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Booking a driving test

carly burncarly burn
in Not Sports Related
What a sorry state of affairs this current bastion of the united kingdom is in.
Tests only available on a Monday morning at 6 am and an absolute bunfight to get your hands on one.
...... And if you do manage it you've got a 5-6 month wait for the actual test!

This country.

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  • guinnessaddickguinnessaddick
    That’s one L of a wait.
  • eaststandmikeeaststandmike
    People are traveling all over the UK to take their tests, it’s just a case of where you are lucky enough to get it.
  • follettfollett
    The system is a farce. When a cancellation comes up the easiest way to get it is to already have a test booked and swap onto the cancelled one. So the recommendation is to book a test anywhere in the country for any date and hold it whilst you look to swap onto one nearby. It means a bunch of people are holding tests they never plan on taking and people in that town can't get a test. Amplified by people profiting and selling tests they don't intend to take for £200+ 

    If it helps @carly burn, the new tests going live at 6am seems to have quite a knock on impact throughout the whole of Monday with lots of people swapping off pre booked tests in other towns, so you tend to find by refreshing the site throughout the whole of Monday a good chunk of cancelled tests come up that can be booked at a sooner date.
  • Chris_from_SidcupChris_from_Sidcup
    Not sure if it's still the case but can you book an intensive course that includes the test at the end of it?
  • fenaddickfenaddick
    Had this problem recently. My advice is to check every few hours one day a week. I had one booked for months time, at 11am I moved it to 2 months and by lunchtime I had one in 2 weeks. My local test centre also holds back tests for a few weeks time so occasionally more just randomly become available. No one there knew why it happened 
  • MuttleyCAFCMuttleyCAFC
    It seems wrong that people can profit by selling tests. Surely something can be done about this.
  • eaststandmikeeaststandmike
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    It seems wrong that people can profit by selling tests. Surely something can be done about this.
    Absolutely, it should be under full DVLA control 
  • PlaaayerPlaaayer
    carly burn said:
    What a sorry state of affairs this current bastion of the united kingdom is in.
    Tests only available on a Monday morning at 6 am and an absolute bunfight to get your hands on one.
    ...... And if you do manage it you've got a 5-6 month wait for the actual test!

    This country.
    Have a look at the cancellation apps. My mates son used one I think it was a one-off £20 fee and it alerts you to any cancellations in your set area and he managed to get one in about 2/3 weeks. 
  • StigStig
    edited December 16
    Plaaayer said:
    carly burn said:
    What a sorry state of affairs this current bastion of the united kingdom is in.
    Tests only available on a Monday morning at 6 am and an absolute bunfight to get your hands on one.
    ...... And if you do manage it you've got a 5-6 month wait for the actual test!

    This country.
    Have a look at the cancellation apps. My mates son used one I think it was a one-off £20 fee and it alerts you to any cancellations in your set area and he managed to get one in about 2/3 weeks. 
    I'm not saying people shouldn't use them, but to be in a position where the system is so broken that profiteers can ride in and take control is a disgrace. Do other countries have this nonsense? It sometimes feels like the disorganisation and resulting legal-scamming in this country is the worst in the world. We are a proper banana republic. 
  • carly burncarly burn
    Cheers all.
    I've got the cancellation apps.
    As @follett has said, I've already got a test booked for a different location but it's too far away. I went on this morning at 6 to change it but as fast as I clicked the available ones they've gone!
    I'm hearing about these sell on tests for £200 a pop?
    How is the system that broken that this can even happen?
    Surely one provisional driving licence number one test allocation??
     How the f**k can people be bulk buying these?
    Add to the fact the likelihood of failure the first one or two times and I reckon my son will be closer to retirement before he gets his license.

    It is an absolute joke
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  • red10red10
    Had no idea it was as bad as this, mine was donkeys years ago, how the hell does everything seem to go to hell in a handcart?, too many applicants, not enough examiners? Maybe change the system so the instructors make the test bookings.
  • usetobunkinusetobunkin
    edited December 16
    DVSA , not DVLA are responsible for driving test 
  • heckington_redsheckington_reds
    Not quite on topic, but on the 23rd, it will be 37 years since I passed my test. Had a car sorted and waiting...just incase I passed. Didn't fancy my first drive out alone, so put our family dog in the front passenger seat and jumped in the drivers seat.....the look he gave me,if he could speak,was quite simply...
    What the fuck are you doing 🤣


  • MuttleyCAFCMuttleyCAFC
    edited December 16
    I think they should have a group of all party MPs who should look at things like this, and when it is clear cut rubbish they can do something about it quickly. Them all agreeing would ensure something is rubbish. people buying tests to sell at a profit is rubbish. Who would argue with that?
  • ArsenetattersArsenetatters
    edited December 16
    Oh I’d never cope with that sort of thing. It was bad enough trying to get a test booked for BexleyHeath/Erith to avoid the certain fail of one in Sidcup in the 80s
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