DRIVING instructors are having to turn away eager young learners as they try to make their way through the backlog of thousands of rescheduled tests. Between March and December last year 1,797 driving tests were cancelled at the Colchester Test Centre because of the pandemic. According to the latest figures, published by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, 726 budding drivers in Clacton also saw their tests postponed. Lessons and tests across England have now recommenced, but the impacts of the previous 12 months are still being felt. Currently there are 420,000 driving tests booked and the average waiting time is now about four months.