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My own experience was of failing twice because of not fully anticipating quite how stupid other road users could be
The simple mechanical skill of moving a car around without bumping into stationary objects is the easy part. The main skill in driving in traffic is not in avoiding incidents of your own making, it's in making sure you don't get involved in other people's crashes.
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I feel like this is entirely the issue. My own experience was of failing twice because of not fully anticipating quite how stupid other road users could be (which obviously is part of the test, but one was bad enough that the tester didn't even respond until after the fact), rather than any actual mechanical failing or lack of understanding.