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Roodepoort Test Station
Westlake Rd, Florida, Johannesburg, 1710, South Africa
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Roodepoort Test Station

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SH
Review №1

Ample parking for customers inside which is great.The booking system only allows you entry in but you still have to queue and wait your turn.Why allow users to download the form if you still force them to complete the same form on arrival?Out of 4 possible stations to serve customers only 2 were working. And at one point it was only 1 person helping.The cashier queue can be relatively long as well for some reason.No cash is accepted which makes it safer but I dont enjoy handing over my card to the cashier who will have the card out of view which in my view can be dangerous in terms of having your card information stolen via a hidden skimming machine.Best advice is to book but to still arrive in advance of your appointment.To bring your own black pen.And Fridays they fumigate at 16:00 so if you are in the queue you may have to return on another day which im not sure means you need to make another appointment on the website.

Th
Review №2

Rubbish if you ask me, theres thugs at the gate that are robbing people who are not familiar with the place. When you call the nearby police station they acknowledge what is happening but they its non of their business.I sat and watched while they rob 2 other people, who clearly have never been there before.The cashier was rude and attends to people she knows first while you standing at the window.

Da
Review №3

Getting inside is a nightmareThere are loads of scammers trying to assist you to make the process quicker. (they do seem to be jumping the queue inside but dont tell you thier fee upfront...) fraud if Im not mistaken...Just say thank you, if I need your help I will come ask. Inside the station actually isnt to bad, they are just processing a lot of people so that takes time. But it does get done. Application for drivers renewal took me about 2 hours, card pick only 15 min. The haggling is really intimidating and makes the place seem very unpleasant and its not acatully.

Vu
Review №4

I called to inquire about roadworthy testing but couldnt get through over the phone. It doesnt look like theres anyone that answers the phone. It just rings endlessly that is if their numbers are working or phones exist at all.

Pa
Review №5

Guys outside saying off line since previous day but will help you for a fee.- all a scam.Then tell you there is an outstanding traffic fine to be paid. Unsafe area with lots of dodgy people hanging around. Randburg much safer.

Nt
Review №6

I went to renew my license and I was in and out in 35 minutes top. I was very impressed, its just the payment queue that was long.

Mi
Review №7

Very good, testing is done quickly but efficiently as well. And they advise if there are additional problems that they dont have to check. I would recommend this place to all.

Vm
Review №8

Which writing system for learners licence do florida use.. The writing or computer?

Pr
Review №9

Fast and easy to comfirm the date

De
Review №10

Will not go back to Roodepoort test station again. Due to theft. Not safe.

A
Review №11

Every time I go there getting worst,with all the technology and the renovation been done still bad.You can see corruption happening day light every where inside and outside.

Da
Review №12

Dirty with no evidence of basic hygiene and maintenance.

Mi
Review №13

Arrived at 9 o’clock to write my learners license booked for 10. We only got in to write the test at 10:30 after sitting around and waiting. After the test was marked we were told to go wait in a line outside to pay, this was at 11:30. We all stood in that queue for 3 hours not moving before we finally were allowed to pay and get the learners. Apparently staff were on lunch. Lucky them. The rest of us stood there starving and thirsty. I gave them 2 stars cause there was a really kind lady that helped us with our forms and she deserved a star at least. This entire process was concerning and extremely worrying. Can’t believe they have no respect for anyone there’s time. So many people had taken off work to be there. It should have been a morning off but instead a whole day affair.

Jo
Review №14

You will queue forever, one lady passed out in the sun. Zero stars is too much, I have been to Laanglagte and Randfontein, way better than this useless place.

Bo
Review №15

Renewed my driver’s license on 15 December 2020. Helpful, friendly, efficient.

Mi
Review №16

Do not go here! fruadulent activity.Attitude of employees is terrific. A man by the name of Andre Geldunys who works there is extremely discriminative. VERY RUDE AND NOT PROFESSIONAL. Extremely disrespectful towards me doing my driving test. DO not go here. This man should be disciplined! Service is disgusting

Ma
Review №17

Ño cash accepted on all transactions

RA
Review №18

Very good service

Sl
Review №19

Arrived at 12:30pm to renew my Drivers License. Paid and left at 3:15pm after standing in Cashiers queue for over two hours. Staff was friendly and helpfull. Beware of scammers at the entrance.

