Everybody - and I mean everybody - seems to love this car.Īlthough performance-oriented AWD and adjustable ride height are almost dime-a-dozen commodities today, in 1986, the 959's parade of unheard-of hardware might as well have been labeled "levitation" and "time travel." While its more lauded contemporary, the Ferrari F40, got greater exposure from the auto paparazzi's flashbulbs, the truth is the technology that made the Italian fast was pretty much dead-end stuff. A telepathic text message is exchanged: Guys love fire! We pace along like this for a while - me roaring, he shrieking, his helmet fixed in a visual lock on the 918 until he nods and snaps his colorful brain bucket forward and the bike spits away, lane-splitting through traffic. I give him a thumbs-up, too, this time a gesture of communion from one carbon-combustor to another. Instantly, I switch the EV mode off, causing the 4.6-liter, flat-crank, racing-derived V-8 to explode into a frantic roar, fire-hosing its exhaust into the air through twin, sky-facing pipes. A few minutes later, a café racer shrieks up on the other side and commences to pace me as his gleaming multicolored helmet abruptly tilts to study the Porsche's undulating gray shape. The 918 I'm in is whispering along in its EV mode right now, which makes he and I sort of like EV buddies! I give him a big thumbs-up, a friendly gesture of geek communion, and then whoosh the Porsche ahead in traffic. Lisa Lippiner covers driving news for ĭ, making the roads safer one test taker at a time.I glance to my right at the guy driving the Volt and do a double take - why is he grinning and videoing the Porsche 918 with his iPhone like that? Ah, yes. New 50 Question FL DMV Test Yields 80% Failure Rate Most importantly, not knowing the rules of the road makes for unsafe drivers. Not studying for the written test can be an expensive choice, given most states charge a fee for each test attempt. Not all of the rules of the road are intuitive, and applicants must study the rules to know them. One thing is clear: Applicants should study before taking the written test. Also, if foreign language tests are not written or translated well, then the tests themselves might be too confusing for applicants. But, if the written test is not offered in languages other than English, then studying in an alternate language will not help applicants pass. Some companies, such as, offer study material for the DMV written test in a variety of languages. Many states now offer the written test in alternate languages, but not all do. No publicly available data shows the breakout of these results by applicant language, but it is reasonable to suspect that states with higher percentages of foreign language applicants have lower pass/fail rates. Nationally, pass/fail rates hover around 70%. The Tampa Bay Times reported that “ DHSMV chief of staff Leslie Palmer told aides to Scott and the Cabinet that the agency has committed to reaching a passing rate of 70 percent on the new test this year.” Boyd Dickerson-Walden, director of the division of motor services for the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, has been reported as stating that Florida has been reviewing all questions since the overhaul of their written test and the subsequent decline in the pass/fail rate. Florida recently announced dismally low pass/fail rates on their written test and is currently analyzing the problem to determine what to do. Two key findings were that many questions are poorly worded and that foreign language applicants have a harder time passing the test.ĬA is not facing a unique problem. Why is it so hard to pass the CA written test? In 1998 the DMV completed research to understand why the pass/fail rates were so high.
So, maybe some of those AB 60 applicants have actually helped the driving pass rate in 2015. In 2014, the driving test pass rate was 61%. The pass/fail rate for the driving test is 69%.
On the bright side, while Californians may have a very weak knowledge of the rules of the road, they have more acceptable driving skills. Some might immediately suspect the flood of AB 60 applicants is responsible for such a dismal pass/fail rate, however, in 2014 the pass/fail rate was 47%. The latest PR release also discloses a 45% statewide pass/fail rate for applicants for a new driver’s license. This huge number shows exactly how badly this program was needed, given how many people are now driving legally in the state of CA. The latest California AB 60 results have been released and they share some interesting information.įirst, since the program inception on January 3, 2015, 513,000 AB licenses have been issued.
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