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DRIVING TEST MYTHS
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DRIVING TEST MYTHS These are the 3 main myths about the driving test, we hope the answers to the questions are helpful.
1. Is it true that driving examiners are only allowed to pass so many pupils in any one week?
No. These are tales put about by people who do not pass their own test. They won't admit
(or don't believe the examiner when told) that they made a mistake. So, rather than tell
people that they made the mistake, they just say "Well the examiner has to fail so many
anyway".
If, at the end of the week, the examiner has done 30 tests, and all 30 gave him a safe, legal and competent drive then all 30 would pass. It's down to how the pupil drives on
the day.
2. My parents only took 10 hours tuition and they passed first time. Why do I have to have more?
When your parents took their driving test a good few years ago, the test wasn't as difficult and
challenging as is today, and nowadays, to get a pupil to test standard can take around 25 - 30 hours,
depending on how the pupil learns. There is a lot more driving involved now, and the roads and driving
conditions have changed.
The examiners now take you out onto more varied types of road, i.e. town driving, country lanes, dual carriageways, large or multi roundabouts, then there is reverse parking or bay parking. It's all changed.
So the days of passing your test with only a few hours of tuition are long gone. Sorry!
However, if you are lucky enough to be able to get in some private practice with say your parents, it will help. 3. Is it true that the minimum age for driving is going up to 18?
No. This is a rumour only that circulates every so often but has no basis.
Even if it were to be suggested as a legitimate idea, it would take an act of parliament to become law, which would take at least 2 - 3 years to get through, and besides that, it would be a very unpopular
decision, and a possible election loser, so it's highly unlikely that this would ever happen.
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