It looks like the only way you can get through the driving test here is to take the course, which costs a couple of thousand, and do exactly what they instruct you to do. I have heard of loads of people who have to take it multiple times before they are allowed to pass. i say 'allowed', as it seems patently obvious that its a matter of whether they like you or not, and it suits them to have repeat customers.
In case you think this is confined to the Gulf, here's a funny article about 'the ordeal by clipboard' suffered by someone taking the British test....
" The UK test even has an international reputation for being fearsome. The Wall Street Journal reported two years ago about the horrors the test holds for US residents settled over here. It makes the test in New York, for example, where the pass rate is over 60%, compared with the UK's 43%, "seem a relative breeze"."
It looks like the only way you can get through the driving test here is to take the course, which costs a couple of thousand, and do exactly what they instruct you to do. I have heard of loads of people who have to take it multiple times before they are allowed to pass. i say 'allowed', as it seems patently obvious that its a matter of whether they like you or not, and it suits them to have repeat customers.
In case you think this is confined to the Gulf, here's a funny article about 'the ordeal by clipboard' suffered by someone taking the British test....
" The UK test even has an international reputation for being fearsome. The Wall Street Journal reported two years ago about the horrors the test holds for US residents settled over here. It makes the test in New York, for example, where the pass rate is over 60%, compared with the UK's 43%, "seem a relative breeze"."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/cars/story/0,,1352647,00.html