Would you pass driver theory test?

CiniO

I was just wondering, would you be able to pass a theory test just right now without any studying?
Did anyone tried it?

I intentionally put it in this forum (not "learning to drive") because I want answer from people who drive for everyday for a long time already.

I got into possession of Theory test DVD, with all question to study, as I applied for test for extra category.

I thought I'll have to spend good bit of time studying, but just for fun first thing I did was to try myself in test simulation.

I tried category B test, and got result of 38/40 correct.
Then I tried category C test, and got result of 39/40 correct.

I've never seen any of those question before, as I've never passed any of those test. To pass you need 35 answes correct out of 40.

That made me thinking that is was way easier than I thought. Probably being active on this forum, gave me a lot of knowledge for this test.

Anyway - did any of you tried testing yourself? How was the results?

barura

I'll be going for a class C licence over the next few months... I'll tell you then! But I passed my original theory test 35/40 March one year ago without studying, if that's any help. Naturally, I will be going over it a little more in order to make sure I get the theory test for class C as it's not really common knowledge like the class B one was for me.

cml387

Do you seriously think you'll get an honest answer to this?:D

mickdw

I studied up on it for C licence a couple of years ago. While the car stuff is pretty much common sense, I defy anyone who has had no history of lorry driving etc to pass the C category without studying it alittle because there is alot of stuff about driving hours & weight categories that I certainly wouldnt have known and I cant see how anyone else would either if they were not involved with trucks or buses or something in that line.
I passed it after looking at it for a few hours over 3 evenings, I think I got 38/40

dr.fuzzenstein

You can do an online test here: (not the full test, but gives you an idea)
http://www.drivingschoolireland.com/quiz.html

I got 83%

Gumbo

yep i would, had to do it fairly recently for my bike licence.

-Chris-

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

You can do an online test here: (not the full test, but gives you an idea)
http://www.drivingschoolireland.com/quiz.html

I got 83%

Me too - I got stopping distance & tyre tread depth wrong.

CiniO

-Chris- wrote: »

Me too - I got stopping distance & tyre thread depth wrong.

I'm not surprised.
Both questions are completely idiotic.

QUESTION #9. What is the legal minimum tyre tread depth

1. 0.06
2. 0.16
3. 1.60

It's 1.6mm.

But they never specified an unit in the question.
So both (2. 0.16) if cm (centimetres) are used, and (3. 1.60) if mm (milimetres) are used can be correct.

QUESTION #5. What is the overall stopping distance at 120 Km/h in perfect conditions

1. 150.9 meters
2. 075.7 meters
3. 107.5 Meters

That's the most stupid quiz question i've seen.
Every car is different. Every road is different. Every tyres are different.
You can't just answer so precisely to above question.
According to them correct is 3 (107.5m)
Most car manufacturers specify stopping distance from 100km/h at around 40m (usually between 36 - 45)
Assuming 40 is average - at 120km/h it will be 1.44 times longer, so it makes about 58m. Doesn't suit any of above answers.

QUESTION #12 Approaching a major road ahead, what is the 1st road sign you will see.

1. Warning sign
2. Stop sign
3. Yield sign

In my opinion - all answers can be correct here, but according to them - it's only answer 1.

Voodoomelon

Got the cyclist in bus lanes questions wrong. As well as the stopping distance.

Clearly the tyre depth question is in mm, if you got that wrong you need to so some reading.

Our man in Havana

The test is just a money making racket imho. I don't think it does anything to keep idiots off the roads. You could train a monkey to pass that test.

Cabaal

Our man in Havana wrote: »

The test is just a money making racket imho. I don't think it does anything to keep idiots off the roads..

and yet we clearly see every day people who either did the test many many years ago (not as much stuff in it) or never did the test that still don't know what even yellow box's are for, not to mention numerous other things!

The test makes sense, how else exactly do you propose to have any sort of min standard for knowing general rules and cop on?

You can't just say I know this stuff you need to prove it so a test is the best way.

MugMugs

I accepted your challenge!


And failed! why do I need to know the bloody stopping distance of a feckin Tractor!

Zubeneschamali

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

You can do an online test here: (not the full test, but gives you an idea)
http://www.drivingschoolireland.com/quiz.html

I got 100%, but I agree that the stopping distance question is idiotic. We all know different vehicles have different stopping distances in perfect conditions. I assume that's the stopping distance of a Ford Anglia on cross-ply tyres in 1968 when the rules were written, or something.

Zubeneschamali

Cabaal wrote: »

and yet we clearly see every day people who either did the test many many years ago (not as much stuff in it) or never did the test that still don't know what even yellow box's are for, not to mention numerous other things!

It's true that there are some people with no clue, but there are also lots of people who know the rules but don't care because they aren't enforced, and drive entirely selfishly without regard for the rules.

Mr Benevolent

81% average.

loobylou

CiniO wrote: »

Most car manufacturers specify stopping distance from 100km/h at around 40m (usually between 36 - 45)
Assuming 40 is average - at 120km/h it will be 1.44 times longer, so it makes about 58m. Doesn't suit any of above answers.

Overall stopping distance is a combination of reaction time and braking distance.
The car manufacturers are just quoting braking distance.

