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Using visualisation to help you pass your driving test

Visualisation is the process of running through a scene in your mind before you do something – like a mental rehearsal. By visualising (or imagining yourself doing something) you activate the same parts of your brain as you would use

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Driving examiner strike 15 October 2014

If you’ve got a practical driving test on Wednesday 15 October 2014 it might be cancelled because some driving examiners who are members of the Public and Commercial Service Union are planning a strike. Theory driving tests are not affected.

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Using affirmations to help with your driving test

In this first article in a series we’re going to look at different methods of helping you pass your driving test, the first of which is affirmations. Affirmations are commonly used by elite sportspeople and business leaders, but also by

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Cost of learner driver test drops next week

Next week the fee for a car or motorbike driving theory test will fall by £6, taking the cost of a test from £31 to £25. Other categories of vehicle also benefit with a reduction, as shown in the table below.

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What drugs can you use before driving?

Back in April we reported that the government was looking at introducing defined limits for driving while under the influence of illegal drugs. But what drugs can you take and still drive safely? What effect do different illicit drugs have

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Driver CPC: deadline is looming

If you’ve been driving for a living for a while you’ll know that the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) was introduced in 2008 for bus and coach drivers and 2009 for lorry drivers. If you’ve more recently started driving

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Drink driving limits

280 people were killed in drink driving accidents in the UK in 2012. While this is down over 75% since 1979, alcohol has become more readily available and in more drinkable forms such as RTDs (ready-to-drink) and alcopops. How do

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