13th time lucky for L driver

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Teresa Clarke is celebrating passing her driving test after 27 years with L plates. The 62-year-old from Norfolk has spent £15,000 on 450 hours of lessons from 20 different instructors.

Every now and then a story like this makes the news and it always makes me wonder whether there should be a limit on the number of driving tests a person can take. I find it hard to see that someone who has to spend that long leaning how to drive could ever be considered a safe driver. Learning to drive a car is just not that hard. If someone can't pass the test after a low single digit number of attempts it seems to me that they are really not capable of mastering the necessary skills and that if they do eventually pass it may well be down to luck rather than inherent skill.

Mike Willis : 11 Jul 2008 13:16 |  Comments (1) |  Report a problem