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Driving License Tests Pass, Fail and Retest Rate by Suburb

A table of the number of passes/fails on restricted/full driving license test broken down by suburb. More importantly, for every pass, the average number of fails with standard deviation prior to the pass.

There are increasing reports of people with numerous fails before finally achieving a pass in a driving license test. An occasional fail or twice before a pass is acceptable, but more than that is commonly reported.

This indicates a problem with the testing system and disfranchises the vulnerable populations with financial burdens.

Retesting costs over $80 and does not decrease further, causing the person to have additional financial burden. This is problematic for socio-economically marginalized and starters in the workforce getting into meaningful work.

A absurdly high failure rate prior to a pass indicates a stronger incentive to generate revenue more so than to create adequate safe drivers. This is ethically unacceptable for New Zealand.

Discouraging fail rates due to revenue-generating motivations, bring back accountability to driving test standards, and protect financially vulnerable populations from exploitative practices to monopolized services like driving licenses.


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