{"id":4844,"date":"2015-08-25T10:25:13","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T09:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.ingenie.com\/young-drivers-guide\/?p=4844"},"modified":"2017-09-15T16:53:20","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T15:53:20","slug":"test-pass-rates-whats-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ingenie.com\/young-drivers-guide\/test-pass-rates-whats-normal","title":{"rendered":"Test pass rates: what’s normal?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good news: normal does not exist!<\/p>\r\n\r\n

I - and you I bet - fell for the idea that everyone in the world except me\/you passed their driving test first or second time. I have since realised that this is complete BALDERDASH. There isn't even a 'most people' in this equation. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

Once I'd started asking around, I came across a lot of people who had quietly taken anything from 2 to 23 driving tests. Some of them still haven't passed. Of course, I know plenty of people who passed first time, but they seem to be in the minority.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Test pass rate for under 25s<\/h2>\r\n\r\n

The pass rate for under 25s is 54%<\/strong> for guys, 48% <\/strong>for girls and 51%<\/strong> overall. That means nearly half of all the driving tests taken end in a disappointing result.<\/p>\r\n\t\r\n\"Driving\r\n\r\n

Practical car test pass rates 2013-2014, GOV.UK<\/small><\/p>\r\n\r\n

And don't think 51% of young drivers pass first time - these are the pass rates for all<\/strong> tests taken in the UK over a year, which includes lots of people taking their test several times. The first time test pass rate is actually only 21%<\/strong>!<\/p>\r\n\r\n

YOU are normal<\/h2>\r\n\r\n

As long as you haven't taken enough tests to be featured on the Daily Mail website<\/a>, you're probably doing OK. The driving test is hard to pass because driving is hard to do. Go figure.<\/p>\r\n\r\n \r\n\"Click<\/a>\r\n \r\n\r\n

The important part of learning to drive<\/a> is making sure you are safe and confident enough to captain a tonne of metal through a bunch of other people having varying success doing the same. It's not a race to the pass and thinking it is can be the very thing that leads to taking test after test and getting nowhere. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

If you find you need a bit of help, here's how to get over failing your driving test<\/a>. I'm an expert.<\/h4><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Good news: normal does not exist! I – and you I bet – fell for the idea that everyone in the world except me\/you passed their driving test first or second time. I have since realised that this is complete BALDERDASH. There isn’t even a ‘most people’ in this equation. Once I’d started asking around, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":4853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-learning-to-drive","learning-to-drive"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n