Driving Theory Test

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I had to go to the CITB test centre today to do a construction skills test.

They do the driving theory tests at the same place, anyway my computer had login issues so the guy had to manually load the test for me. When I took a step back to let him use the machine I could see the girl next to me doing her driving theory.

The question she was on regarded the speed limit of the middle lane on the motorway and she had it incorrect.

When you complete the test you either pass/fail and either way it doesn't tell you the exact questions you got wrong or the correct answers.

This just seemed ridiculous to me, it doesn't educate you at all. You are then pushed towards buying the CITB software which allows you to parrot learn the answers to the questions.

Or if she had managed to get enough of the remaining questions correct, she may have gone on to believe the middle lane speed limit was 60mph for the rest of her life.

Mini rant over!
 
MooMoo444 said:
To be fair you don't go to the test center to learn the answers.
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My point was you can pass the test while getting some pretty fundamental questions wrong and I thought the results could have been given in a different manner to help educate people.

Passing the test doesn't mean you should stop learning to drive.
 
My son passed his theory a few months back, he also said it would be nice to get a hint of what you get wrong!
 
You can do free mock tests online which do show what you get right/wrong so you can brush up. Hardly an issue that the real test doesn't show what you get wrong. Shouldn't be failing it anyway it's a piece of cake :o
 
koooowweeee said:
I got 2 or 3 wrong and I think I know which ones they were. I would have liked to have known for sure tho.
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Exactly this, in the OPs example, you could have said that the speed limit on the middle lane of the motorway is 40mph and still pass. You won't be corrected on it as it's not part of your actual driving test.
 
Thing is, you should know most of it anyway, from speed limits to yellow hatch boxes, to road markings, as not knowing it could land you in trouble.

A few things I think are ridiculous, like stopping distances - I'm never going to get out and measure the distance between me and the car in front, especially when going 70mph.... but I can tell when I'm too close just from looking, which comes with practical experience from the practical lessons.
 
When I passed my bike theory test last year, the printout did say what area the wrong question/s was in. It was in vulnerable road users fyi.
 
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