《中英對照讀新聞》Smart people more likely to fail driving test 聰明人考駕照更可能失敗

◎陳正健

The brighter you are, the less likely you are to pass your driving test first time, a new study concludes. By contrast, motorists with fewer academic qualifications are more likely to pass first time.

一項新研究推斷，你愈是聰明，愈不可能首次就通過駕照考試。對照之下，擁有較低學歷的駕駛，更有可能首試過關。

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Insurers Privilege DriveXpert conducted the analysis of 1,564 people with a full UK driving licence and found that 59 percent of those with no qualifications passed first time. People who had undergraduate degrees had a first time pass rate of 48 percent.

保險公司Privilege DriveXpert對英國擁有完整駕照的1564人進行分析，發現59%沒有學歷資格的人首次即通過考試；擁有大學學歷者首次通過率則為48%。

Interestingly, people who studied maths and science needed more attempts to get their licence than those more arts and culture inclined. Experts suspect motorists with more academic minds may over-think the challenge they face.

有趣的是，相較於傾向藝術與文化的人，學習數學與科學的人，需要更多嘗試才能取得駕照。專家推測，較有學術頭腦的駕駛，可能過度思考他們面對的挑戰。

Dr Lee Hadlington, senior lecturer in Psychology at De Montfort University said： ’Those who don’t have formal academic qualifications could rely more heavily on procedural skills like motor control and hand-eye co-ordination, hence may be better suited to activities like passing a driving test.’

德蒙福特大學心理學高級講師李．海林頓博士表示：「那些沒有正式學歷證明的人，可能更高度依賴程序技術，例如運動控制或手眼協調，因此可能更適合通過駕照考試之類的活動。」

新聞辭典

motorist：名詞，駕（乘）汽車者。例句：The policeman ordered the motorist to stop.（警察命令駕駛停車。）

insurer：名詞：保險公司，保險業者。例句：Please contact your insurer if you have any questions.（如果你有任何問題，請與保險公司聯絡。）

procedural：形容詞，程序的。例句：The idea of procedural justice is especially influential in the law.（程序正義的概念在該法律上特具影響力。）