Going for my cat C test for the third time on saturday. First time: just wasn’t ready - getting the gears wrong, crawling round roundabouts in third, realised I wasn’t passing when the examiner had to put the hazards on… 
Second time: driving much better, gears fine, just made a couple of stupid errors of judgement (overtaking a cyclist with a bend coming up). Third time lucky? Got my fingers, toes, legs, eyes and kidneys crossed…
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On reading your post it seems that you are making general driving errors rather than errors that are particular to LGV. Is this down to test day nerves 
Do you have a C1 on your licence already or are you doing the Initial driver cpc
Hi rog
C1 on licence - don’t really understand the ins and outs of this cpc thing. As for test day nerves, I think you’re probably spot on - that and just not paying attention.
ricardopresto:
C1 on licence
In that case you do NOT need THE INITIAL DRIVER CPC
ricardopresto:
don’t really understand the ins and outs of this cpc thing
You WILL need to do THE PERIODIC (ongoing) DRIVER CPC but you have until 09 09 2014
Thanks rog, that’s cleared that one up for me 
Good luck with the test
Thanks mate
Good luck mate. keep calm and focused. Remember to breath and relax your grip on the wheel. This will help you stop sweating and show the examiner you are relaxed. good luck again.
Little relaxation tip if you have stopped at a set of lights that has just turned red -
Handbrake on - low range engaged - into neutral - both feet off pedals - rub back of neck with both hands - stretch legs forward as far as possible - deep breath and blow it out.
Your brain will temporarily disengage from driving and feel relaxed
The examiner cannot mark you down for taking both hands off the wheel in this situation as it is safe.
ricardopresto:
Going for my cat C test for the third time on saturday.
C’mon don’t keep us in suspense - we are here to support you whichever way it went
Bad news I’m afraid. The drive to the test centre was great, no problems at all. My instructor said that all I had to do was drive like that for another hour and I’d breeze it. So what do I do? Turn out of the test centre in fourth gear and then forget to flick the switch going for sixth. End up in second, pretty much come to a halt and there you go - failed before I’d even got going. Haven’t done anything like that since my first couple of lessons. Went on to clip a kerb turning left at a T-junction - something I’ve NEVER done before. Nerves, nerves, nerves. Must be, mustn’t it?
Thanks for the messages of support and advice; it means a lot.
Fourth time lucky?
Classic case of test nerves - have you tried taking KALMS
Never heard of them mate - what are they?
Sorry to hear that 
ricardopresto:
Never heard of them mate - what are they?
HERBAL nerve calming tablets.
I know of some trainees who took 3 a day and as it got closer to test time they increased the amount - one took about 6 of them about 2 hours prior to the actual test and did no harm as they are HERBAL
ROG:
one took about 6 of them about 2 hours prior to the actual test and did no harm as they are HERBAL
The important question is did they work?
I’ll give them a go. I’ll try them out before my next test - I’d hate to take anything that made me drowsy or slow at all (drowsy & slow enough as it is). Thanks for the advice - I think you’re absolutely right about test day nerves. It’s so frustrating when you know that you can do it but you just can’t do it on the day. If you know what I mean 
mrpj:
ROG:
one took about 6 of them about 2 hours prior to the actual test and did no harm as they are HERBALThe important question is did they work?
They seemed to
I’ll have to disagree with the herbal stuff. The girlfriend bought them for me ready for my first Cat C test and they seemed to have no effect at all. Although I had worked myself into a state and had convinced myself I would fail which probably didn’t help. Worrying is one thing I can do very well. Was about ready to ring my instructor and cancel my test but I just thought I’d go give it my best shot. Ended up failing with 14 minors and 2 serious. Re-took it 2 weeks later, no herbal tablets, no nothing and passed with 2 minors.
For me it was the going away and then turning up without the pressure of trying to cram the training and test into my head. Everything I had been taught had sunk in, and the pre-drive was a decent drive with only the really slight errors still to iron out.
Good luck for your 4th attempt!!
ricardopresto:
Bad news I’m afraid. The drive to the test centre was great, no problems at all. My instructor said that all I had to do was drive like that for another hour and I’d breeze it. So what do I do? Turn out of the test centre in fourth gear and then forget to flick the switch going for sixth. End up in second, pretty much come to a halt and there you go - failed before I’d even got going. Haven’t done anything like that since my first couple of lessons. Went on to clip a kerb turning left at a T-junction - something I’ve NEVER done before. Nerves, nerves, nerves. Must be, mustn’t it?Thanks for the messages of support and advice; it means a lot.
Fourth time lucky?
We’ve all done it. I went out in a Scania last week with a 3/3 box, i caused absolute chaos for the first few hours 
Just laugh it off and put it behnd you.
Good luck