00:00 We have been watching the theory test pass rate drop steadily. It is now at an all-time
00:07 low at just 44% of people are passing their theory test when they're taking it. It used
00:12 to be 65%, so that is quite a drop. And it's not just learners who are struggling with
00:19 this. The AA research showed that only 18% of experienced drivers were confident that
00:26 if they were to take their theory test today that they would be able to pass it. So there's
00:30 a real challenge there, primarily down to things like stopping distances and signs and
00:36 so on. And people just really need to be able to brush up their knowledge. As the cooler
00:39 months draw in, the weather worsens and with it comes trickier driving conditions. Darker
00:44 nights also mean the number of road traffic accidents spike during the wintertime, with
00:49 now more motorists than ever taking to British roads. However, recent research from AA Driving
00:55 School found drivers are less confident with keeping up with their motoring knowledge.
01:00 One in four people said that they sometimes encounter road signs that they do not know
01:03 the meaning of, as well as drivers underestimating the stopping distance for higher speeds. I
01:09 post a lot of short-form content, you know, 10, 20, 30 second range. It's punchy, it's
01:14 informative, it's very quick. People are scrolling, if they want some information, quick, I've
01:17 got a road safety fact for you right now. And they're like, oh, OK. It comes down to
01:19 there's a lot of fear, it's a lot of pressure. They've spent a lot of time and money at this
01:23 point to get to the theory test and all of a sudden they're sitting down, they have an
01:26 hour countdown clock and they've got to get it right. There's money being spent, it's
01:30 very serious, you know, they want to drive. And it's just, I think it's that pressure
01:33 that gets a lot of people. So shall we put you to the test then? What does this road
01:37 sign mean? 87% of people answered this correctly in a poll. It signals a with flow bus and
01:44 cycle lane. How about this one? A slight drop from the last one in AA's survey, 76% got
01:51 this one right. It means no motor vehicles, of course. My personal story is I did also
01:57 use an app to learn back in 2016. But what I didn't have on that was the hazard perception
02:01 test. So that was something I was very stressed going in on the days. I'm a bit, I have no
02:05 clue what it's going to look like. I know I have to click when there's a hazard, but
02:07 I've never practiced this before. There was YouTube videos, but you can't get information
02:11 or you know, I don't know if I'm doing it right. Even for seasoned drivers, you know,
02:14 it's useful, isn't it, to brush up that knowledge? Just if you've got a bit of time just going
02:18 through those multiple choice questions, I think, I think people would be quite surprised
02:21 at how rusty their knowledge may be. The highest UK pass rate is in Tongue in Scotland, with
02:27 56.5% of those taking their theory test there successfully. On the other hand, Hornsea in
02:32 Yorkshire had the lowest with only a 23.6% pass rate. Want to maximise your chances of
02:38 passing first time or brush up on your knowledge? Here's the advice. As I said, with all the
02:42 stress that comes from it, all the money and time you've put into the theory test to learn
02:46 how to drive on the day, if you have prepped, if you have taken it very seriously, this
02:50 is not just an exam you can sort of, "Oh yeah, I know some math, I could do that," whatever
02:54 whatever you're doing at school at the moment. This is a very serious test. It is that next
02:58 step. If you want to know how to drive, you want to become that independent adult, this
03:01 is a time to show that you can take that responsibility.
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