Learner driver fails theory test for 128th time despite spending nearly £3k on fees

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• Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Surely it’s deliberate at that point

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• WALLACE@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  At this point if they pass it should be considered a fluke and they shouldn’t be trusted behind the wheel

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• Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  … How? The theory test is easy

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• echodot@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s not even hard. You just read the highway code which isn’t long and is mostly common sense and then take the test. I passed it on the first attempt.

  There hasn’t perception bit is infuriating but the actual theory bit is easy.

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  • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There are a bunch of £5 apps with mock tests on them. Even James May did one.

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    • AnyOldName3@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Some of them don’t exactly replicate the hazard perception part. My brother misunderstood and thought you were supposed to spam click as fast as possible for the whole duration of each hazard, which worked just fine on his practice website, but got him instafailed for too many clicks on the real thing.

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    • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      My sister a Nintendo DS game which had all of the tests on it, isn’t what old medium for which to distribute it but I guess it worked.

      I just did a bunch of online ones, I don’t think I even paid for them.

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• Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Maybe after 20 times, it’s time for a bus pass.

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  • MrPoletki@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    …in theory

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  • nathan@piefed.alphapuggle.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    20?? If you’ve made it to 5 you need to start rethinking things. Drivers tests are not that hard

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    • Atias@lemmynsfw.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I know people in the Netherlands that are fine drivers after failing 5 times. It’s pretty hard here, no clue about other countries.

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    • Flamekebab@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Driving tests aren’t all that easy in the UK. Not the hardest in the world by a long stretch but they’re very easy to fail.

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• Zombie@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Considering the potential consequences of incompetent driving, I’m surprised there’s not a cap on the amount of attempts already.

  If not a cap on the total, at least something like “no more than 12 attempts allowed in a year”. If evenly spaced that allows 1 attempt per month, giving time to practice and revise what was failed before.

  Any more than that seems to be a case of throwing shit at the wall until enough sticks, or rather, make enough attempts and eventually you’re bound to do one without any majors. That hardly proves competence and capability though, which is really the point of testing in the first place.

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  • MrPoletki@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    just mandate x hours more lessons after a failed test, like you must have had (I think it’s) 30 or something hours of actual lessons before you can take it in the first place.

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  • MrPoletki@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    remember this is just the theory test, not the practical test. You cant take that before you pass your theory iirc.

    I can’t see how you could fail that so many times. I wonder if its the hazard perception test each time.

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    • blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I passed before the HP test came into force.

      Is it the same footage each time?

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    • Zombie@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The article also discusses the practical and how it took one candidate 21 tries to pass

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  • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Given how backed up testing centres are I’d be amazed if you could get more than four in a year. I took my test in 2020 (great year to take a test) and the time between me trying to take the test and me actually getting to take the test was about 5 months. Assuming it’s improved a little bit since then but they’re still backed up from what I hear

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