Tuesday 19 April 2011

Majority Of Parents Would Fail Driving Test

Most parents "don't bother" to educate themselves with road rules before teaching their learner drivers, a driving instructor says.
Mark Fraser from Drive Smart Driving School said his experience showed it was unusual to find adults who scored well on driving skills tests.

His comments follow yesterday's release of a national survey by learner driver program keys2drive which found that more than 40 per cent of parents did not know the basic road rules.

The Advertiser asked Mr Fraser to test the driving skills of Tracy Neldner, a mother of three, who was given a 15 minute basic driving test that included making left and right hand turns, straight and general driving and sign knowledge.

She was given a score of five out of ten or 48 per cent for her driving skills - which Mr Fraser said was a high score when compared with other adults he had tested.

"If I do these assessments normally (with adults) I get somewhere between 3 and 13 per cent," he said.

"Most adult drivers don't get more than 30 per cent on a test like this and (some) would get zero."

Mrs Neldner, who received driving lessons when she was a learner driver, said she had not sat a test since 1981 and tried to "model good behaviour" with her sons who currently receive driving lessons.

"It's quite a long time since my husband and I have both had lessons," she said.

"We needed someone who was able to teach (the kids) properly."

Source : Martina Simos

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