A woman in Essex has managed to fail her driving theory test a staggering 105 times, new figures from the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) have shown.
The driving theory test currently costs £31, which means that the would-be motorist has forked out more than £3,000.
No other candidate has failed their theory test so many times; however, a man in Peterborough has come close, failing the exam 84 times.
The driving theory exam was introduced in 1996 to test prospective drivers on aspects of the Highway Code. The test consists of 50 multiple choice questions with a pass mark of 43.
What makes the woman's feat incredible, however, is the fact that the questions on the test are taken from a bank of around 1,000 questions. This means that, statistically, it is likely that the woman is incorrectly answering questions she's already attempted.
Andrew Howard, the AA's head of road safety, said: "There are people who are not very good tests, people who are nervous and some just don't prepare adequately.
"Cases like this raise the question that there are some people who just can't pass a theory test."
As hilarious as the woman's predicament is, we'd have to question whether someone who has failed the theory test 105 times should ever be allowed near a car. Or a bicycle. Or a vacuum cleaner, for that matter.
