How safe is it to drive in the United Kingdom? If the basis is the number of new drivers failing the country's driving exam, it may not be that safe.

RAC Foundation, a transport policy and research organization that explores the economic, mobility, safety, and environmental issues relating to roads and their users, said UK Department for Transport figures show that more than 50,000 examinees per year are test repeaters.

The 50,875 examinees referred to are those taking their sixth test after failing five times, according to RACF, the Guardian reported.

Statistically, of those taking their sixth test, only 40 percent pass it, RACF said.

A DfT fact sheet on driving test numbers shows the more tests one have taken, the more likely that examinee is to fail again, according to the Guardian.

Meanwhile, it may be more dangerous to drive in New York City's roads. About 16,000 drivers have been caught by city cameras repeatedly beating the red light and speeding, New York Post reported.

Under the city's Dangerous Vehicle Abatement Program law, traffic violators' vehicles are impounded until they have taken a safety course. It covers "drivers with five or more red-light violations or 15 or more speed-camera tickets in a 12-month period," NYP reported.

Because of res tape, authorities are able to send notices only to 1,000 of the violators and 630 out of the thousand that completed the safery course, according to NYP.

The cars of the remaining 370 who failed to undergo training were supposed to be impounded but only 12 vehicles were taken, the report said.

City Comptroller Brad Lander, the former city councilor who pushed the DVAP law in 2018, admitted in a recent letter to the city Department of Transportation that the program is letting reckless drivers off the hook, according to NYP.

And with the DVAP law expiring next year, Lander said there is not enough time to make the mandated driver safety courses "meaningfully improve safety outcomes, change driver behavior and reduce recidivism."