Option three is that both could be true to a greater of lesser degree.

I suppose that when one passes, you just move on and forget that you ever had to worry about it. Hence no one really considers the validity of the test or the integrity of the testers for more than a short time.

I guess it's true that some people will blindly get an instructor off the internet or phonebook. Some people are just not made for driving for sure but they must be in a tiny minority.

That depends who you're asking! I'd revoke the license of every c*** who picks up their phone the very second the car stops moving, cos they're addicted to it. And I'd hang the gits who do it whilst driving.

That's about 50% of them already gone by my estimation.

Optimistic as ever

I have a full clean licence for 46 years cars and other vehicles no penalties ever.

Also motor bikes I can quite legally bear down on people on a Vincent 1000cc bullet with impunity.

Will be cool if my sight fades I will be going out more not less.

In recent years I failed, then passed, both my Large Goods Vehicle Class 1 and Class 2 tests, and my 17 year old daughter recently passed her car driving test. Me at Abingdon; she at Oxford.

Between us we found all five tests to be fairly conducted and honestly evaluated. Sorry this isn’t sensational; but that’s how it is.

P.S. I’m also licenced for motor cycle and ‘bus’ i.e. I’m licenced for any vehicle you care to name. In case you are interested

Palace since 19 August 1972. Palace 1 (Tony Taylor) Liverpool 1 (Emlyn Hughes)

I passed first time. That's not a boast, because I should not really have passed - not with only 12 hours driving experience.

And that is in itself an issue. Perhaps a minimum of, say, 72 hours logged experience before even applying for a test might reap rewards for everyone.