Our man in Havana

Even so the figures are vastly out of date.

dr.fuzzenstein

Our man in Havana wrote: »

Even so the figures are vastly out of date.

I seem to remember a bit from Top Gear (I know, hardly gospel), where they stop a car from 120 mph in less than the distance the highway code says it stop from 60 mph.
This being Top Gear and all, but I well believe it.
It's nothing but scaremongering and hysteria along the lines of "IF YOU GET INTO A CAR YOU ARE A POTENTIAL KILLER AND YOU WILL MOW DOWN AND KILL 17 PEOPLE IF YOU GO 1 KM/H OVER THE SPEEDLIMIT!!!!!!!!!!!"

CiniO

loobylou wrote: »

Overall stopping distance is a combination of reaction time and braking distance.
The car manufacturers are just quoting braking distance.

That makes thinkg even worse.
Every person had different reaction time, and it's even different within that person at different times, depending on time of day, tiredness, how focus he/she is, etc.

CiniO

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Clearly the tyre depth question is in mm, if you got that wrong you need to so some reading.

Clearly to who?
It's not specified anywhere in the question?


The same way if you ask me how far is from my home to work.
If I answer "5" would you know what I mean?

If there's a question about some specific measure, units must be specified.
Otherwise question is nonsense.

rocky112

I got 76%

barura

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

I seem to remember a bit from Top Gear (I know, hardly gospel), where they stop a car from 120 mph in less than the distance the highway code says it stop from 60 mph.
This being Top Gear and all, but I well believe it.
It's nothing but scaremongering and hysteria along the lines of "IF YOU GET INTO A CAR YOU ARE A POTENTIAL KILLER AND YOU WILL MOW DOWN AND KILL 17 PEOPLE IF YOU GO 1 KM/H OVER THE SPEEDLIMIT!!!!!!!!!!!"

Going over the speed limit increases the momentum of your car, it's when people step in front of your car or you lose control of it, that's the problem.

Voodoomelon

CiniO wrote: »

Clearly to who?
It's not specified anywhere in the question?


The same way if you ask me how far is from my home to work.
If I answer "5" would you know what I mean?

If there's a question about some specific measure, units must be specified.
Otherwise question is nonsense.

You're grasping at straws. If you think tyre thread depth is measured in inches or metres you shouldnt be on the road. Yes it should state mm, but its kind of a given?

galwaytt

Voodoomelon wrote: »

You're grasping at straws. If you think tyre thread depth is measured in inches or metres you shouldnt be on the road. Yes it should state mm, but its kind of a given?

You may think so, you're also assuming everone doing the test was born since 1980 or something, when inches went out of fashion.........and assumption is the mother of all fubar's............and, when there is zero room for 'interpretation' on the test, and can be failed for putting 'common sense' into any answer, merely quoting by rote is the name of the game. No point in asking my father what 3mm is. But he can rattle of stuff in 1/8th's and 1/16th's off his head.

Which is counterproductive.

Example: I got a set of plans to price, at work, today. The entire thing is done, by hand, in inches. By the (current) teacher of..........math's. When pushed, she said she 'can't think in metric'. And, given that the metric unit she TEACHES, is cm -'cos that's what the syllabus says........then, with that kind of thing going on, you assume at your peril.

Voodoomelon

As I said, it should be there yes. But if you got that question wrong because you though thread depth was measured as 0.16 of an inch or because you thought it was 0.06 of a metre, you can't be the sharpest knife in the drawer. Maybe its just me.

-Chris-

Voodoomelon wrote: »

As I said, it should be there yes. But if you got that question wrong because you though thread depth was measured as 0.16 of an inch or because you thought it was 0.06 of a metre, you can't be the sharpest knife in the drawer. Maybe its just me.

But it's not inches vs mm or feet. It has the correct answer in cm and mm, which are very easily interchangeable.
The question is definitely phrased poorly without a measurement defined.

Even if you had one right answer and two wrong, you wouldn't need a measurement (e.g. 0.6, 1.6, 2.1), you should know 1.6 is correct.

GalwayKiefer

I got 92%. I got the overall stopping distance question wrong but that didn't surprise me in the least.

Voodoomelon

-Chris- wrote: »

It has the correct answer in cm and mm, which are very easily interchangeable.

True enough, badly phrased I admit.

Henry Ford III

All these theoretical threads have me confused. Where's the beef?

CiniO

Voodoomelon wrote: »

You're grasping at straws. If you think tyre thread depth is measured in inches or metres you shouldnt be on the road. Yes it should state mm, but its kind of a given?

I think you just don't understand the whole idea of measuring something.

In short words, if you measured something and want to show result, you have to present number and unit. Otherwise - no one's going to understand it.

In our case, there were answer 1.6 as well as 0.16.
If unit was mm, then 1.6 is correct. If unit was cm, 0.16 is correct.

And by saying

If you think tyre thread depth is measured in inches or metres you shouldnt be on the road

you just show you have no clue what is it all about, as legal tyre depth can be measured in any unit you wish. It's just the result have to be the same.

1.6mm (millimetre) is correct.
0.16cm (centimetre) is correct.
0.0016m (metre) is correct.
0.063" (inches) is correct.
1600μm (micrometres) is correct.

They are all the same.