An agreement between the SCT and the DGT will allow the displaced centers to reopen
The Catalan Traffic Service (SCT) and the Dirección General de Tráfico (DGT) reached an agreement yesterday to reactivate the theoretical driving tests at the displaced centers that had ceased their activity in Ripoll, Olot, Tortosa, the Seu d’ Urgell and La Pobla de Segur. According to this agreement, the SCT will provide the necessary IT equipment and the DGT the exam software. The first center to be put into operation will be Ripoll, in a space provided by the Ripollès Regional Council, and the Girona Driving School Federation will be responsible for coordinating this process.
The SCT demands the transfer of the skills of the practical exams
In the same meeting, the SCT took the opportunity to ask the DGT to cede to the Catalan government the powers to carry out the practical driving tests. The SCT considers that the measures adopted by the DGT, such as temporary work and overtime for examiners, are not sufficient to meet the existing demand – with 50,000 people waiting to take the exam – and that a fixed staff of this collective. The DGT admitted that Catalonia is the only community in the state where this problem exists.