TAKING your driving test in Huddersfield could be more of a make or break experience than you thought.
Drivers in the town are two-and-a-half times less likely to pass their test than people in rural parts of Scotland.
Figures show that for every 100 tests taken in Huddersfield just 33 result in passes.
This contrasts with Inverary, in west central Scotland, where learners get the green light 80 times out of 100.
Drivers in Heckmondwike fare even worse than Huddersfield, with just 30 passes for every 100 people who sit the test.
This makes it 359th out of 365 test centres across the UK.
Driving instructor Robert Taylor, from Marsden, said the disparity was due to the amount of traffic on the roads.
Mr Taylor, an instructor for 25 years, added: "In places such as rural Scotland they don't have the same density of traffic as here.
"In such places you don't have as many fails for errors in traffic because the traffic isn't there."
Mr Taylor said it wasn't a question of tests in this area being harder or quotas needing to be filled.
He added: "The driving test has got a lot harder over the years. The standard is much higher."
West Yorkshire as a whole comes out poorly in the figures from the Driving Standards Agency.
Leeds, Wakefield and parts of Bradford all languish in the bottom 5% for test centre passes nationwide.
This contrasts with the top 20 places in the table.
These include no fewer than a dozen test centres north of the border, as well as a handful in Wales.
* INVERARAY is in west central Scotland, on the shores of Loch Fyne where it meets Loch Shira. It has a population of 1,258.
* The village, on the site of an earlier fishing village, was built in the mid 18th century by the third Duke of Argyll.
* All Saints Church tower in the village contains 10 bells, with reputedly the second heaviest peal in the world.
* Inveraray Castle on the edge of the town is the family home of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll.
