Is the theory test a way of making money?
I definitely think it is a way of making money. I have done the test three times (the first was in about 1997 for my car licence and it was just 35 questions on a piece of paper) then again in 2006 for my bike licence. I was one point blow the pass rate for the hazard perception and had to re do it. It is a total con. If you think about it, what is the test actually covering? Yes, it does cover the highway code but before the test came out people managed perfectly well. Not only that, but the hazard perception is a waste of time as the hazards that it tests are identified by some random “expert”. For example, do you click on the sign for a school? It is a hazard when children are coming to and from school, but not at other times of the day. Since you don’t know when the video was taken, is clicking when you see a sign warning of a school excessive or not. Hazard perception is only something you can learn from experience. Watching videos is all well and good but it is no substitute for
