9 Tips to Reduce Fear & Anxiety on a Road Test & When Driving

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Chapters:

0:00 Introduction
2:55 Biology
3:30 Duped
3:50 The Driving Task
5:23 #1 Be Comfortable
6:56 #2 Clean the Vehicle
8:27 #3 Sit in the Vehicle
11:39 #4 Eliminate Noise
12:18 #5 Breath, Visualize, Relax
14:18 #6 Progressive Steps
16:08 #7 Focus on What You're Doing
18:14 #8 Route Planning & Navigation
19:17 #9 Work with Someone Else
20:51 Conclusion
25:36 Question | Do you have any tips and techniques to reduce anxiety and fear related to driving?
26:38 Blooper

BIOLOGICAL LIMITATIONS

Now little doubt that you're having some fear and anxiety associated with driving because we travel at high speeds, and unlike cheetahs our body's biologically not designed to travel at high speed.

So there are tips, techniques, and skills that you can put in place that will compensate for our limitations in biology and our ability to move at high rates of speed.

And one of the most prominent techniques is to look farther down the road so that you have more time to segregate out the different road hazards that you have to take note of and prepare for as you're driving.

DUPED

The other thing about driving is that we're a bit duped by driving because for our whole lives we grow up in the back of motorcars - this generation and the baby boomer generation were the first generations to grow up with the motorcar.

So our whole lives we sit in the back of the car and we watch our parents drive, our friends, and family and other people drive and it seems fairly easy.

Because to a veteran driver all of this becomes kind of second nature and it looks fairly easy.

But when you get in the vehicle it is a complex task. And it's probably the most complex task that we do on a daily basis.

And there are six characteristics of the roadway that come together in different combinations that can make driving very different in the same piece of roadway.

THE DRIVING TASK

So the:

1) driver

2) the vehicle

3) traffic

4) the roadway

5) light

6) and weather.

And all of those things are changing all the time.

So driving is dynamic!

So you have to be flexible and have to interpret different situations as you're driving and put in place strategies that will help you to cope with that and allow you to drive safely.

So those are a couple of reasons why you might have some fear and anxiety around driving.

And why you might have some fear and anxiety around taking a road test. And the other thing is that none of us like to be watched by other people and criticized.

And unfortunately that's what examiner's do: they watch us, they evaluate what we're doing, and they criticize what we're doing.

And not very often do they say, “oh you did awesome!

Everything went well.” No we have a great deal of anxiety around tests and we don't like other people criticizing what we're doing.

At least it feels like we're being criticized. Many of the examiners are quite good at giving you positive feedback and helping you to improve your driving skills.

But still there's a great deal of fear and trepidation.

#1 - WEAR COMFORTABLE CLOTHING

So without further ado let's get to tip number one. Wear comfortable clothing that’s loose fitting.

A t-shirt or some other blouse, or something like that. Pants that are not too tight or constricting.

Trainers -have nice comfortable shoes on that have good contact with the pedals and those types of things.

Don't have flip-flops on… thongs as they call them in Australia or high heels and those types of things.

Make sure that you can have good contact with your heel on the floor of the vehicle.

And that way you can simply rotate your ankle and work the pedals.

As well, when you're sitting in the vehicle make sure that the seat is adjusted.

The back of the seat tilts backwards and forwards and it should be back far enough that you have a nice bend in the elbow.

As well, the seat backwards and forwards should be adjusted so that when you put your foot behind the pedals, there's just a slight bend in the knees.

And that way you're going to have good contact with the pedals and you're not going to be stretching.

As well you're not going to be hunched up over the steering wheel and those types of things.

Because I see lots of drivers when they're driving, they're hunched up over the steering wheel.

And I think to myself, “how can that possibly be comfortable?” I'll put a card up in the corner for you here on how to adjust the seat and how to adjust the controls on the vehicle.

Good luck on your road test!!

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