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As others have said, get some lessons. An instructor will really help you to know which of your habits are ones that will help you pass your test and which will cause you to fail (hint: encourage the former and avoid the latter).

Also remember that passing your test is just the first step in learning to drive, once you pass you'll then need to level up. Passing your test shows that you can drive in a way that's safe for other drivers, it doesn't mean that other drivers will drive in a way that's safe for you.

So, once you pass make sure you regularly drive and after a few years you'll find you have a natural instinct. You won't know why but you start doing things like giving some drivers a lot more room than others or slowing down when approaching some junctions even though there's nobody waiting there. When that happens trust your instinct as it's picked up on something that you're not consciously going to notice. That's why people who have recently passed their test are more likely to be in an accident than people who have been driving for longer, it isn't that they're unsafe drivers, it's just that they haven't developed an instinct for driving yet.