FOR some learner drivers the wait for a test is over as they resume in parts of the UK – but many have spoken about the difficulties in securing a test date reports the BBC.
Tests have been suspended due to Covid restrictions since January, but restart in England and Wales on Thursday.
Most centres are currently booked up until August, with a backlog of around 420,000 tests because of the pandemic.
Charlotte Dalton, 24 – who has had a test cancelled during every lockdown – says test slots were “like gold dust”.
The mother-of-two said she has spent the last few months “logging on every day, every hour” to try to secure one.
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) said it was doing “all we can to provide as many tests as possible to help clear the backlog as quickly as we can”.
