I’ve taken so many lessons and my instructors have all told me I’m a good driver every time I failed my test it was because of something small,” Rodriguez Lo, 26, said. Unfortunately, taking lessons does not guarantee you’ll pass the test Alejo Rodriguez Lo, Young Post ’s videographer, has failed three times. Talking Points: should we double the price of gas to force people to rethink driving? Just for reference, 30 hours’ worth of lessons at the Hong Kong School of Motoring would cost around HK$30,000, which is a lot of money to prepare for a driving test. “We highly recommend that new drivers take at least 30 hours of driving lessons, otherwise it will be extremely difficult for them to pass,” said Sora Wong, a representative from the Hong Kong School of Motoring’s Hong Kong Island Centre. In countries like the US, Britain and Australia, people with a learner’s licence can drive as long as someone with a driver’s licence – like their parents – are in the car too. To make things worse, new drivers cannot legally drive without paying for expensive lessons. If you don’t enter the pool, you will have to wait the entire six- to nine-month waiting period to retake your test. If you do fail, you can pay around HK$5,000 to enter a “pool” of applicants, which means that if someone else cancels their test, you can possibly retake your test in one to two months, but there are no guarantees.

The Hong Kong driving test is notoriously difficult to pass, as any small error can result in an “instant fail”.

Celebrities who failed driving test