Ooooooohhh, its test day. You can feel the

jitters, you can feel the anxiety.

Yes indeed! I had a comment from

Saber-toothed, he wanted me to do a mock

road test to show him and others what

they needed to do on road test day. On a road

test, remember the first principle:

breathe - in through the nose, out through

the mouth, and breathe all the way to

your navel. [DEMONSTRATING THE BREATHING TECHNIQUE]

This will help you to relax. It will help

you to relieve some of the tension and

some of the anxiety that you're going to

feel on test day. If you can relax you're

going to do better on your test. And I

know all about the jitters and all about

the anxiety because I've done no less

than a dozen road tests: different higher

class licenses, my car license when I was

16, and I had to do two or three tests

when I got my instructors license. Every

time I was anxious. Now keep in mind that

for the purposes of your road test, your

job is to take away the examiners right

to fail you.

That's all you have to do - nothing more,

nothing less.

And if you practice, practice, practice,

up until road test day, you're going to

do what you practice, and that's not

going to be a hard job. So stick around,

we're going to do a mock road test. We'll be

right back with that information.

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Hi there smart driver welcome back. Rick with smart

drive test talking to you today about

how to do a mock road test. The first

thing you need to do, is you need to show

up at least 45 minutes to 30 minutes

early for your appointment because you

have to go into the driving licensing

center and you have to check in. Now when

you come to the licensing center, make

sure that you bring identification -

you're going to need at least two pieces

of identification, and what I tell

students is to bring three pieces of

identification in case for whatever

reason one piece isn't accepted. So bring

three pieces of identification and don't

forget your money.

Yes, it's not free! You have to pay a fee,

whether you're at the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles), the MTO (Ministry of Transportation of Ontario) in

Ontario, or ICBC (Insurance Corporation of British Columbia) here in British Columbia.

So make sure you bring money. As well,

before you leave in the morning, whether

you're with the school or you're taking

your own vehicle, make sure you do a

pre-trip inspection on your vehicle

before you show up for road test day.

Make sure all the lights are working, the

horn is working, the seatbelts are

working, the seats are secure.

Make sure all the rubbish is out of the

car, because you are not going to get an

examiner in your vehicle if you have--you know--

fast food containers up to the knees

in in the footwells of your vehicle.

So make sure you clean it out and keep

it clean.

It's going to leave a better impression

with the examiner. As well, leave Ruffy at

home - don't bring your pets, don't bring

the cat, don't have anybody else in the

vehicle. It is just you and the examiner. So when

you show up to the road test, you go in

and check in. Just one other note about

pre-trip inspection - if you're going with

the driving school, ensure that you ask

the driving instructor if in fact he or

she did do a pre-trip inspection on the

vehicle in the morning, because

oftentimes if you've got a signal our, for

example, or brake light they will not let

you go on a road test. But if you detect

that during the pre-trip inspection

before you show up for your road test

it's easily fixed and you can go for

your road test and it's not going to

create more angst on the day of your

road test. So you go in, check in, wait--often in the vehicle--the examiners

going to come out and find the vehicle - he

or she is going to go through a pre-trip

inspection with you. They're going to get

you to check the signals, the lights, the

windshield wipers and the horn. They're

going to get to do that little mini

pre-trip inspection. Oftentimes, what

they'll do is, they'll tell you to roll

down your window and they'll indicate

what they want you to do: left signal,

right signal, brake lights, those types of

things. If the vehicle doesn't pass a

pre-trip inspection they are not going

to take you out on a road test. And

unfortunately, I've seen that time and

time again waiting at test centers for

students to come back on licenses. And

one of the most awful ones I've seen is

somebody that show up with an Alberta vehicle--

and they're not required to have a plate

on the front in Alberta--they borrow their Uncle's

car or whatever. They show up and because

they don't have aplate on the front, in British

Columbia they can't go for the road test

because it doesn't pass standards that are

set out in policy by that licensing

center. So make sure you do a pre-trip

inspection. I can't stress that enough on

test day when you show up the licensing

center. Oftentimes there's going to be

designated parking - here in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada we

don't have designated parking, it's

street parking. And a lot of the smaller

licensing centers, it's going to be

street parking. They're not gonna have a

parking lot with their own designated

parking.But if they do have designated

parking for licensing exams,

make sure you back into the space

because you're just too nervous at the

beginning of the test. So back into the

space, and if you go with the driving

school they're going to make you

back in any way. That way it gives you a

bit of practice of where you have to

back in -hat way you can drive out at the outset of your test. At

the end of the road test, when you come

back, the driving examiner will make you back into the

space. here in Vernon, BC, Canada, I'm not going to

do that because it's street parking

and they don't have designated parking.

