then find how to switch it off.
Anyway, it obviously wasn’t that bad as I passed okay.
I can’t believe I’m reading this. A radio in a training vehicle and the instructor having it on whilst driving you to the test centre. Was it a working lorry used as a training vehicle?
Whatever, that trainer should not be a trainer.The examiner got in and never said anything about the radio■■? Are you sure you didn’t dream this or have standards got that bad.
It was just a small anecdote. The candidates just went direct to the test centre, so I didn’t get a lift.
Noremac:
Don’t have the radio on.When I did my class 1, the trainer drove the lorry to the test centre and had put the radio on. I got in and did the reverse with the radio blaring, not really thinking about it. The examiner got in and started trying to explain what was happening from there and I had to ask him to repeat because the radio was still on.
Kind of got off to a bad start you know with a really bad scowl at me for (in the way that he saw it) having the audacity to have the radio on. I know it seems a bit absent minded of me, but I hadn’t touched the radio all week as it hadn’t been on. I had to look around to first of all find it and then find how to switch it off.
Anyway, it obviously wasn’t that bad as I passed okay.
There are no words…
I’m emotionally…
Invested in this thread.
Pass/fail please?
I’m guessing it didn’t go well…