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Learner driver fails theory test for 128th time despite spending nearly £3k on fees
(www.independent.co.uk)
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Don't spread any misinformation. The price for the theoretical part is 25€.
https://www.tuvsud.com/de-de/branchen/mobilitaet-und-automotive/fuehrerschein-und-pruefung/fuehrerschein-und-pruefung/rund-um-die-fuehrerscheinpruefung/gebuehren
If you take the test 128 times, that comes out to 3200€, a number very similar to the one mentioned in the article.
The article does not talk about the total cost of obtaining a driver's license.
Have to backpaddle, as you are right.
I now have read the article and the fees given in the heading actually refer only to the theoretical tests.
Got a different impression before based on the brief, as it also mentioned the practical test...
But unfortunately, that are not the only fees you have to pay.
Minimum pay is ~2500€ if you are lucky, to cover all the mandatory parts you need to get a license.
Theory is £23, practical is £62. The test depends on how long it takes you to learn and get comfortable driving. £80 for a 2 hour session, repeat say 15 times gives you £1285. It certainly isn’t cheap and just climbs the longer it takes for you to be be “test ready”.
ls there a mandatory number of driving lessons or would it be possible to just do the tests and get the license for £85?
E.g. for the rural kid that started driving agricultural equipment on private ground at age 5?
No you can just give it a go at any time one you pass the theory test. You just need a vehicle and a means of getting to the test centre, so someone who’s had a licence for 4+years sat in the car too and L plates affixed.
But they are pretty stringent with how you drive. So no unnecessary hesitation, driving economically, and otherwise doing things “by the book”. You get get marked down with minor faults (such as stalling the vehicle or touching the kerb) which are fine, but get 15 and it’s an instant fail. Likewise with a single major (like running a red light or failing to stop at a Stop sign) it’s a fail.
Not the point of the article though.