Britons with full driving licences have confessed they would ‘fail’ the theory test if they took it today after a TikTok user compiled some of the most commonly asked questions in a video.
Self-proclaimed ‘TikTok quizmaster’ Mahan Lankarani often creates brainteasers and quiz videos and recently challenged people to see if they could pass a UK citizenship test.
He tested his 1.6 million followers on their driving knowledge in another video inspired by real questions asked on a UK theory exam.
According to government guidance, people taking the test must get 43 out of 50 multiple choice questions right and at least 44 out of 75 in the hazard perception section to pass the test.
Some of the mock questions in Lankarani’s video included ‘What is the maximum speed limit for a car on a UK motorway’ and ‘What shape are most warning signs on UK roads?’
However, several TikTok viewers confessed they struggled to answer the questions despite holding a full driving licence – with some of them getting zero correct.
One wrote: ‘Been driving 21 years and passed first time. If I took the test today, I’d fail miserably, facts.’
Another said: ‘I’ve been driving 13 years, passed first time and I still failed them all.’
Self-proclaimed ‘ TikTok quizmaster’ Mahan Lankarani challenged his followers to see if they could pass a UK driving theory test
A third wrote: ‘I just did it last week first try, failed this one.’
A fourth commented ‘I got all of the wrong, I need to take my test again,’ while another chimed in and admitted: ‘Embarrassed to admit how many I got wrong.’
One comment read ‘That’s it, I’ve failed,’ while another person said: ‘I thought you could do 77 if overtaking on the motorway.’
It comes after research conducted by motoring research charity RAC Foundation found that more than 50,000 driving tests a year are taken by learners who have already failed at least five times.
A theory test costs £23 for cars, whereas, a practical driving tests cost between £62 and £75, depending on when they are taken.
If taken in the evenings, weekends and bank holidays, a car driving test will set you back £75, but if taken on weekdays, it will cost £62 per exam.
The first step for anyone is to apply for a provisional UK driving licence – which will set you back £34.
The test is below and answers will be at the end of the article
THE QUESTIONS
1. What is the maximum legal speed limit for a car on a UK motorway?
2. What does this road sign mean?
3. What is usually the maximum speed limit for a car on a road with street lights?
4. What colour are the reflective studs along the left-hand edge of a UK motorway?
5. What shape are most warning signs on UK roads?
6. What does this road sign mean?
7. How many mm is the minimum legal tyre tread depth for a car in the UK?
8. What is the maximum speed limit for a car on this road?
9. What is the maximum speed limit for a car towing a caravan on a UK dual carriageway?
The total bill for repeated failures could see you cash out thousands of pounds when you also take into account the rocketing cost of the lessons.
In April, learners trying to book their driving test faced online queues of more than 15,000 people this morning – joking it was ‘easier getting Oasis tickets’.
Those with a provisional licence are facing six-month waiting lists in order to secure one driving test – if they are successful in bagging a slot at all.
Beginner motorists woke up at the crack of dawn this morning to sit in an online queue on the official government website at 6am – only to discover that within less than a minute they were nearly 16,000th in the queue.
One furious parent on X, formerly Twitter, joked that it was easier bagging Oasis tickets than a driving test.
‘Trying to book a driving test for my son, 6am in the queue, 12,500 ahead of me, wait 40 mins to book, re-directed and then told there’s a system error,’ they said.
‘Was easier getting @oasis tickets!’
Another fumed: ‘On the driving test site at dead on 6am and there are 14k people in front of me. Happy friggin Monday.’
The TikToker made another video to test his 1.6million followers on their driving knowledge inspired by real questions asked a UK theory test
Many of the commenters of the clip holding a full driving licence, many of them struggled to answer the nine questions on the clip, with some of them getting zero correct
A third added: ‘Managed to book my driving test – can’t believe I have to wait until mid September though, ridiculous.’
A fourth said: ‘15,685 people online at 6am trying to get a driving test booked. Something has got to be done about this surely!’
The official government website states it is faster to book tests online than booking by phone due to the lines being very busy at the moment.
It adds that the booking service is open from 6am until 11.40pm. But many claimed today that at 6am on the dot they were hit with impossibly long queues of many thousands.
THE ANSWERS TO THE TEST
1. What is the maximum legal speed limit for a car on a UK motorway? A: 70mph
2. What does this road sign mean? A: No overtaking
3. What is usually the maximum speed limit for a car on a road with street lights? A: 30mph
4. What colour are the reflective studs along the left-hand edge of a UK motorway? A: Red
5. What shape are most warning signs on UK roads? A: Triangular
6. What does this road sign mean? A: Slippery road
7. How many mm is the minimum legal tyre tread depth for a car in the UK? A: 1.6mm
8. What is the maximum speed limit for a car on this road? A: 60mph
9. What is the maximum speed limit for a car towing a caravan on a UK dual carriageway? A: 60mph
