Driving test ‘not so easy’

MORE than 50,000 driving tests a year are taken by learners who have already failed at least five times.

The RAC Foundation said the figures suggest “driving might not be the thing for some people”.

Its analysis of Department for Transport figures found 50,875 practical tests in the 12 months to the end of March were the candidates’ sixth attempt or greater.

RAC director Steve Gooding said the number of failed tests may “reassure” people who think it is too easy to get a licence, as “for some learners that’s clearly far from the case”.