PRIVATE DRIVING TEST IN GALWAY CITY HAS LOWER PASS RATE

Date Published: 19-Feb-2008

Galway city is one of just two places in the country where the pass rate at the new private driving test centres is LOWER than at the state centresThe detailed pass rates for 2007 are contained in a new report from the Road Safety AuthorityThe Road Safety Authority report shows that the average pass rate in the public centres was 54 per cent compared to 62 per cent in the private centresHowever according to today's Irish Independent Galway city and Letterkenny in Donegal are the only two places to buck this trendThe pass rate at Galway city's public centre is 60 per cent while at the private centre it's eight per cent LOWER at 52 per cent