Kirsty Blake Knox: Why should I wait a year for a driving test while others jump the queue?

Kirsty, one of more than 60,000 learner drivers on the waiting list just to book a test, on her frustration at being in the slow lane to losing her L plates

Kirsty Blake Knox has been waiting for her driving test for almost a year. Photo: Owen Breslin

Kirsty Blake Knox

I applied to take a driving test last year, on June 20.

Back then, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) website estimator informed me that it would take roughly 12 months to get an invite.