Learners waiting half a year for driving tests amid examiner shortage

Wait list at more than half of Britain's test centres hits six months; national average rockets to five monthsA generation of learner drivers is under threat from spiralling costs, stress and even career damage as the waiting list for a practical driving test balloons to unprecedented size.
Learners now face a wait of more than half a year at 57% of Britain’s test centres, according to new data released by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency.
DVSA figures state that the number of centr