Theory and practice.

Feature on the breakfast programme this morning about the new extended written test for learner drivers. As an exercise, the programme makers had one of their reporters - a driver for more than 20 years with no points on his licence - sit the test. He failed. This caused some embarrassment and consternation on his part, but am I alone in thinking that what it calls far more into question is what relevance the test has to the real world of driving a car?