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You will find that waiting times fluctuate like the wind. As trainers become consistently busy - to the point where the waiting time becomes unacceptable - many trainers will increase their capacity. This will suddenly bring the waiting time forward, in some cases, by months. The prime difficulty is that, whilst many trainers are able and happy to increase their fleet, the better trainers will struggle to recruit skilled instructors and neither is there the time to train instructors at present. And even having overcome that hurdle, without DVSA supplying increased test numbers, it’s frustrated at that point as well.

So it’s not easy to deal with sudden increases in demand as the industry is witnessing at the moment. Unless you’re not too fussy about who is instructing and whether or not there’s actually going to be a test at the end of the course.

My advice is to book with a reputable trainer - no matter how far ahead. Then call weekly to see if there’s any way of bring the course forward. You might just drop in on a day when capacity has been successfully increased.

Take care, Pete S :laughing: :laughing: