Tricky driver’s licence question confuses test-taker: ‘So what did I do wrong here?’
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How good is your driving knowledge?
Driving tests in Australia aim to ensure that all drivers have a solid understanding of road rules before driving.
But one question recently caused confusion, even for those who thought they had it all figured out.
One Victoria Roads test-taker was left stumped after selecting the wrong answer to a simple question in the driver’s licence test.
‘OK, so what did I do wrong here?’ they asked.
The question was as follows:
'You are driving 90km/h in a 90km/h zone, and are being passed by most cars. What should you do?’
The multiple-choice answers included the following:
‘There are no circumstances under which you can exceed the speed limit. If you speed, you will be caught, and the penalties are serious for all drivers.’
It didn’t take long for this post to blow up on social media, with hundreds of users offering their views that a glitch may have occurred in the website's program.
One responded, ‘The question is definitely bugged. Appeal the result.’
‘Submit a complaint. That’s a faulty question design,’ another said.
Someone said that they experienced the same problem.
One complained, ‘I hate gotcha questions like this, they don’t actually force anyone to think and get it correct–they just penalise for interpretation. It’s just a stupid, baked-in character flaw in testing and examination amplified by bad bureaucracy.’
Other users felt that the correct answer was to pull the car over, while others argued that there was a problem with the website.
‘Appears to be a bug in the website. That message should have been displayed if you selected the first option,’ one user wrote.
More people agreed it was 'f***ed up' that the person had to pay to take a test when it seemed to be not working properly.
‘I can only think the correct answer is pull over,’ another commented.
To be fair, driving and its rules can be challenging (test glitches aside).
In a previous story, a driver shared his disappointing experience on social media about failing his driver’s licence test by making a small mistake. You can read more about it here.
Members, what do you think of the test-taker's answer? What would your answer to the question be? Share them with us in the comments below!
Driving tests in Australia aim to ensure that all drivers have a solid understanding of road rules before driving.
But one question recently caused confusion, even for those who thought they had it all figured out.
One Victoria Roads test-taker was left stumped after selecting the wrong answer to a simple question in the driver’s licence test.
‘OK, so what did I do wrong here?’ they asked.
One test-taker failed the driver’s licence test despite choosing the most obvious answer. Credit: Reddit
The question was as follows:
'You are driving 90km/h in a 90km/h zone, and are being passed by most cars. What should you do?’
The multiple-choice answers included the following:
- Speed up to keep up with the traffic flow
- Turn on your hazard lights
- Pull over if you don’t feel safe
- Maintain 90km/hr, so long as it suits the conditions
‘There are no circumstances under which you can exceed the speed limit. If you speed, you will be caught, and the penalties are serious for all drivers.’
It didn’t take long for this post to blow up on social media, with hundreds of users offering their views that a glitch may have occurred in the website's program.
One responded, ‘The question is definitely bugged. Appeal the result.’
‘Submit a complaint. That’s a faulty question design,’ another said.
Someone said that they experienced the same problem.
One complained, ‘I hate gotcha questions like this, they don’t actually force anyone to think and get it correct–they just penalise for interpretation. It’s just a stupid, baked-in character flaw in testing and examination amplified by bad bureaucracy.’
Other users felt that the correct answer was to pull the car over, while others argued that there was a problem with the website.
‘Appears to be a bug in the website. That message should have been displayed if you selected the first option,’ one user wrote.
More people agreed it was 'f***ed up' that the person had to pay to take a test when it seemed to be not working properly.
‘I can only think the correct answer is pull over,’ another commented.
To be fair, driving and its rules can be challenging (test glitches aside).
In a previous story, a driver shared his disappointing experience on social media about failing his driver’s licence test by making a small mistake. You can read more about it here.
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unless the author of the post didn't write up the exact questions eg like Chinese whispers
