Get the help you need
There is plenty of information available to help you to pass your test - and for continued safe driving. These are a few of the useful aids to good driving practice – and are the tools you need to ensure you ‘know your stuff’ when you take your test!
Top of the list – The Highway Code, this isn’t optional, it’s essential! You can buy this in most good bookshops as well as on Amazon and other online sites, such as Ebay and the TSO website.
http://www.tsoshop.co.uk/bookstore.asp?FO=1207776&DI=582744
Next up Know Your Traffic Signs – you might be asked questions in both the theory test and you’ll certainly be expected to know your signs during the practical.
http://www.tsoshop.co.uk/bookstore.asp?FO=1207776&DI=588190
The following learning aids are produced by the Driving Standards Agency, the government body that sets the driving test.
The Official DSA Guide to Learning to Drive (book)
http://www.tsoshop.co.uk/bookstore.asp?FO=1207774&DI=591552
The Official DSA Theory Test for Car Drivers and The Official Highway Code 2008/09 Edition (book)
http://www.tsoshop.co.uk/bookstore.asp?FO=1207774&DI=591552
The Official DSA Guide to Hazard Perception (DVD)
http://www.tsoshop.co.uk/bookstore.asp?FO=1207773&DI=588199
The Official DSA Guide to Driving - the essential skills (book)
http://www.tsoshop.co.uk/bookstore.asp?FO=1207774&DI=582743
Focus deliver a range of DVDs that are helpful – visit their website for more details:
Driving Test Success Practical (DVD)
http://www.focusmm.co.uk/shop/Driving-Test-Success-PRACTICAL-DVD-pr-507.html
Driving Test Success ALL TESTS 2009( Interactive DVD)
http://www.focusmm.co.uk/shop/Driving-Test-Success-ALL-TESTS-2008-09-Interactive-DVD-pr-1401.html
Also these websites have plenty of useful information to help with your progress from beginner to competent driver.
http://www.2pass.co.uk/index.html
http://www.driving-test-success.com/index.html
http://www.learnerstuff.co.uk/