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[Grahamm]

Mostly the only issues with instincts I've really had are when I default to thinking "bike" rather than "car".

To start with, several times the instructor had to nudge the wheel to the right because I was positioning as if I was on two wheels, not four.

Then there was a time when a car came a little too far out of a T-Junction and I jumped on the brakes because that's my automatic reaction for "I don't know they've seen me".

Also there was the time I first tried a Dual Carriageway (three lanes) and a car suddenly chopped from lane 3 to lane 2 (I was in lane 1), making me flinch as I wanted to get more distance from them...!

But all of these have only happened once and as I did my Advanced Test back in 2011, I'm applying pretty much all of the same principles now that I've got vehicle handling sorted out.

I now "talk along" to my driving (I do this on the bike sometimes too) because it helps me concentrate and describes what my driving plan is which means the Examiner won't be thinking "why did they do that?" as I'll have just explained it

Also I downloaded a bunch of Test routes and went round practicing them to get familiar with the roads I'm likely to be using and, especially, any awkward roundabouts etc.