But know that at some of the center's

you're going to have designated parking

so make sure you park there for the

purpose of the road test

so the examiner can find you and take

you out on your road test. One important

note for road test day - if you make a

mistake

keep going. Don't dwell on the mistake

because if you dwell on the mistake

you're going to make more mistakes. So

just let it go - quickly carry on with the

road test. You do not stop until the

examiner--he or she--tells you to stop.

Otherwise just keep going. When you get

back to the examination office they will

indicate whether they saw it or not.

Because sometimes they may not even see

the mistake that you have made. They may

be looking out the window or thinking

about something else.

Oftentimes, there's a chance that

they didn't even see it, so just keep

going.

Again, as I said, we do what we have

practice, so if you practice, practice,

practice, up to road-test, you're going

to be great. As well, what they're going

to do - they're going to get in the

vehicle, the examiner is going to give you the

little spiel - they're going to tell you

that they will give you plenty of advanced

notice of where to turn at the

intersection. Oftentimes, what they're

going to say is, "At the intersection, turn

left." And I'll give you a couple blocks

notice. If it's just an intersection, it's

not a controlled intersection. As well,

they'll say: "At the controlled

intersection, turn right." When they say

"controlled intersection," what they're

doing is getting you to sort out whether

it's a stop sign, a yield, or traffic

light and how to deal with that

situation. And know that if it's a

controlled intersection, it's a stop sign,

a traffic light, or a yield. So that's the

other information that they're going to

give you. The examiner is going to tell you to obey all

traffic signs and obey all laws when

you're driving. So again, it comes back to

my tagline: "Pick the best answer, not

necessarily the right answer." As well, if

you end up with an emergency vehicle on

your road test, STOP, if you're not

already stopped. Make sure you pull over

to the nearest shoulder and stop as soon

as possible. And do the best you can - make

sure you do lots of shoulder checking. And

essentially, what we're going to do is,

we're gonna fire up the cameras here,

we're gonna go for a drive!

Alright, so the examiners gotten in the

car and given you the spiel. Obey all the

traffic signs; he or she will give you plenty of

notice about directions. At the

intersection turn left - turn right. Obey

all the traffic laws, and all the rules.

And he or she has indicated for you to proceed. We're going up

to the intersection and turning right and

then turn left at the next intersection.

So we're going to proceed - mirror, signal,

shoulder check. It is clear to go.

Shoulder check again immediately before

leaving. Mirror, signal, shoulder check

turning right. Moving to the right of our

lane. Stopping just when the stop line moves under

the front of the vehicle. We can't see, so

we're going to proceed forward and treat the intersection

as a yield. I can see -

we're proceeding. We have a pedestrian

walking across the road and we're just going

to slow down until the pedestrian attains

the curb. I'm stopping so the stop

line just rolls under the front of the

vehicle. And we've positioned the vehicle

to the left of our lane, but still right of the centre line.

And again, I can't see because of the

parked vehicles here, so I need to creep

forward.

That vehicle has preceded; the other

vehicle across from me has the

right-of-way. [WAITING] And the person really

doesn't know the traffic rules because

they're going straight. Straight through vehicle have the right-of-way over turning vehicles. And again, I got

caught out here because there was a car

coming. Fortunately there's nobody in the

intersection. And that's going to happen

on your road test. I'm scanning the

railway crossing there. The examiner has

indicated for me to proceed straight

through the controlled intersection here.

Going back to the previous left-turn: you're going to have to move

out into the intersection and some times

you're going to have to stop in the lane.