Driving Theory Test
The Driving Theory Test is a test given to all UK learner drivers by the Driving Standards Agency. Coupled with a hazard perception test, a practical driving exam and car insurance, it is all a 17-year-old needs to be licenced to behave like a maniac on Britain’s roads.The Statto-JTA Publishing Corporation has created a satirical practice test to ‘assist’ those who will shortly be taking their theory exam.
Reviews
The Statto-JTA Mock Driving Theory Test has been taken by thousands of people, and some of the more illustrious viewers of the web pages to have been kind enough to provide reviews. Some of these are detailed here.
- “Similar to the Official DSA Theory Test.” - DSA
- “Light-hearted” - DSA
- “A sarcastic slant on the Theory Test.” - DSA
- “I agree with the DSA.” - Statto
(all of DSA’s reviews were provided during the DSA Fiasco, when DSA attempted to bring legal action against Statto & JTA)
History
Statto first suggested the idea of a mock mock driving theory exam when he was mugging up for his real driving theory exam back in 2001, and, with the aid of JTA it soon blossomed into a highly realistic 35-question marathon, precisely mirroring the 35-question marathon that was the official test.
Deciding that such was beyond the attention span of most Internet users, Statto soon split it into three ten-question tests which, as will be obvious to even the least mathematically dextrous, was a reduction in length of five questions.
When the DSA found it in September 2005, it got a new logo as a direct result of their legalistic pestering, and in December 2005 it received a much-needed full makeover, gaining a special result analysis device which assigned users a ‘driver type’ based upon their answers. This was a huge improvement over the previous two scoring systems, one of which gave a random score of 32, 29 or, somewhat disappointingly to the approximately one-third of people who got it, 12, and one of which gave the same score every time.
It is now possible to be classified as an aggressive, cautious, horn-happy, surrealist or carefree driver.
Links
- Practice Theory Test from Statto-JTA Publishing