More than one in ten drivers think they would fail if asked to sit their driving test again, as revealed by the AA/populous survey.
Surprisingly, young drivers were found least confident in taking a retest than their older counterparts. The results found that as many as 15% of 18-24 year olds believed they were ‘quite unlikely’ or ‘very unlikely’ to pass. However, lack of confidence regarding the same was showed by only 9% of the over 65 year olds.
The AA poll of over 16,000 found that 9% of all those surveyed were ‘quite likely’ to fail whilst 2% confessed they were’ very likely to fail.’
London drivers are the most confident of passing with only 9% thinking they would fail now.
With only 9% thinking they would fail, London drivers proved to be the most confident.
Motorists in the Tyne and Tees area were more fearful though, with 13% believing they would not pass a driving test.
Furthermore, the study revealed the male drivers (35%) more confident than their female counterparts (23%) in context of passing the test.