{"id":21291,"date":"2025-12-21T07:37:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T06:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/21\/it-can-be-quite-a-thankless-job-why-driving-examiners-are-calling-it-quits\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T07:37:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T06:37:15","slug":"it-can-be-quite-a-thankless-job-why-driving-examiners-are-calling-it-quits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/21\/it-can-be-quite-a-thankless-job-why-driving-examiners-are-calling-it-quits\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It can be quite a thankless job\u2019: why driving examiners are calling it quits"},"content":{"rendered":"

A staff exodus and a broken booking system are helping to cause huge jams in Britain\u2019s driving test system <\/p>\n

It has long been a stressful rite of passage for many young people but, in recent years, passing the actual driving test is the easy part. Now, many people seeking a test need to wake up early to snag a date before the bots do and, even then, they are looking at a long and arduous wait.<\/p>\n

Despite moves from the government to address the issue<\/a>, an audit report released this week found plans to cut the wait for a driving test to seven weeks by the end of the year would not be achieved until November 2027.<\/p>\n

Continue reading…<\/a>
\nA staff exodus and a broken booking system are helping to cause huge jams in Britain\u2019s driving test system
\nIt has long been a stressful rite of passage for many young people but, in recent years, passing the actual driving test is the easy part. Now, many people seeking a test need to wake up early to snag a date before the bots do and, even then, they are looking at a long and arduous wait.
\nDespite moves from the government to address the issue, an audit report released this week found plans to cut the wait for a driving test to seven weeks by the end of the year would not be achieved until November 2027. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A staff exodus and a broken booking system are helping to cause huge jams in Britain\u2019s driving test system It has long been a stressful rite of passage for many young people but, in recent years, passing the actual driving test is the easy part. Now, many people seeking a test need to wake up …<\/p>\n

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