![]() ![]() The current average waiting time for a driving test in Great Britain is 13.6 weeks, but this can extend up to 24 weeks in busy areas. "To tackle the high demand for practical tests we have introduced a number of measures including recruiting an additional 300 examiners, conducting out of hours testing such as at weekends and on public holidays and asking qualified staff that no longer work as driving examiners to conduct tests." “Following the suspension and further disruption of driver testing over much of the Covid pandemic, we are doing all we can to provide learners with as many practical driving tests as possible and bring average waiting times down to less than 10 weeks by the end of the year," said a DVSA spokesman. The DVSA says it is taking steps to reduce the backlog and is recruiting more examiners. The test booking system is live and availability changes constantly as tests get booked and more are added. Learner drivers who opt to take their test in Whitby face average waits of around three weeks. In Hartlepool it is 12, Darlington 11 and Middlesbrough eight. ![]() In our area there are practical driving test centres in Middlesbrough, Hartlepool and Darlington and in Whitby and Northallerton in North Yorkshire.Ĭurrent DVSA waiting times show the longest waits are at Northallerton where learners are waiting an average of 18 weeks for a test date. Read more: The two most common reasons people fail their driving tests It is a lengthy wait for anyone keen to get rid of their L plates and the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has pledged to do what it can to try and reduce the backlog.īut what can Teesside's leaner drivers expect if they are putting in for their practical test? The answer changes on a daily basis as availability moves up and down but a snapshot of waiting times, taken on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, reveals waits from as much as four months at one test centre to just three weeks at another in and around our patch. The average national waiting time to take a practical driving test has been put at just over three months, or if you are counting in weeks - 13.6. Anyone learning to drive will know the pandemic has caused a huge backlog of learners currently trying to get through the system. ![]()
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