02-08-2025
Driving instructor shares 'tricks' for learners to ensure a 'guaranteed' pass
A driving instructor has shared a number of "insider tips" for anyone who is aiming to pass their driving test this year
A driving instructor has shared a series of "insider tips" for anyone learning to drive this year. Josh Ramwell offers advice as a professional driving instructor on YouTube under the user Josh The Driving Instructor - having racked up over 29k subscribers on the site.
Josh recently shared advice for anyone hoping to pass their test in 2025, outlining his key tips for a successful driving test.
To begin with, Josh emphasised the importance of understanding how driving examiners think. He explained: "It's really important for our minds that we don't see the driving test examiner as the enemy because it completely changes our perspective of the driving test."
He went on to highlight the power of a positive mindset, noting that a negative outlook can significantly impact performance, the Express reports. He stated: "Negativity feeds negativity."
"If you're thinking negatively now, that the examiner is a bad guy and they're out to get you, you're just going to feed into more anxiety, more nerves, which is going to feed into more mistakes. And the best way to change this is to shift your mindset-the examiner is your friend, not your enemy."
Next, Josh shared what he calls "the most effective tip" for learner drivers: Commentary Driving. He explained: "It just means talking out loud while you're driving."
Josh noted that this technique helps maintain focus, saying it "forces your brain to stay present and to stop daydreaming," while also making it easier for the examiner to understand what you're doing.
For his third tip, Josh recommended a technique he calls the "no stopping game," which aims to prevent "erratic" or "very very late" braking. To do this, he advises looking "as far ahead down the road as you can." He added: "That's the real golden rule, you won't be able to do this if you aren't looking down the road."
This technique helps you to slow down in time, ensuring your braking is smooth and doesn't jolt the car, and the examiner when stopping at red lights.
He stated: "It's going to show the examiner you've got really good awareness looking down the road and because you've got really good awareness you can then plan better, because you can plan your speed out and anticipate the light's going to change. It's going to make you a far better driver."
Josh also advises learner drivers to "stop trying to guess the speed limit." Instead, he suggests a technique that helps drivers stay aware of the speed limit and claims if you use it "your chances of passing will skyrocket."
He explains: "Here's how you figure out the speed limit without seeing a sign - street lights equal 30 mph, no street lights equals national speed limit, 60 mph on a single carriageway (so single road), 70 mph on a dual carriageway, meaning dual road, two roads solid barrier in the middle motorway etc."
When it comes to country roads, Josh explains that faster rural routes are typically wider with clear road markings, pavements and no sharp hidden bends. In contrast, slower rural roads tend to be narrow with no pavements of markings, tall hedges and many blind bends.
He also emphasised the importance of understanding that the speed limit is a limit, not a target. If a road is too dangerous or unsafe, then you should be driving below the posted limit.
That being said, driving too slowly on a fast and open road can also be a fault on your driving test as it may lead other drivers to attempt risky overtakes.
