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Could YOU pass the Aberdeen taxi driver’s knowledge test? Take our quiz to find out

Taxi drivers must take the test to get their licence. Picture by Jim Irvine/Clarke Cooper/DCT Media
Taxi drivers must take the test to get their licence. Picture by Jim Irvine/Clarke Cooper/DCT Media

The Aberdeen taxi driver knowledge test made headlines in 2022, as the council decided whether it needed an overhaul.

Long periods of inactivity caused by the Covid lockdowns meant a number of drivers retired or left to find more reliable work.

And as things returned to normal, the city started to feel the pinch.

At peak times, such as on weekends and late at night, people have been faced with very lengthy waits at taxi ranks.

More drivers are badly needed, and at the heart of efforts to shore up recruitment is the taxi driver knowledge test which candidates need to pass to get their licence.

To encourage as many people as possible into the driver’s seat, there were suggestions that the percentage mark needed for a pass could be lowered, and rules for resitting could be eased.

Following a public consultation Aberdeen City Council decided that the test will remain, but if a candidate fails just one of the four sections they will have the chance to resit it.

Should they fail more than one, they will have to sit the entire test again.

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But what does the knowledge test actually involve?

Candidates are asked to answer 80 questions, split into four sections: streets, landmarks, routes and the Highway Code.

To keep our quiz fun, we’ve cut that down to 15 questions. We’ve also made the sections different sizes, so the first has four, the second has five, the third has two and the fourth has four.

There’s one other difference between this and the proper test: every question you get will be multiple choice, while the wannabe cabbies only get that option in the Highway Code section.

Take our sample quiz below to find out if you would make it as a taxi driver in Aberdeen.

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The pass mark for the test is 75%, meaning if you got 12 out of 15 or more, you passed.

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