Driving tests
Overview
Objectives:
This study had four objectives:
1) to gather knowledge by means of a literature review of research, documented good examples, and proposals concerning ways of handling problems associated with retesting;
2) to examine, through two interview studies and one survey study, the reasons for the declining passing rate among those seeking class B driving licences;
3) to determine whether any specific groups of licence applicants have exhibited lower passing rates; and
4) to propose, based on the results, remedial measures to address the preparation and training of licence applicants before testing.
Methodology:
The literature study was conducted with the help of the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI) library, and mainly considered literature from 2006 on.
The first interview study targeted licence applicants, while the second targeted driving instructors and driving test examiners. The interview studies involved eight licence applicants, four driving instructors, and two driving test examiners and were qualitative in nature. The survey study targeted licence applicants before and after they took the driving test. The questionnaire was translated into English, Spanish, Russian, Persian, and Arabic, the foreign languages in which licence applicants most commonly choose to take their driving tests. The studies address the two test sections included in the driving test process. The survey study had a high non-response rate, so its generalizability is limited. A non-response analysis indicated that the responders achieved a higher passing rate than the averages indicated by national statistics.
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