Leaner drivers will have to hold out until finally Wednesday to guide a check immediately after the online site crashed next seven million apps in 12 hours.
The Driver and Vehicle Specifications Agency (DVSA) explained on Saturday the web page booking service for England and Wales had been shut for “urgent routine maintenance” from 12.30pm.
The web page experienced skilled “unprecedented desire” just after it reopened pursuing a number of months’ closure during the coronavirus lockdown.
DVSA chief executive Gareth Llewellyn said: “Subsequent unparalleled demand for the driving check scheduling technique with pretty much seven million makes an attempt to guide a test when it opened, we will need to have out urgent routine maintenance so individuals can e-book tests.
“We have to near the scheduling assistance until eventually Wednesday 26 August and are sorry for any inconvenience triggered.”
A message on the website on Saturday stated: “This provider will be unavailable from 12:30pm on Saturday 22 August to 8am on Wednesday 26 August.”
Nearly seven million applications for checks were built involving the web page re-opening at 8am on Friday and 8pm that night, the agency explained.
Candidates have been not able to complete bookings and learners who manufactured it as considerably as the application web site were achieved with an error message.
A lot of vented their stress on social media, joking about how significantly they experienced managed to get in the process.
The DVSA claimed some 210,000 assessments ended up cancelled and tens of 1000’s additional had been delayed because of the virus.
Mr Llewellyn stated: “Coronavirus has seriously impacted our organization-as-typical operations, such as by halting driving tests in March.
“Considering the fact that then DVSA have only been working with apps for crisis driving assessments for essential employees.”
Learners whose tests ended up cancelled for the duration of lockdown were invited to re-e book initially in July.
Driving assessments in Scotland are established to restart from 14 September, but individuals are not yet equipped to reserve a slot.