More than 56,000 learners on waiting list and 36,000 of these have finished lessons
More than 56,000 learner drivers are now waiting on tests. Of these 36,511 have completed their mandatory pre-test driving lessons with an instructor while another 19,817 had not taken all their lessons before the Covid-19 restrictions were introduced.
While test waiting times had reduced to below six weeks at the start of March, it is likely that applicants will be waiting significantly longer for a test once the service resumes. In 2018 learners were waiting up to six months for a test when the waiting list reached almost 83,000.These included maintaining social distancing “as a car driving test means close contact in an enclosed space between the driver tester and the learner driver for periods in excess of 15 minutes”’ he said.
“I can assure learner drivers that officials in my Department and the RSA are looking at all available options to get car driving tests started again as soon as possible,” he said.
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