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A woman from the city of Aberdeen has set a Scottish record by failing her driving theory test 40 times. The 22 year old woman beat the previous record set by a Glaswegian man, also 22 years old, who failed his theory test 36 times. Meanwhile the Scottish record for failing the practical portion of the driving test is held by a woman from Glasgow. She failed the test 25 times and passed on her 26 attempt. A woman from Airdrie and a man from Aberdeen respectively passed the practical portion of their driving
January 27, 2017 Read time: 1 min
A woman from the city of Aberdeen has set a Scottish record by failing her driving theory test 40 times. The 22 year old woman beat the previous record set by a Glaswegian man, also 22 years old, who failed his theory test 36 times. Meanwhile the Scottish record for failing the practical portion of the driving test is held by a woman from Glasgow. She failed the test 25 times and passed on her 26 attempt. A woman from Airdrie and a man from Aberdeen respectively passed the practical portion of their driving tests at the 25th and 24th attempt during last year. Meanwhile another man from Ayr set a Scottish record by taking 10 tries before passing his motorcycle test.

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