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Driving Tests? Are they dodgy?
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  Hrolf The Ganger  31 May 18 12.37pm |
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My son has just failed his driving test for the second time. My neighbour's son has failed three times. My best mates daughter failed her first test for next to nothing. Discuss.
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| steeleye20 Croydon 31 May 18 12.45pm |
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No H your reputation precedes you. They just want to keep death off the roads.
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| Hrolf The Ganger 31 May 18 12.49pm |
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Originally posted by steeleye20
No H your reputation precedes you. They just want to keep death off the roads. Is there any chance that you could take this thread seriously?
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 31 May 18 12.50pm |
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Test over 60’s or 70’s or women every month to raise money. Tests are dodgy in parts of Africa and East Europe. I swear they consist of being able to start the car and drive forward a bit and stop.
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| Stuk Top half 31 May 18 12.51pm |
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What do you mean "for next to nothing"? You get given a record of all your minor and major faults at the end of the test, or you used to anyway. I was surprised how low the pass rate was when I looked it up, but then us 1st timers would be I guess.
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| Stuk Top half 31 May 18 12.53pm |
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Originally posted by Rudi Hedman
Test over 60’s or 70’s or women every month to raise money. Tests are dodgy in parts of Africa and East Europe. I swear they consist of being able to start the car and drive forward a bit and stop. I love that pensioners can just write in and say I'm fine to carry on driving, in my own opinion. No one should be allowed to insure a vehicle on a foreign licence, hire cars only, so they have to pass a British test if they're planning on driving here for longer than a holiday.
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 31 May 18 1.03pm |
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Originally posted by Stuk
I love that pensioners can just write in and say I'm fine to carry on driving, in my own opinion. No one should be allowed to insure a vehicle on a foreign licence, hire cars only, so they have to pass a British test if they're planning on driving here for longer than a holiday. Agreed, although we obviously can’t do that to an EU licence holder, yet, and with the lack of HGV drivers it wouldn’t be a wise idea, yet.
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| IMpalace London 31 May 18 1.09pm |
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
My son has just failed his driving test for the second time. My neighbour's son has failed three times. My best mates daughter failed her first test for next to nothing. Discuss. I would say people in general tend to downplay their errors in a driving test rather than admit they messed it up. Stuk's link suggests tests have actually got easier to pass in the last ten years.
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| Direwolf Lincoln 31 May 18 1.14pm |
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I’ve been trying to find the data on people who actually pass and then say the test is dodgy. Strangely this seems unavailable.
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| Hrolf The Ganger 31 May 18 1.16pm |
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Originally posted by Stuk
What do you mean "for next to nothing"? You get given a record of all your minor and major faults at the end of the test, or you used to anyway. I was surprised how low the pass rate was when I looked it up, but then us 1st timers would be I guess. I guess what I'm saying is that based on my personal experience, I'm starting to suspect that all is not as squeaky clean as you would hope. I passed first time back in the 80's as did my wife but I don't know anyone personally who has passed first time in the last 5 years.
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| Hrolf The Ganger 31 May 18 1.18pm |
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Originally posted by IMpalace
I would say people in general tend to downplay their errors in a driving test rather than admit they messed it up. Stuk's link suggests tests have actually got easier to pass in the last ten years. As I have said many times in different topics. I prefer my own experience to 'official' statistics.
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| Hrolf The Ganger 31 May 18 1.20pm |
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Originally posted by Direwolf
I’ve been trying to find the data on people who actually pass and then say the test is dodgy. Strangely this seems unavailable. That is interesting because it is exactly the kind of attitude that would allow the government to get away with it.
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