The theory

killa · Won't Shut Up Joined: 18 Oct 2004 Karma :

What a truck load of shite.

The test seems to have become harder since I did it back in March, I failed, by 1 question, as in I got 29.
So pissed off, I read a little bit of the book I passed with last time, the last time most questions were straight forward and just common sense. I nearly got caught out by one particular question as the wording could have placed it in a trick question box, I mean why try and trick you, your anxious anyway you just want the question straight forward so you can give a straight answer, you don’t get trick questions on the road.
I have booked again for this Thursday but I am worried now, I mean the DVLA etc are robbing all of us blind at the moment, it will only go up in price, the practical now worries me, I was ok before.
The theory is now around £20, they even have the cheek to only state what ‘area’ you got the questions wrong in, not the actual questions, so how the fu*k are you supposed to learn from that?
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fuzz · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Karma :

I did loads of test questions form the CD-ROM and passed with 35. Basically this meant doing tests of 50-100 questions and getting 95% on them. There was hardly a question that couldn't have been answered correctly Smile

It wasn't a case of memorising the questions, but the way in which they ask you the trick questions. They seem to follow a particular layout. Once you've seen a few of them, you can spot them and deal with them.
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G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

Personally, I don't see a problem with it.

There are a lot of situations in the road that 'can' trick you.

Personally, I don't see there being too big an issue with it being a 35/35 requirement (though maybe with a free retest if you got minor ones wrong).
Yes, I have got scores of 33 and 34 when I've done them, so not perfect here either.
Stopping distance questions do annoy me though and I do think are a bit stupid.

Also, they tell you to look in the appropriate section because it's likely you've not understood other parts of that section as well. You are supposed to have learnt it all, so it's not going to help just re-learning that specific question if you don't get it next time.

Think you'd be pretty annoyed if someone that had just passed their test ran into you because they hadn't understood a particular sign or similar.

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I brought a book with all the answers ,but you have to learn about 1000 Shocked

chris-red · Have you considered a TDM? Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Karma :

I just passed mine. They asked some stupid question about towing trailers Confused

clarkson made the best point "an aston martin can stop in half the distance from 70 than what the dsa say the breaking distance is therefore it should be allowed to go twice as fast!"
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haGGard · Nearly there... Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Karma :

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I hate the trick questions too Neutral

Got a few of them on my car theory, but managed to get 34 in the end...

The stopping distances for a car in the Highway code are based on a Ford Anglia i believe which if i remember correctly has brakes made from cheese, so yes i think the highway code needs refreshing just a bit Wink

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killa · Won't Shut Up Joined: 18 Oct 2004 Karma :

Thanks guys, at least some of you admit it is rather stupid.
I can understand having everyday questions on there but shit about trams and wind are just fucking ghay.
There is a lot of hate in me for these people, the guys in there are so serious and grumpy, I don’t know why and it makes you nervous. Well not me, because I have taken this thing 3 times since beginning to ride, but you know what I mean.
Waste of time, seriously if you know the obvious ones, the other shit comes with experience.
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Annabella · Like a person, only smaller Joined: 03 Feb 2002 Karma :

Third time lucky I guess Wink

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0ddball · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Karma :

Sounds like a case of sour grapes. Yes some of the questions are a bit strange but it still doesn't make them hard. Anyone of moderate intellegence should pass easily if they use one of the many computer based teaching discs. You obviously have the intellegence so i can only think you were over confident and didn't bother to read up on it properly.
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