So... I am going for my green P's (provisional 2 licence) sometime in the next week. It is a computer based test where you face 15 scenarios behind the wheel on the screen and you tap the screen when there is a hazard, when you would stop, when you would turn, etc. Basically testing your hazard perceptions skills (hence the name hazard perception test :lol
and all my friends who have done it (and have done a lot less driving than me) say it was really easy and an insult to their intelligence. Naturally, I am shitting myself and putting off booking it. I really want to go though, because the restrictions on what you can and can't do are a lot less stringent:
a) can go 100 km/h instead of 90 (I consider speed restrictions more dangerous than lack of them for new drivers because other people nearly kill you when you are overtaken on freeways and that)
b) can use the phone handsfree whilst driving- can finally use the gps in my phone
c) more points overall, so you don't lose your licence for going 1km/h over the speed limit first time round (I don't speed, but I do make mistakes).
d) generally just more respect on the road, people don't see you as being as inexperienced as on your reds and they tend to be nicer to you (don't cut you off, let you into gaps more, etc)
GAAAAH damn nerves!!!!!!!!!! *drinks rescue remedy*
And yes, I was horrendous when I had to do my actual driving test, and worse whe I failed it the first time.