To want to know why the government hasn’t sorted out the driving test booking mess yet

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Iwantatest · 10/11/2025 06:51

You literally can’t book a test thanks to bots and block booking. Go it on at 6 and just put in a 20 000 queue going down very slowly.Even if I was to get on it would be 6 months.

They know bots and block booking are a problem so why aren’t they sorting it?

They're really letting young people down.

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Genevieva · 10/11/2025 07:02

ExtraOnions · 10/11/2025 07:01

Make reselling a test, or booking through a reselling site, punishable by a massive fine.

That’s mad. It means people will end up keeping tests when they aren’t ready to pass.

Theunamedcat · 10/11/2025 07:01

Apparently its getting to the point where you need to book the test before you even start lessons in some areas

ExtraOnions · 10/11/2025 07:01

Make reselling a test, or booking through a reselling site, punishable by a massive fine.

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Iwantatest · 10/11/2025 07:00

They should make a system where you can only book 1 test. Not hard

The longer they leave to sort it the worse it’s going to get.

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sashagabadon · 10/11/2025 06:59

you need to log on about 5.45am. We did was 3000 in queue , q took about 20 mins and we got a test date of April 22nd

fashionqueen0123 · 10/11/2025 06:58

I agree. They need to go back to phoning the local centre. This system is ridiculous and doesn’t work.

Genevieva · 10/11/2025 06:57

Not unreasonable, but this will be so far down their priority list that they won’t have thought about it. I think it’s a government created mess - what happens when a government thinks it’ is best placed to control and centralise something like this. When I was a teenager, I waited until I was ready to pass, rang up my local test centre and booked a test about a fortnight later from a choice of available slots.

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