An
Review №20

Quite efficient in my own opinion. The queues do move fast & the staff are well organised. They do need to work on the air conditioning. It gets HOT and humid in the offices & waiting area.

Tr
Review №21

I went to the Florida Test Station to have my drivers licence renewed. There were notices on the walls that said that it is closed as they have not been provided with protective gear. Tried to speak to a black lady at collections and she said We are closed. I then asked her when it would open. She said Watch the News. Can you please assist or advise.

Je
Review №22

Once again, another joke government department

Ab
Review №23

Well organized and clean. The staff are super friendly and helpful. Only downfall is the line to pay, there you will wait.

Th
Review №24

Very frustrating. One star rating is too much. You will waste your time there.

Ja
Review №25

I would not recommend using this testing station. There is a huge criminal syndicate operating at the entrance and as careful as one could be we still had items stolen. They block the roads and chase you and intimidate you. Never again.

Ro
Review №26

They dont work like other testing stations that are reliable on what I must provide. The system allow us to print application to complete. When you arrive they give you another form and discard what you have printed. They also need photos that the other stations they dont need if you are doing normal licence without looking for temporary.

Vi
Review №27

It was excellent,the staff are very professional and helpful.

Jo
Review №28

There is a big group of scammers waiting right outside the FREE parking space and they try to get you to park outside the DLTC and make you pay. They also claim that you can skip the line to the front for a huge fee. DO NOT GIVE THEM ANYTHING. Why these scammers are free to scheme right outside the DLTC is a mystery to me. Why arent they arrested? Absolutely atrocious.

pu
Review №29

Hi I would like to know if Florida is still using pen and paper for writing learners licence? Thank u.

Su
Review №30

Ample FREE parking ON the premises for customers. Ignore all those dodgy characters just outside the gate, making you believe you cannot park inside, so that THEY must watch your car outside, for a fee of course.Quick service.Friendly staff.Not nearly as painful as I anticipated. I was in and out under one hour, when I aplied to renew my drivers license.

Wi
Review №31

What a rubbish place to visit. There is no indication where to go when you get there. Very unfriendly staff. Prepare yourself for a minimum of 2 hours wait. So so bitterly disappointed in public servants SCREAMING at the kids for not having a copy of ID. Shame on you Roodepoort Test station. Shame on you. Will never ever return.

Sh
Review №32

Useless-security was clueless and was probably making money on the side as he was letting it friends but blocking others in the queue. Also was in charge of handing out forms to the tax paying public. Had to take a day off for pathetic service and was to told to come back again and again. If you have to go, take precautions and try go just before closing.

Do
Review №33

Had no issues with the place except that you have to be aware of the guys seating outside trying to sell you stuff, just go inside

ph
Review №34

Non responsive

hu
Review №35

The service received was efficient and the gent I initially went and to was very polite and helpful. The lady by the cashier was also very friendly, however, she took down my bank card number and wrote down my id number on a block piece of paper which was slipped under the screen. I then asked her why she took my card number and Id and she replied it was protocol.

Ta
Review №36

Rude! Ive never been this upset ever! The tellers are extremely rude and wont even attempt to help out! If you going there make sure you take cash and the perfect amount ad they never have a cash float and their card machines almost always never works

La
Review №37

Another institution that needs a good clean!! The staff also need to be jacked up!!!! No care attitude!!

Ch
Review №38

Terrible experience, they dont even deserve a star.

Fa
Review №39

Got my drivers license done quite quickly and efficiently.

BL
Review №40

Trying non-stop to get through via phone for the last hour. No answer. What terrible work ethic...

Ta
Review №41

Friendly and fast service.

He
Review №42

Service good though I accompany my daughter

Ad
Review №43

Amazing how some of our governmental agencies, have slick processes, e.g Home Affairs, applying for passport etc. Meanwhile, getting a learners license application process (for my son)....is like watching paint dry. Nevermind the no added value of the online booking process, nor the fact that I came already prepared with a eye test certificate from my own optometrist. You still hurry up and wait and join the queue. Over an hour now. A shake up is needed here....the guys that run SARS IT....please lend a help here.

