AVOIDING ACCIDENTS: After simulated scenarios were added in 2016, the pass rate on the scooter test fell to 68.91 percent, a record low for the nation, the DGH said
Taipei Times
Date: Jun 02, 2019
By: Cheng Wei-chi and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Of the 250,000 people that take the scooter driver’s license test each year, more than half
Cartoon scooter riders approach an intersection in a scenario for a multiple-choice question about right of way on the scooter driver’s license test.
Photo courtesy of the Taoyuan Motor Vehicles Office
incorrectly answer questions about how to drive safely when a vehicle is positioned to the front and right of them, the Directorate-General of Highways (DGH) said yesterday.
Since 2015, when more than 1,000 questions were added to the exam database, the passing rate has dropped to less than 81 percent, the agency said.
After simulated scenarios were added on May 1, 2016, the rate dropped even lower, with only 68.91 percent of test takers passing, a record low for the nation, it said.
Examinees performed better on the questions added last year, with a more than 70 percent pass rate from December last year to April, it said, adding that the pass rate had fallen to 68.9 percent in November last year. [FULL STORY]