Several choir teachers fear that the waiting time for practical choir rehearsals will now increase again, even though the Danish Road Safety Authority believes it has things under control.
Several Danish choir teachers now fear that the waiting time for choir rehearsals will increase. At the same time, several of them believe that this is only the beginning. Drivers across the country are experiencing varying waiting times, and choir teachers share their concerns about the future.
Previously, the waiting time for a driving test was often more than eight weeks. Now the situation is different, with the waiting time typically being between one day and three weeks. The Danish Road Traffic Authority sees this as a success, but the driving instructors are not convinced.
This is what DR writes.
Hans Andersen, chairman of the Danish Choir Teachers' Union in Fredericia and Middelfart, finds that the waiting time is already three weeks in Fredericia and six weeks in Middelfart.
– Three weeks is not too long, but you have to remember that it is low season. So it is quite normal that the waiting time is not that bad here in the winter, says Hans Andersen.
He predicts that the waiting time will increase again in the spring, when more students are ready for the driving test, and when the Danish Road Safety Authority's test experts will also be responsible for motorcycle and trailer driving tests.
"I promise you, the waiting time will come back (increase, ed.) in the spring. It has done so in the 28 years that I have been a choir teacher," says Hans Andersen.
The Danish Road Traffic Authority took over responsibility for driving tests from the police in 2021. At that time, the authority said that longer waiting times should be expected for a period of up to two years.
Now, three years later, the Danish Transport Agency believes they have the waiting times under control.
– Gradually, we have three years of data, so we can see a pattern in which periods extra capacity is needed, says Deputy Director of the Danish Transport Agency, Brian Paust Nielsen, according to DR.
One of the arguments for shifting responsibility from the police was precisely to reduce waiting times. This has been successful in Zealand and Copenhagen. However, in Jutland and Funen, waiting times have skyrocketed.
However, Brian Paust Nielsen is confident and does not expect the spring to be as problematic as last year.
The Danish Road Traffic Authority is investigating the possibilities of increasing capacity with existing employees, retired forensic experts or employees from the police or the military.
Hans Andersen, who has been calling for these initiatives for the past three years, is skeptical of the Danish Transport Agency's optimism.
Conversely, not all driving school students pass the practical driving test on the first try. For example, one woman had to spend almost 1,000 attempts to get her driving license. Read more about it here .
