Tuesday, September 21, 2010

That damn new driving test!

As a lot of people are aware, in Ireland you can do your theory driving test when you are 17 and all you have to do is answer 40 questions and get 35 right from a,b,c,d, questions. This is easy enough, however since the start of september it has been changed, there is now 80 questions out of which you need to get 70 right.
There are hundreds of possible questions they could ask you so having to know this many is very tough. As well as the theory test being changed, from the new year you are now required to have a mandatory 12 lessons from a driving instructor, which is very expensive and theres a huge waiting list for places. The government say its in the interest of safety, and maybe so but more likely in my opinion it's to encourage people to use public transport rather than cars which pollute the environment. I am all for this however i am stuck in the middle at the moment :(

9 comments:

  1. Suck it up and study! I wish we were lucky enough to get multiple choice questions like that at all. <.<

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  2. Yea I don't know why people didn't jump at the theory test when it was only 40 questions and they knew it was goin up to like 70!

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  3. Its probably for the better, you might now like it now, but study up and do it man.

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  4. It's better than having the test be too easy..

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  5. you can drive with a full licence holder if you pass the theory test, otherwise you cant drive on you own until you pass the full test.

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  6. the driver test in america is a joke :D haha

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  7. this is one of my more favorite blog posts from you :)

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  8. at least no retarded ppl drive in irland

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