Ma
Review №44

Some of the staff working there had no respect for us and screamed at the children for no reason!!!!

ge
Review №45

Nice place, food over priced for what you get.

Fr
Review №46

Some of the staff was helpful but most was not friendly or keen to help.

Ch
Review №47

Roodepoort Florida the most pathetic service they tell you service is offline staff are having snacks at their table and dont have the decency to sit at the enquiry counter to explain to customers what is going on. The security guard stands around being rude and abrupt to people saying there is nothing he can do. Waiting just to do a eye test and pay for a booking after people must do online bookings. This is pathetic service no manager comes out to explain what is going on!

te
Review №48

Service is slow they busy chatting to their colleagues will some of us waiting to get help

Et
Review №49

If you like to wait. Then this is the place.

Ab
Review №50

The service is extremely so slow. We got there around 9AM and we left at 3:30 PM. Do not brother yourselves going there... I wont go there again! ! Its Like every one is working at their own pace... I repeat rather spend a R100 extra and go to another place even if its cape town. I promise youll regret it. Bad Bad experience! !

Th
Review №51

Lots of scammers outside BEWARE!!!

Hi
Review №52

The place had decent service. However it could be improved if there were more reception points so the cue could decrease faster

Pa
Review №53

I got good service there. All done in time!Thank you guys

th
Review №54

Whats the point of doing things online if you still have to fill in forms with the same details.

Th
Review №55

Great service, quick and to the point with lovely n cheerful people.

Ph
Review №56

With the online bookings for your LL, DL, DLR & PDL is just as easy like your click-and-collect registration even though the queues may be there for formalities but over and above the online initiative made and makes great impact

Wa
Review №57

Friendly service but VERY slow

Jo
Review №58

Well I had a great day being there bc I passed however its a pretty chilled place. The service was fairly okay, nothing to complain about, it was efficient, got everything done on a jiffy

mn
Review №59

The staff is very fast there

Jo
Review №60

For me the service is good, as for the people outside I dont have trust issues with them since Im from Soweto, I understand that they are trying to earn an honest leaving by taking photos and photocopying for people who are the for the service...

Je
Review №61

Honestly the system in which these government organisations operate are much to be desired. The frustration and snail pace in which the employees work at is just shocking. Im yet to go to any licencing department and have a pleasant experience. Most of the staff are on slow go and so miserable. The only 2 people who I can say were helpful was the young guy at reception and the gentleman who tested my eyes. The system really needs jacking up but I honestly cannot see it happening anytime soon. One needs to take a deep breath when going to re new the licences.

IZ
Review №62

Not very safe.. U get called by people outside even followed when u need to get pics.. They hang on the fence and stare at u to get their attention.. My son was mugged here with his phone.. People trying to talk u into not standing in the queue and not waiting so u pay them.. So glad Cape Town Goodwood and Milnerton was organised and none of that funny stuff happening outside. Dont understand why the dept cant just make it safer for people to actually get their stuff done here. Its not like the people hanging outside are vendors.. Thats different thats standing and selling stuff to make a living.. But this is con artists and thieves that are allowed to stand and hang around here to interfere with everyone entering the gate

Ts
Review №63

The service is very productive the workers there are treating us well

Em
Review №64

There are always suspicious people hanging around the area. Does not look like a safe place. They also dont answer the phone when you call them. Poor service!!

Je
Review №65

These level of service was fantastic. Every one was helpful and friendly.

Ma
Review №66

Friendly and helpful staff. Thank you.

Ku
Review №67

Friendly and helpful staff. Happy with the sevice

Li
Review №68

I suggest you take the day off and make sure you have lots of patience when visiting. As is the case with most licencing offices.

Za
Review №69

Openly fraudulent employees and incapable of answering telephones

Gi
Review №70

I went to this Licensing Department on Tuesday 2nd August and was treated with utmost courtesy, efficiency, concern and warm friendship. Every person I spoke to, and dealt with, was sympathetic to my plight, and my Temporary License was organised in no time at all. Id like to thank every person who assisted me there, most particularly a man named Zulu who went beyond the call of duty to arrange an Uber to take me back to Sharonlea, even checking with the driver that he would take care of me, and assisting me into the car. I will never forget his kindness. Thank you so much, Zulu, from the bottom of my heart. Gillian Brooke Cape Town

Ka
Review №71

My rating was generous. Absolutely terrible experience , with rude and corrupt staff.DONT GO THERE !Try the Krugersdrp station which is much much better , with amazing friendly competent and effcient staff.

