MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Drive-by some DMV locations and you’ll see lines of cars at 4 a.m. — all hoping to land a chance to take the driver’s test. Examiner vacancies and last year’s state government shutdown caused a backlog in testing which is still bogging down the system. Many applicants say their wait is about two months before they can take a road test, and that has some eager drivers taking extreme measures to get around the roadblock. For teens, it’s the first rite of passage into adulthood, with a driver’s license comes independence. After hours of instruction and practice, Hanna Anderson was excited to take her driver’s test, but when she tried dropping in at the Anoka exam station she was told to come back and schedule an appointment. Prepare to wait.

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Twin Cities applicants are encountering scheduling delays of two months, or more. Department of Public Safety spokesman Bruce Gordon says last year’s government shutdown and examiner retirements created a backlog. It is made worse when applicants schedule multiple appointments, because a whopping 41 percent fail the test on their first try. “We’ve encountered folks that are scheduling two or even three appointments, and that’s taking appointments away from other people who might need them,” Gordon said. To get around the wait, many drivers line up at 4 a.m. Outside exam sites in Plymouth, Eagan and Arden Hills.

It’s first come, first served, once examiners are available. “You see the line, it’s not even 8 a.m. And there’s 15 to 20 cars in line; so it’s crazy,” said Jim Gorney, an applicant’s father.

Gorney’s daughter is third in line. Amit Cherukuri and Ram Kalaga are near the front, both need licenses quickly to begin their new jobs at Honeywell. “We cannot get an immediate appointment,” Cherukuri said. “We have to wait to get an appointment after two months.” So while many play the waiting game, best advice is to practice so as to pass the first time. There is one other way to almost guarantee getting tested, drive to less congested stations such as Little Falls, Alexandria, or Cambridge.

Each weekday morning in the wee hours, cars line up outside the gates of the driver’s license examination station in Arden Hills full of people hoping to snag one of the few available slots between the day’s regularly scheduled appointments. During the busy summer, the first available appointment at testing stations across the metro area is eight weeks away. Some eager would-be drivers are unwilling or unable to wait two months for a guaranteed appointment. For them, the only option is to get in line — the earlier the better — for a chance at nabbing one of that day’s few canceled or open appointments.

Igra vovochka na android phone. Every car holds a story. Faduma Warsame, 24, and her mother, Segal Ali, arrived at 2 a.m.

On a weekday last month and were fourth in line. When the gates opened, they were ushered into a parking spot on the tarmac. Seven hours later — at 9 a.m. — they were still sitting in their Toyota Corolla looking sleepy and bored.

They had no guarantee of getting a test that day, but their chances were good. Warsame was among the 15 unscheduled applicants that Driver and Vehicle Services regional supervisor Mark Larson hoped to squeeze in between the 80 or so regular appointments before the station closed at 4:30 p.m. He had turned away more than 20 other cars after 8 a.m. And told them to try again another day. “Last Friday, I had 53 cars in line,” Larson said. “That was the highest we’ve had all summer.

I tell them feel free to swing by again in the afternoon, but it all depends on how many appointments don’t show up. Yesterday, I only had two no-shows, so it took until 4 p.m. To get through the 15 people in the lot.” Minnesota’s 93 testing stations have given more than 70,000 road tests so far this year. Uchebnik po poznaniyu mira altamura 4 klass de. Summer is the busiest time of year, when young people try to get a license before school resumes. It generally goes smoothly for people who book a test well in advance and pass on their first attempt. But like most of the people in line, Warsame had failed her first road test. About 40 percent fail their first time.