Keep Your Cool – As hilariously depicted at the beginning of the movie “Office Space,” driving to work can be a very stressful experience. However, as you are driving to work, it’s important to keep your cool. It can require a lot of patience, but not losing your cool while driving to work can keep you from making a bad decision that results in an accident.

Give Yourself Time to Get to Work – Although it can be challenging to get out of bed when you alarm goes off, instead of simply hitting snooze, it’s important to give yourself enough time to get to work in the mornings. If you try and wait until the last minute to leave, you will end up trying to speed the entire way to work, which can create a dangerous driving situation for you and the other drivers on the road.

Don’t Multitask – While you may be strapped for time in the morning, this is no excuse to text on your cellphone or try to put on makeup while you are driving. To keep yourself safe, you need to focus your full attention on the road. Although it’s best to avoid until you aren’t driving, if you have to talk on your cellphone, use a hands free headset so you can keep both of your hands on the steering wheel.

Be a Good Defensive Driver – Although following the above tips will ensure you aren’t putting yourself or others in danger, you have to be on the lookout for drivers who are following these safe driving recommendations. By staying aware of the drivers around you, you will be able to minimize your chance of being on the receiving end of an accident.

Never Drink and Drive: Not only is it illegal, but it can cost you your life. While this may sound dramatic, just consider this statistic: in 2008, nearly 14,000 people lost their lives as a result of alcohol-related driving accident.

Don’t Use Your Cellphone: While it’s always tempting to see who’s texting you, when you’re behind the wheel, remind yourself to wait until you arrive at your destination to grab your cellphone. And although it’s best to avoid talking on your cellphone at all while you’re driving, if you feel like you have to, use a hands-free device.

Follow the Speed Limit: It’s always tempting to speed, but speed limits are in place to not only keep you safe, but to keep other drivers and pedestrians safe as well.

Always Wear Your Seat Belt: If you’re going on a short drive, you may think that you don’t need to wear your seat belt. However, regardless of how long you’re going to be in your car, you should always wear a seat belt, because you never know when it’s going to make the difference between you living and dying.

Check Your Blind Spot Before Changing Lanes: While you should use your rearview mirrors to monitor the traffic around you, before you actually change lanes, make you physically turn your head to check your blind spot.

Keep Your Car in Good Shape: Regardless of how safe you are while you’re driving, if your car has a problem such as worn-out tires or bad brakes, you may still wind up in an accident. By taking the time to keep your car in good shape, you can be confident that you’re safe when you are on the road.

Any situation that you have to take a driving test for can be an awfully scary one and there are many ways in which people have encounter problems. Here are a few tips to help you avoid running into those problems and to help you to pass your test more efficiently.

The first thing you should do is to remember to stay calm. This can help by making you more able to assess a situation rationally and also help you to avoid the common jittery feeling that can send people in a higher state of panic than they are already in.

Next, try to relax as much as possible. This doesn’t necessarily mean that you are in an easygoing, happy, state, just that you are more receptive to input and that you’re not going to overreact if something happens.

Third, remember to stay focused. When you get off task, either through conversation or allowing your mind to wander, you’re more likely to make mistakes which will make you tense up or could ruin your calm demeanor in a matter of seconds.

Finally, always remember that it’s just a test to make sure that you know what you already know. Even if you happen to fail, you will always have another chance and, so long as you know what you’re testing for, you will probably have no problem with the test at all.