90 failed attempts at driving theory..
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In The Times today it said a woman aged 26 has failed her driving theory test for the 90th time... Also that a 39 year old man from the west midlands has failed his practical 36 times..
Isn't it sensible to say you get 5 attempts at each and if you don't pass after that many goes tough luck?
These people must be shocking and if they manage one day to fluke the test.. well it'll make the roads more dangerous for the rest of us.
Isn't it sensible to say you get 5 attempts at each and if you don't pass after that many goes tough luck?
These people must be shocking and if they manage one day to fluke the test.. well it'll make the roads more dangerous for the rest of us.
Ninety failures of the theory test is mightily impressive. 
Mind you, I saw the hazard perception bit recently and it's hugely ambiguous. It didn't exist when I took my test but I'm not at all certain I could pass it without coaching myself in the kinds of things they arbitrarily consider to be hazards.
Mind you, I saw the hazard perception bit recently and it's hugely ambiguous. It didn't exist when I took my test but I'm not at all certain I could pass it without coaching myself in the kinds of things they arbitrarily consider to be hazards.
Edited by kambites on Thursday 17th March 10:59
kambites said:
Ninety failures of the theory test is mightily impressive.
Mind you, I saw the hazard perception bit recently and it's hugely ambiguous. It didn't exist when I took my test but I'm not at all certain I could pass it without coaching myself in the kinds of things they arbitrarily consider to be hazards.
I did my bike test in September so had to do theory with hazard perception. No practice runs, 1st time I saw how it worked was sitting the test I passed without issue 1st time. It's really not difficult.Mind you, I saw the hazard perception bit recently and it's hugely ambiguous. It didn't exist when I took my test but I'm not at all certain I could pass it without coaching myself in the kinds of things they arbitrarily consider to be hazards.
Edited by kambites on Thursday 17th March 10:59
Herman Toothrot said:
I did my bike test in September so had to do theory with hazard perception. No practice runs, 1st time I saw how it worked was sitting the test I passed without issue 1st time. It's really not difficult.
I don't know what the rules are on passing it, but I found when I looked at it that I was spotting all sorts of things that they didn't consider "hazards". Herman Toothrot said:
I did my bike test in September so had to do theory with hazard perception. No practice runs, 1st time I saw how it worked was sitting the test I passed without issue 1st time. It's really not difficult.
Indeed, whilst it wasn't a requirement when I did my car test I have done it and it's not that hard. As long as you don't ignore all the blatantly obvious hazards then you'll be fine.Oh, apparently clicking the button like a spaz on speed doesn't gain you more points either
I've always been of the opinion that someone who is so lacking in aptitude that they fail more than once or twice will be a danger if/when they do eventually pass. That said, my OH passed on her fourth attempt and is the best driver I know - totally in-tune with the concept of driving, mechanically sympathetic and about as precise and safe as anyone could be. I do still think, though, that there should be a cut-off point, and it troubles that the masses tend to consider 'mega failures', such as the likes of Maureen Reese, as a source of entertainment and amusement. If it were a young male driving so badly folk would take a very different view.
How much would that cost!!?!Herman Toothrot said:
Isn't it sensible to say you get 5 attempts at each and if you don't pass after that many goes tough luck?
These people must be shocking and if they manage one day to fluke the test.. well it'll make the roads more dangerous for the rest of us.
[Can of Worms]These people must be shocking and if they manage one day to fluke the test.. well it'll make the roads more dangerous for the rest of us.
Disagree - I'm sure plenty of people also fluke their test regardless if it takes one or a hundred attempts. It wouldn't make any difference to the driving standards you see on the roads. Also if it takes them 100 attempts, then it's their own cost.
(In case you're wondering, practical car test passed 3rd time, everything else (theory/bike practical) 1st time
)[/Can of Worms]
ambuletz said:
90 times is abit disconcerting especially as 90% of the questions are just pure common sense. Makes you wonder what her kind of mindset is like..
You'd think. I seem to recall turning up to mine with no revision beforehand and finding it quite simple.I wonder what this sign could mean
I find this sort of thing terrifying and depressing in equal measure. Compared to many European countries, our driving test is a piece of piss, and the theory test is more obvious than an Alan Partridge pun.
How is it we've wound up with so many thick-to-the-point-of-helplessness people in our population? Every time I hear stories like this I just think of the rapid upwardly-mobile populations of India and China, with a desire for learning and expertise, laughing at us as they power past in the economic fast-lane.
How is it we've wound up with so many thick-to-the-point-of-helplessness people in our population? Every time I hear stories like this I just think of the rapid upwardly-mobile populations of India and China, with a desire for learning and expertise, laughing at us as they power past in the economic fast-lane.
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