The Driving Test in Ireland... Fact or Fiction? An Instructors View

The Driving Test here in Ireland has assumed epic stature and is now a more popular subject then the latest Harry Potter Movie or Spy Blockbuster.

As with any exam, Written, Oral or Practical the reasons for failure can be attributed to just about any natural or unnatural phenomenon that you can think of.

Anything but the truth!

Myths and horror stories surrounding the Driving Test are the stuff of Legend and grow exponentially with each passing day as new legions (Nay Armies!) of Driving Test candidates exchange their experiences with anyone who will listen.

There is a very willing Audience since one in Ten of the Population in Ireland are Learner Drivers on a provisional license!

Yes... Nearly one in five of those individuals you see behind the driving wheel are Learner Drivers. That is twenty per cent of the total vehicle traffic in Ireland, discounting commercial vehicles.

Why with these numbers there should be a new T.V Channel devoted to the issue wouldn't you agree? Certainly the level of media coverage has been on the increase for the last while perhaps due to the approach of the General Election next year.

Learning the ropes from someone who has been there, done that, whether successfully or not, is a very worthwhile use of your time and could even be entertaining at a pinch. However, and here's the crunch...listening to tales of woe or the usual litany of excuses dished out by most failed candidates will not help you to any great extent. In fact they won't help you at all!

Why? Because there is no short cut to Driving Test Success, although it would appear that the average Learner Driver in Ireland believes that there is.

Let us have a look at some Fiction...

There must be a magical potion that should surely be available over the counter without prescription?

It would contain the following benefits (apart from being easy to swallow!)

(a) An inalienable right to sit behind the wheel.

(b) A complete "get rid of your Driving Instructor and forget Driving Lessons" side effect.

(c) Instructions on how to start and move your car down the road after purchase (essential).

(d) On the dosage instructions there should also be an extensive phrase book with useful and character enhancing quotes to impress all your friends. This would be something on the lines of:-

(e) "All a complete load of baloney "

(f) "A government money making racket."

(g) "A Driving School money making racket"

(h) "Get lessons from your Sister, Brother, next door neighbour and you'll be fine"

(i) "The Driving Tester's are all useless and wouldn't recognise a good driver even if they collided with one"

There is no short cut to Passing the Driving Test in Ireland.

Now for a Selection of the Facts.

(1) While it is a sample of some of the skills needed to survive and stay alive the Driving Test is only the beginning of a Driving Career and the start of the Learning experience.

(2) The Driving Test continues to evolve and with each new addition to the test curriculum it is becoming more difficult to pass.

(3) If it is becoming more difficult to Pass the Driving Test then it follows that more study and preparation, not less, needs to be faced.

(4) Taking the Driving Test before you have learnt not just the basics but more advanced techniques will lead to disappointment...often more times than once.

(5) The number of Candidates just not turning up for the Driving Test has quite an impact on the lengthening of the waiting list for an appointment.

(6) No Shows run at sometimes as much as ten per cent at Driving Test Centres.

(7) The New Test Centres on Ireland's East coast and the couple inland that are hosting the one year, privately contracted Driving Tests will only keep the waiting list from growing longer. This move to a one year privatisation of additional Driving Tests will not achieve the comparable reduction in waiting time for a Test of just a few weeks, as in the U.K.

(8) The growth in numbers of Learner Drivers appearing on the Driving Scene in Ireland, due to demographics and immigration, will make the Test Date reduction times a significant obstacle for the next few years.

(9) The many new pieces of legislation in the wings will have a beneficial effect in time but not overnight. Driving School Accreditation Registration and Monitoring will bring a new dimension to the whole area of Learning to Drive in Ireland as European standards are embraced.

(10) Currently there is no culture of Driving Tuition in Ireland and a vast majority of Learner Drivers take no professional lessons which of course has lead to a skills level that is way below par.

(11) The below par, and below European Standard of a vast majority of Drivers in Ireland has naturally led to one of the worst positions in the accident league table.

(12) Every adult driver and parent in Ireland can play a part in improving the attitude of Beginner Drivers from the moment they put a passenger in their car, whether a child or an adult. There is a need for Parental awareness which is lacking. Parents can influence the behaviour of any child from a very early age

It is obvious, even to the casual observer from any other European country or further distant land that the solution to the poor standard of Driving in Ireland lies in Driver Education that is formally structured, monitored and enforced.

There is a very good chance that any young driver, with the proper tuition and encouragement will turn out to be a competent and safe Driver and having achieved a reasonable level of understanding will sail through the Driving Test in Ireland.

Robin Piggott is a Driving Instructor in Ireland who brings four decades of experience to his Astral Driving School based in Limerick. His newly refurbed web site can be found at http://www.astraldrivingschool.ie Here you can find a treasure trove of everything for the Learner Driver and also pages for the visitor who is contemplating Touring Ireland by Car. Pick up a free seven part mini course"Passing the Driving Test First Time" and stack the cards in your favour.

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Laws of the Universe - Fact Or Fiction

There is so much information on "The Laws of the Universe" these days. What is all the hype about? Is it true that we create the world around us as we know it? Is it True that our "Belief System" determines our decision making thus creating our circumstances be they good or bad? Where does our "Belief System" come from anyway? What are these so called "Laws" and why should we pay attention to them? If there are such "Laws" how do we put them in effect to work for us instead of against us?

In order to understand what the Hype is about let's start with some definitions of what our "Belief System" is and what the "Laws of the Universe" is.

Belief System - beliefs are formed through our lives through our parents, grandparents, teachers, friends anyone who had an influence on us as we were growing up. This is what you believe to be true, the way in which you think things are.

The Laws of the Universe are the laws that govern what we have in life.

