Annoyed Perth youngsters making an attempt to get their driver’s license are being forced to travel hundreds of kilometers simply to sit down the check.
Regardless of the Division of Transport saying that lots of of time slots are added day-after-day, one Mindarie teen mentioned she was pressured to move to the areas after months of making an attempt to e book regionally on-line.
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“At 10am on a regular basis at work I used to be going into the lunchroom, refreshing it, making an attempt to get one. We had all my household pals making an attempt to do it for me, mum was making an attempt to do it for me,” Summah Monte Sinclair mentioned.
Having no luck reserving at one of many 9 metro places, she was pressured to move to Geraldton, greater than 400 kilometers from Perth.
“I took it. Right away. I did not even take a look at the time. I used to be like ‘let’s simply do it’, Monte Sinclair mentioned.
“I needed to make my household good friend take me. So we took her automobile with two children within the again. We went all that manner. If I failed I would not have been very pleased.”
Narelle Klvac was about to e book flights to Esperance for a check for her daughter earlier than she lastly nabbed an appointment within the metropolis.
“I simply suppose it is a actually actually damaged system and wishes take a look at,” she mentioned.
Shona Hunter and her teenage daughter drove to Bunbury, two hours south of Perth, on Thursday to sit down a check.
“We have executed this seven occasions now, 5 of these occasions she hasn’t even left the automobile park,” Shona mentioned.
“A kind of occasions it was as a result of the hue of the headlamp was the fallacious colour.”
The DoT says it’s working to place extra instructors on to repair the backlog, however dad and mom say it’s a drop within the ocean.
A state authorities spokesperson mentioned the reserving system is stay – with availability continuously altering.
They mentioned cancellations solely add to the issue, with 7.5 p.c of bookings by no means going forward.
