Practical Driving Assessment Minor Faults

The average pass rate for a practical driving assessment in Perth city is 49%, therefore suggesting that it's always going to be less than half the chance that you will actually pass the test.

Some people manage to pass on first attempt, this doesn't mean they're better drivers, they too may hoon around, cause accidents or lose their licenses. But for the other 50% failures, some people are stuck forking out money for a 4th or 5th attempt, some it takes even more attempts. Each time costing $71.80 to sit another test. It's like a money scam, for the 50% of fails, that is another 50% paying another $71.80, and then if they happen to fall under the 50% that fail on their next attempt, another $71.80.

If you're 17 years of age and you go for a practical driving assessment and fail you are expected to fork out another $71.80, seriously how many 17 year olds have all the money to spend freely, unless they dropped out of school and got a job, had the help from parents, or do easy subjects in year twelve and hold down a steady job. It's highly unlikely that they would have the money. This doesn't make them a bad driver, nor does it make them a great driver, but if you're able to afford to re-take a test in a matter of weeks or even a month, aren't you more likely to pass?

The least the licensing centres could do is have the 3rd attempt and onward at a lower price, even $50. But instead they run a money making business, passing or failing based on their own decisions, some people are let off for doing thing's incorrectly and others are pinpointed for every smidgen of an error that they make.
Is it really fair that only 49% pass, what is the point of 25+ hours in logbooks, if it's so damned hard to get the logbook in the first place, I would have driven way over 25 hours in driving lessons as it is.

Just because your assessor is having a bad day, hates your style, whatever.. does not mean you should be "destined to fail", they should understand that much like a sick child, when people are in the nervous state of a test, they too will fall back one step from their normal skills, etc.

Good luck passing your driving test people, just remember the likelihood of you actually passing is already against your favor!






Statistics based according to the following news website: http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/6947019/driver-pass-rate-swerves-across-state/