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In the current climate, waiting times for driving tests have never been longer, so the pressure for learners to pass their test has intensified.

It can be an expensive task for the learner too! Factor in the cost to book a test (£62, more at weekends), the extra practice needed and often they’ll need to hire your dual-controlled car too. The costs to take the test can start to rocket!

Money aside, learners don’t want to retake their test due to the potential embarrassment this may bring and it’s trickier than ever to find another driving test slot due to the current huge backlog of learners in the system if they fail.

You’ll most likely be aware that most learners get a serious or dangerous test fault for an easily preventable mistake and with better preparation from the candidate, this need not happen. The top ten reasons for failing on test day remain surprisingly consistent each year.

FirstCar, Intelligent Instructor’s parent brand, has used its award-winning film production team to produce a series of 10 videos to highlight these reasons whilst offering strategies to help learners avoid them. Beating test day nerves, mastering manoeuvres, improving observation skills and controlling the vehicle are just some of the topics covered.

Driving Test Wiz is not intended to replace the essential in-car training, but merely to support this. Lynne Barrie, one of the most successful and highly qualified driving instructors in the country, helped advise on this product to ensure each video contained the necessary information to support the learner.

James Evans, FirstCar’s Founder and brains behind Driving Test Wiz commented, ‘When we realised that hundreds of thousands of learners were consistently failing their driving test each year for the same common reasons, we set to work to develop this app. As we are a trusted brand with our learner audience it was a natural step for us to develop this to help learners avoid making those common mistakes and to help take the stress out of test day.

We hope instructors will embrace this product and encourage their learners to download to help them on test day. Learning to drive is a serious business and not to be rushed and this app is not a shortcut to passing. We firmly believe that for a modest £4.99 Driving Test Wiz is a worthwhile investment for all learners who use it.’

The app is available to download now, and more details can be found at firstcar.co.uk/wiz.