7th January 2011, 03:13 PM
People who say that teh test is easy usually took theirs a very long time ago. The pass rates vary between 30% and 55% http://www.driving-test-success.com/dsa_..._rates.htm which suggests that it is hard. I took mine while working as as digger, but as it usually takes 40 lessons to pass, it is a significant amount of money. I had to keep stopping lessons while I did away work or 13 hour door-to-door days. Each test cost ?70 (I think), plus an unpaid day off work. It is not surprising that driving licenses are not as common as they used to be.