When did you pass your test and how difficult was it?

[Simon.Pieman]

I tried some sample tests and kept clicking too early because I was thinking "Ok, that's liable to become a hazard, so I'll keep an eye on it".

Interesting. Have a read of Keith Code's 'Twist of the Wrist' He explains how loading up the brain with too much 'potentialities' is quite a bad thing.  The more you can discard from thinking about, the easier it is for the brain to cope with a hazard when it is 'on you'. I apply this to my own riding.
I probably havn't explained that at all well, but have a read if you get the chance Graham (if you havn't already).

I passed my test in 1978, a Suzuki 185 and it was the drive round the block tests, I passed first time. It wasn't difficult and the examiner was an old schoolteacher of mine who said 'At last, you are actually pretty good at something!'