[benibela]

I failed the test three times in Germany. After the second time I switched school, and basically had to start from scratch. Probably ended up costing me 5000€ or close to 10000€. And since that was in 2009, with the perfect time to put everything in the stock market, the opportunity costs were like 100000€.

[vinni2]

Wow! I thought I spent a lot when it costed me 2000€ after failing once. Now I feel lucky. But most German kids pass first time.

[johannes1234321]

I was curious about the "most pass" as I know so many stories of people who failed (I passed on first attempt myself)

First article I found from 2018, citing numbers from 2017, says 37% fail theory, 28% during practical test, which is quite a lot, considering that you have extra training lessons and instructors should know what's being tested (conspiracy theory would be: failed test leads to more lessons and more fees) https://m.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft/panorama/knapp-37-pro...