I envy the former students, with Chinese driver`s license, come to Perth, as long as they complete the machine test, they can change their local driver`s license to Western Australia.
And now we, we have to start all over again!
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Everyone should still remember their experience of learning to take a car test in Perth, or braving the cold and heat, or in the face of the coach`s scold. However, after paying hard sweat, finally successfully get their own driver`s license, must be a very happy thing!
But, you know what?
Now, it`s getting harder and harder to get a driver`s license in Australia, especially in Western Australia.
It is reported that in the past 10 years, the number of people who have passed the driver`s license test in Western Australia has been declining!
So far this year, the average pass rate of the actual driving assessment (practical driving assessment, hereinafter referred to as PDA, is 43%, compared with 56% in 2010.
Moreover, the current driver`s license students have driven more or less, more experienced than the previous students.
High school student Cormac Taylor, 17, recently got his driver`s license, but this time, he has taken the exam four times.
He estimates that multiple tests (A $90 each assessment) and months of driving courses (A $60 an hour) will cost thousands of Australian dollars.
"none of the vehicles we drive may not cost as much as a driver`s license. It`s very frustrating."
Martin Collis, who has 17 years of coaching experience, says it is common for people to fail twice, but others have failed nine times.
"there is obviously a strong sense of frustration that parents and students pay an extra price every time they fail. But people would also say that it would be better to have a safer driver on the road."
Martin Collis added that it is not uncommon for people who travel long distances to some of the more distant institutions to take exams.
"sometimes you hear friends say that a driving test center is easy to pass, so they go there, and it`s hard to pass somewhere, so they don`t go, and I`ve heard that some people don`t take exams in metropolitan areas and then go to towns like Northam or York to try."
In view of this situation, Liberal Party councillor Peter Katsambanis believes that the driving test system in Western Australia has been "broken."
In 2017, government revised the system to better prepare drivers for learning, including increasing the minimum supervised driving time required before taking part in the assessment from 25 hours to 50 hours.
"some people think forcing drivers to do another 25 hours of supervised driving before the exam will improve their pass rate. on the contrary, however, the pass rate has fallen. This puts a lot of pressure on young people and their families, and in many cases the system is deprive young people`s driver`s license, and the government and the Ministry of Transport must consider that."
But even so, the stricter driving test system seems to have a positively side.
Officials also announced that in 2018, the passing of several test points in Perth Metropolitan City, the Cannington test area, which is difficult to pass in Chinese rumors, ranks first in the pass rate!?
Kelmscott, which many Chinese coaches think is "the easiest", has fallen out of the top three!
It`s getting harder and harder for you to get a card. What do you think?
Because, although the test pass rate continues to decline, but novice drivers serious crash accidents have been reduced by more than 80%.
In 2008, there were 376 trainee drivers dead or serious injuries, compared with 52 in 2017.
Is it true that there is no relationship between this and the examination card?
Joan Brierley, driver and acting head of vehicle services at the Ministry of Transport, says this is the more important statistic.
"We need to measure our success in reducing the number of intern driver accidents. It doesn`t matter how many drivers pass the exam for us, but how many qualified drivers we have on our roads."
In addition, the parliament Committee also found significant differences in PDA pass rates in different locations, which indicated that the application of evaluation criteria was inconsistent.
"sometimes you have a higher pass rate in one organization than another. It`s like scraping lottery tickets, which questions the whole system. We`re asking for a level playing field."
But Joan Brierley says this is not the case, and some of the more recent driving test centres may have lower pass rates.
"it really depends on how people perform in the exam. Some of our driving test centers have a lot of new students. They have a lot of driving experience, but during the exam, their habits are often very bad."
In addition, she said the Ministry of Transport is taking measures to further improve the consistency of driving test centers.
Last year, the Ministry of Transport launched iAssess, which is used to document the interaction between students and driving assessors.
"it mainly collects data about why students didn`t pass, and we started using it to set up training programs so we could work with coaches who knew why students didn`t pass the exam."
Common things for participants include not stopping at the parking sign, crossing the sidewalk, overspeeding, making no way and not checking the blind spots.
Hold the steering wheel, you and your family`s fate is in your own hands! Therefore, it is a good thing that the examination card is getting stricter and stricter. What do you think?
