{"id":18637,"date":"2025-04-28T04:37:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T02:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/28\/its-nearly-impossible-learner-drivers-on-the-difficulty-of-booking-a-test\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T04:37:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T02:37:19","slug":"its-nearly-impossible-learner-drivers-on-the-difficulty-of-booking-a-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/28\/its-nearly-impossible-learner-drivers-on-the-difficulty-of-booking-a-test\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s nearly impossible\u2019: learner drivers on the difficulty of booking a test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Wolverhampton, where it can take months to sit a test, there is scepticism around the government\u2019s backlog plans<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery time I was looking for a test day, it just kept kicking me off the site,\u201d said Menelik Calvin, 22, detailing the difficulties he experienced when trying to secure a driving test in Wolverhampton.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the day before Calvin\u2019s driving test and he\u2019s feeling \u201cnervous\u201d but \u201cready\u201d as he practises for this sought-after test with driving instructor Donna Michelle Evans.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/apr\/28\/its-nearly-impossible-learner-drivers-on-the-difficulty-of-booking-a-test\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/0529a8f516c7b5bd69d4a546a6f48ae6a6a9964b\/0_82_8640_5184\/master\/8640.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=11c4fdb259c773695d7e868b613214b7\" title=\"\u2018It\u2019s nearly impossible\u2019: learner drivers on the difficulty of booking a test\" \/>In Wolverhampton, where it can take months to sit a test, there is scepticism around the government\u2019s backlog plans<br \/>\n\u201cEvery time I was looking for a test day, it just kept kicking me off the site,\u201d said Menelik Calvin, 22, detailing the difficulties he experienced when trying to secure a driving test in Wolverhampton.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s the day before Calvin\u2019s driving test and he\u2019s feeling \u201cnervous\u201d but \u201cready\u201d as he practises for this sought-after test with driving instructor Donna Michelle Evans. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Wolverhampton, where it can take months to sit a test, there is scepticism around the government\u2019s backlog plans \u201cEvery time I was looking for a test day, it just kept kicking me off the site,\u201d said Menelik Calvin, 22, detailing the difficulties he experienced when trying to secure a driving test in Wolverhampton. It\u2019s &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/28\/its-nearly-impossible-learner-drivers-on-the-difficulty-of-booking-a-test\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018It\u2019s nearly impossible\u2019: learner drivers on the difficulty of booking a test<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":18638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18637"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}