A recent study has revealed the place where it is the most difficult to pass the driving license in France, and it is not Paris.
Is it better to pass the driving license in Paris, Marseille or Lyon in the middle of intense traffic or in a small country town on deserted roads? For many apprentice drivers, the answer is obvious: the fewer people on the road and the better. It must be said that the driving examination generates a lot of stress in some and having to drive in the traffic jams can add. Above all, given the price of the exam – estimated at 1,200 euros on average for 20 hours of driving – it is better to succeed in the first time so as not to have to pay even more.
This is why some budding drivers, when they live in large agglomerations, do not hesitate to move away from the cities a little to register in more isolated driving schools. It can indeed be wise to pass for example the examination in Seine-et-Marne rather than in Paris, where driving even scares certain experienced motorists. However, there are several places in France where to pass the driving license is more complicated than in the capital. Traffic is a factor to take into account, but it is not the only one, that of the waiting time to pass the exam is another.
And there, Paris is not the worst place to pass the driving license. It is certainly necessary to wait a little more than eight weeks to obtain a date of examination in the city of Light, well above the national average which is four and a half weeks, but some departments are less well off according to a study carried out by car Simone, the first driving school approved online. This is particularly the case of Isère, champion of France all categories of waiting time to pass his driving exam.
At the foot of the Alps, at the Grenoble level and its surroundings, it took an average of 12 weeks, almost three months, to obtain a passage with an examiner. It is for many candidates the time they need to do all their learning hours. To be able to follow up with the exam, they would almost have to ask for a date before they even started driving …
Faced with these endless deadlines -with 11.8 weeks the Department of Sarthe is also concerned -, young drivers must very often add hours to their basic package so as not to lose their hands before passing the exam. An obligation that obviously makes the driving license bill even more salty.