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In many places the system has no flexibility to keep up with demand, especially seasonal demand and supply. In my country (Romania) we have problems with ID, pa
by AdrianB1 3y ago
In many places the system has no flexibility to keep up with demand, especially seasonal demand and supply. In my country (Romania) we have problems with ID, passport or license renewal in the summer when many people (a few millions) working abroad return in vacations and the demand triples for a month or two; also the workers in these government agencies are in vacation, so supply is reduced. This imbalance is temporarily and not corrupt, but it has an impact too.
When I took an extra category on my license it took 6 months to get a slot because motorcycle exams were not programmed from October to March, every year. When my brother did the same, but in the summer, it took 6 weeks to get scheduled. For comparison, for regular driver license (car) it takes usually a week or two.
- nottorp 3y agoHowever in RO there's one slot per person and no name change. The system is simply overwhelmed because they don't have enough people. With all this talk of intermediaries and reselling of slots, the UK system looks like the corrupted one this time. Interestingly enough, even in RO the driving school books the slot for the student. Still no reselling of slots.
- kioleanu 3y agoRomania implements a similar system as described in the article for appointments outside of the country (for example in consulates or embassies). Scalpers book the appointments en-masse and then sell them for 50-200 euros. There, you can book an appointment and then simply cancel it and it becomes free. So, they have two browsers, in one they cancel the appointment and in the other they book it immediately for the person they're selling to. Or another way is to just send the person to the consulate to say that the the person who booked isn't coming anymore and asked them to take their place.