Si
Review №72

The staff is good for a public service station.

Re
Review №73

Depends on who you deal with but they do try it is a matter of how much time you have

Mo
Review №74

Bad experience

Sh
Review №75

This must be the worst place Ive ever had to come to. And there are fraudsters hanging around the place. Be aware

Sh
Review №76

Its nearby for surroundings like maraisburg, Florida, Roodepoort nd Soweto.

Ap
Review №77

The staff is very professional and the waiting times are far more reasonable than other stations

D
Review №78

Arrived at 12.00 - BEEEEG mistake! Pre-lunch go-slow - Lunch - Post-lunch coma. Finished after 16h00. 4 hours of my life I wont get back. The queue barely moves until 15h00. Then watch the staff turn into Flash Gordon and miraculously process everyone in an hour.Clearly theres a Tsetse fly outbreak. Apart from the usual Trypanosomiasis symptoms, this particular strain is accompanied by profound disdain for the people you are meant to help, utter loss of public relations and communication skills, disappearance at meal times followed by post-prandial malaise.On a serious note this ineffectiveness at all levels of government bureaucracy is costing the economy millionsTo renew an expired drivers people have to take a day off work. More than once if the system is offline. Even emergency service workers are not exempt from the insanity - firemen, paramedics, nurses, doctors - must put in for leave to go off duty just to comply with a dumb law that renders a drivers license invalid every 5 years.

Ma
Review №79

No time wasted....

kr
Review №80

Helpful staff but very slow

Gw
Review №81

The staff is quite efficient.

MA
Review №82

Service has improved a bit

Pi
Review №83

Pathetic service. Pathetic management.

Ca
Review №84

Not to bad I guess

Mk
Review №85

This place is a kak place, it was my first time going to book for learners I arrived there at 9h20am and I was attended at 16h30pm. Poor service and poor staff, they know nothing a out the Batho Pele Principle

Ly
Review №86

Its a municipal service centre, with all the usual bureaucratic snarls, tangles and long waiting queues. Crowds of opportunistic vagrants without the facility creates an unsafe environment for the public, and public safety officers are usually absent

Da
Review №87

Wonderfully friendly. Highly recommend.

Bl
Review №88

Dont go as a woman on your own. As I drove in the men outside started banging on the car trying to open the door and shouting at me. They wouldnt let me drive in. Eventually the security guard chased them away. A very scary experience.Rather go to roodepoort or Krugersdorp.

Ne
Review №89

Unfriendly staff and really would consider going to another station.

Ke
Review №90

Friendly and helpful staff

Gi
Review №91

Doesnt feel safe. Lots of unsavoury characters outside wanting to help you.

Mo
Review №92

Very poor service and management make empty promises, tell you to come back on a Saturday and then there is no staff. Spend three days without getting license renewal done!

lu
Review №93

It was great place to be with your friends

Jo
Review №94

The staff very helpful at times

Th
Review №95

Write you learners and book for a test drive at this station. Its a busy station

MS
Review №96

How is it possible that Krugersdorp can run efficiently but here at Roodepoort with thugs in the street and people asleep inside it will never work

To
Review №97

Good customer Service at Card Collection

Ja
Review №98

Friendly staff, and all anxious to make sure you get what you need.Theres of course always two or three people who will be impatient and looking forward to lunch and going home. But I was served above my expectations by these guys.

Mo
Review №99

Easy access public transport.

Th
Review №100

Best service in a SOE

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2.7 Rating
  • Address:Westlake Rd, Florida, Johannesburg, 1710, South Africa
  • Phone:+27 11 758 6840
Categories
  • Car inspection station
Working hours
  • Monday:Closed
  • Tuesday:Closed
  • Wednesday:Closed
  • Thursday:Closed
  • Friday:8AM–3PM
  • Saturday:8AM–3PM
  • Sunday:8AM–3PM
Accessibility
  • Wheelchair-accessible entrance:Yes
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