If you have recently received your learner's permit and are about to begin the long process that culminates in sitting your driving test, then you will want to do everything you can to get it right the first time round. Not only is booking and rebooking a test time-consuming and frustrating, it's very expensive as well.
To start with, you will need to find a good, dependable driving instructor with a decent vehicle. In order to do this, you should ask around friends and family who have recently taken driving lessons. Invariably someone close to you will be able to recommend a great teacher.
It is important to remember that learning to drive so that you can pass your test is quite a different business to driving ordinarily, in the real world. It is about going slowly, being accurate, and demonstrating your absolute respect for the rules of the road. This can get frustrating after a while, but remember, before you can go out and get driving jobs or, indeed, even get from A to B legally, it is necessary that you navigate this cautious phase correctly.
In order to make sure that you don't pick up bad habits, you will need to drive according to your driving instructor's rules all of the time, even when you are simply practising. If you neglect the correct procedures when you're driving with a licensed friend or parent, then you will find it very hard to get back into them when it is necessary for you to do so.
In short, learning to drive such that you pass your driving test is not an easy business. It requires that you are exaggeratedly accurate, and that you rigorously obey rules that other, licensed motorists treat as slightly more flexible.