Laws of the Universe - there are Six main Laws that you should be aware of and focus on, for these laws determines what we have in life whether good or bad. These laws are working for you are against you. It doesn't matter if you believe them to be true or not, they are working in your life.

1) The Law of Attraction
2) The Law of Vibration
3) The Law of Cause and Effect (Karma)
4) The Law of Gratitude
5) The Law of Love
6) The Law of Allowance

Let's look at these individually and see just what they are.

First, we must realize that these laws cannot be seen in isolation. Each law is affected or is influenced by another Law. They are all interrelated as one closed system. So, to get the most out of these Laws you must have them all working for you.

The Law of Attraction this Law is the most talked about so let's explore a little deeper into the meaning of this Law. Simply stated The Law of Attraction is all about cause and effect. It states that whatever you focus your attention on sufficiently you will manifest it in your life. Everything and Everyone that is in your life you have attracted to you. Even though you have done this unconsciously it is still a fact. You can change the direction of your life by starting to focus on the things you want instead of the things you don't want.

The Law of Vibration states that everything existent in the universe vibrates. Let's look at this closer, first let me explain vibration, vibration is the movement of something between two points, two polarities, two extremes. The rate at which something moves between the two points is called the "Frequency"

Everything in the universe is Energy moving according to a particular Frequency. Understand that everything is a vibration or frequency, but with our human five senses (hear, taste, touch, smell and sight) we can only perceive a very small range of frequencies. Considering there are an infinite number of possible frequencies, as humans we are very limited in our perception with our five senses, as we can only pick up a very small proportion of all possible frequencies.

For this reason we can't see "thoughts and we cannot 'see' how our thoughts and emotions affect the universe and what comes to us. Truth is that everything in the universe vibrates. The way Law of Attraction works is through a process called "vibrational magnetism".

It is impossible to understand the Law of Attraction unless you understand the Law of Vibration. It is through the Vibrational Magnetism that like attracts like and thus through which the Law of Attraction works.

The Law of Cause and Effect (Karma) states that for everything you do there is a result. This Law is easier to understand if you think about the Law of Vibration, what you send out immediately affects the whole universe. The vibration you send out attracts a like vibration. And something be it a person, a thought, a hunch, or another energy pattern vibrating at a similar frequency will come to you. If you want to make drastic changes in your life learn and understand these laws and change your vibrating frequencies (thoughts) and focus on the positive for positive thoughts and emotions will bring back positive changes in your life. Remember, that every circumstance that you encounter has a gift within. Find the gift (positive in the situation) and focus on that.

The Law of Gratitude we must feel a true gratitude for what we have in our life in the right here and now before we can ever expect to have more. When you feel grateful for what you have, you are happy. In feeling happy and grateful, you exert one of the most positive emotions possible. In this way, you send out a high frequency of positive energy vibration. Your body will be sending out these high frequencies all the time which creates the most ideal circumstances for the Law of Attraction to be applied in attracting more high frequency energy into your life.

If you don't know where to start in applying the Law of Attraction in your life The Law of Gratitude is a great place to start. You have the choice in feeling happy and grateful for who you are and what you have in your life. The problem is people generally have a hard time feeling grateful for their current situation and circumstances.

So how do you turn your thoughts and emotions around to set the stage for the Law of Attraction to work in your life?

By being happy now and grateful for what you have.

The Law of Love

The Law of Love is not what you may think, it's not the love you feel for the opposite sex, when you're infatuated with someone. Let's think back about the Law of Vibration, everything in the Universe is a Vibration, therefore everything in the Universe has two extreme points, there is a point in between, the middle that is always neutral, a balance of frequencies, a balance of all. That balance is what Love really is, that is what the universe is. The Universe is Love, You are Love.

You are a unique point of perception in the universe. You give the universe a unique experience and so does everyone else. We all make up the universe, being we are all one with the universe. Remember we are all energy. We are each experiencing life as if we are separate from the universe bringing in our own unique perception to the whole. In the End everything is just balance. Everything is just Love. Everything starts and ends at Love. You, everyone and everything is Love. The separations manifested in the form of 'frequencies' and 'vibrations', are only an illusion put up to allow for the experience of separation, to allow for learning, growing and evolving.

The closer you move toward this balance, the more you live according to the Law of Love, the greater your conscious attraction will be. There is a false belief that 95% of humanity holds to be true and that is the Belief in Scarcity. But let me ask you one question and really think about this. How can there be Scarcity in an infinite universe, this infinite pool of unlimited frequency and wavelength variances? There cannot be, for scarcity equals limitation. That is why the only way to have lack or scarcity in your life is to focus on it. Remember, like attracts like. What you focus on is what life gives you. So, choose the alternative. Realize you are the creator of your own life; focus on abundance, for that Universal Love is abundance. (The Law of Abundance)

The Law of Allowance applied after you have applied all other Universal Laws will amplify you application of the Law of Attraction. The Law of Allowance must be applied to complete the cycle.
This Law has two equally important aspects to it.

First you must love yourself enough, to allow yourself to deserve the good things you want in your life. When you do this you open yourself up for the good vibrations to be allowed to come into your life.

Second once this happens, once you allow these good vibrations and things to come into your life, then be grateful for it. Always thank the person that gave you something nice, don't be shy. In this way you are thanking the universe. If there is no person involved is this good happening in your life then thank the Universe.

When asking the universe for your desire don't try to control how it will come to pass. Your only duty is to recognize the opportunities, people, experiences, gut feelings, inspirations; thoughts are whatever form the universe brings it to you. Do not try and make up a way for the universe to bring it to you and then sit and wait for it to happen. It will not happen that way. You will never stop waiting. Trust the Universe, trust that it knows the absolute best way, recognize the things you should act upon and don't forget to ACT.

The only real valuable thing is intuition. Albert Einstein

Thais Wallace

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