I would be willing to bet that this test is actually invalid because it is testing without any practice.
After one year of not driving I took a road test and while I passed there were some issues to work on. It seems to be setting up the participants for failure. But you'll have to work your way thru it no matter how invalid. You've had a stroke, you're obviously incompetent and normals know so much more about stroke deficits than you do. Pass/fail tests are stupid.
Predicting road test performance in drivers with stroke
American Journal of Occupational Therapy (AJOT)
, Volume 68(2)
, Pgs. 221-229.
NARIC Accession Number: J70281. What's this?
ISSN: 0272-9490.
Author(s): Barco, Peggy P.; Wallendorf, Michael J.; Snellgrove, Carol A.; Ott, Brian R.; Carr, David B..
Publication Year: 2014.
Number of Pages: 9.
Abstract: This study was conducted to develop a
brief screening battery to predict the on-road performance of drivers
who had experienced a stroke. Seventy-two people with stroke referred by
community physicians to an academic rehabilitation center were examined
The outcome variable was pass or fail on the modified Washington
University Road Test. Predictor measures were tests of visual, motor,
and cognitive functioning. Analysis revealed that the best predictive
model for failure on the road test combined (1) Trail Making Test Part
A, a test of attention, psychomotor speed, and visual scanning, and (2)
the Snellgrove Maze Task, a measure of visual-spatial abilities. Results
of this study showed that a screening battery that can be performed in
less than 5 minutes assisted in the prediction of road test performance
in a sample of drivers with stroke. A probability-of-failure calculator
may be useful for clinicians in their decision to refer clients with
stroke for a comprehensive driving evaluation.
When I was "tested" in rehab, it showed my reflexes were not quick enough to drive. When I first took the driving test 2 years later, I failed - but it was because my car didn't have adaptive equipment. When the tester told me I'd failed, he told me I was a very safe driver and that if he COULD have passed me, he would have. When I took the test a second time, the tester told me that all I had to do was demonstrate that I knew how to use my adaptive equipment. Easy enough. So, the test in rehab was meaningless. The tester in rehab couldn't even tell me that adaptive equipment was REQUIRED.
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