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Motor Schools Association of Great Britain; driver training and testing
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Photo checks to be used<br />
to combat L-test fraud<br />
The DVSA has added a new measure in<br />
its bid to combat L-test fraud by ensuring<br />
that driving examiners are able to see a<br />
high resolution copy of the candidate’s<br />
provisional licence image on their tablets<br />
at the start of a test.<br />
This will allow examiners to confirm<br />
the candidate’s identity and prevent any<br />
attempts at driving test fraud.<br />
The images are supplied by the DVSA’s<br />
sister agency the DVLA from those sent<br />
by learner drivers when they apply for<br />
their provisional licence.<br />
They will be only made available to<br />
examiners for the start of the test and<br />
will be kept securely at all times.<br />
Further upgrades will be added to the<br />
app used by driving examiners to do tests<br />
this spring to help them spot candidate<br />
fraud and record suspected illegal<br />
activity.<br />
The development comes at a time<br />
when cases of L-test fraud are said to be<br />
at an all-time high, with around 1,000<br />
cases reported each year.<br />
One imposter admitted to police that<br />
she had taken the L-test 150 times on<br />
behalf of other people, earning between<br />
£7-800 each time for a pass.<br />
Inderjeet Kaur was sentenced to eight<br />
months in prison after 63 cases were<br />
proven. Kaur, from Swansea, was happy<br />
to travel as far as Nottingham and<br />
London to take the test on behalf of<br />
women mostly of South Asian descent<br />
who didn’t have a good grasp of English<br />
and had previously failed their test.<br />
The judge at her case believed she had<br />
made as much as £120,000 during her<br />
criminal career, which lasted five years.<br />
James Hartson, prosecuting, said the<br />
case had led to “hundreds of women<br />
taking to the road who were ill-equipped<br />
and ill-prepared to drive safely.”<br />
DVSA staff are trained to spot<br />
imposters, with Kaur being investigated<br />
after examiners said she appeared “far<br />
too relaxed” to be taking her L-test, and<br />
was far too good on the test to be a<br />
nervous candidate.<br />
Examiners will now have<br />
access to the most up-todate<br />
photo of each<br />
candidate to check their<br />
identity before the L-test<br />
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