Young people across large parts of the country cannot book a driving test until next year, as the full scale of the crisis engulfing the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is laid bare. The Telegraph has more.
As of Saturday night, at least five major cities, including London and Birmingham, appeared to have no slots available until early November, the limit of the Government-imposed booking window.
The backlog, a legacy of multiple Covid lockdowns, prompted the AA to warn that school and university leavers may not be able to take up jobs in the coming months.
The organisation said the current situation meant that learning to drive was no longer a “rite of passage” for young people.
Analysis by the Telegraph of the DVSA centralised test booking website on Saturday indicated that in London, there were no test slots available for at least 24 weeks.
Students in the capital wishing to qualify would have to wait until early November and then travel to Peterborough or Ipswich, where only a handful of slots were available on Saturday night.
Similar was true of Manchester, Birmingham, Nottingham and Bristol.
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