I’ve been going through a bit of a lean patch, recently.
All through the spring and summer I was getting a pass rate of around 70-80% (out of something like 25 tests). Since October this has completely flipped on its head, and I’ve only had two passes out of ten!
Admittedly, several of the fails were the same people, but it still hurts – especially when they put in a driving display worthy of a fairground sideshow attraction. Then you start wondering if the examiner thinks you are submitting substandard candidates, even though you know they can drive.
All the same, congratulations to AS – who passed last week with 4 driver faults. And also congratulations to JB, with 8 driver faults yesterday.
That pass rate is bugging me, though. I know that the DSA doesn’t have quotas, and that if someone can drive then they will pass the test no matter what day of the week it is. But it seems that pass rates go in these odd cycles – it always goes down in winter (irrespective of the weather).