Anyone looking to sit their restricted drivers licence test in Hastings better know their stuff - it has the third-lowest pass rate in the country.
Just 44 per cent of drivers sitting their tests through Hastings VTNZ passed, according to New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) figures.
It stands in stark contrast to the places handing out the most full licences, including Blenheim and Gore, where nine out of 10 people walk away qualified for the green card.
But the NZTA says just because a site has a low or high pass rate, hopefuls weren't more or less likely to fail.