Lleida accumulates four thousand exam applicants and wait times exceed six months

The province of Lleida faces an administrative backlog in driving tests with more than 4,000 applicants on the waiting list. Students like Nare Jied waited almost five months to take the test, while Nil Solé showed up with only eight or nine practice sessions. Centralization in the capital forces students from municipalities like Solsona to make long journeys, generating criticism among those affected.

driving test centre interior in Lleida, long queue of anxious young students waiting against a wall, one student checking a phone timer showing months count, another holding a worn driving manual, exhausted examiner at a desk with a towering stack of pending exam files, a clock on the wall showing late evening, centralised location map on the wall with a pin far from Solsona, dim fluorescent lighting, frustrated expressions, photorealistic documentary style, cinematic depth of field, muted bureaucratic colours, ultra-detailed paper textures and tired faces

Lack of examiners slows down the practical test system 🚦

The bottleneck is due to an insufficient number of examiners to meet demand. While driving schools digitize their management and simulation processes, the exam phase still relies on in-person staff. The technical solution would involve increasing the number of evaluators, something the administration has not prioritized. The sector warns that without this measure, delays will continue to grow in rural areas.

Waiting half a year to be told you can't park properly 🐌

While students wait as if booking an appointment with a specialist, the DGT seems to operate at the pace of a hungover snail. Nare waited five months to be evaluated, and Nil showed up with fewer practice sessions than a novice driver. Next thing you know, they'll examine you by certified mail or ask you to bring your own examiner from home. All that's missing is a number and tickets like at the fish counter.