Driving Lessons Gloucester- Driving Test Fraud and Impersonation.

As any learner driver will tell you, the earning of a full licence requires a commitment of time, patience and money, with few easy choices, but is regarded as such an important step in life, that most people will undertake driving lessons as early as possible. Your full driving licence opens up employment chances,leisure activities and ease of travel, not just in the U.K., but pretty much all over the world. so it is obviously regarded as a prized possession. Most people will go through the process quite happily and emerge with their full licence, but a minority of  people will try to buck the system, by paying someone else to sit the tests for them. This applies to the theory as well as the driving tests. Attempting to obtain a driving licence by deception is a crime that is growing. 

Criminal gangs involved in identity theft also regard driving licences as a crucial tool, and become involved in impersonation for these reasons as well.

The vast majority of learner drivers are going through the process perfectly honestly and are obviously frustrated and enraged when a minority of dishonest people end up with a licence without making any effort. These people are unqualified and unsafe on the roads and probably don't take much notice of requirements such as car maintenance, MOT tests and insurance. 

Here at John Lowe Driving, we are always alert for any "strange" requests from telephone enquiries and they usually come in a similar form. Somebody will call on a withheld number saying that they've just moved to Gloucester, having learnt somewhere else and they've managed to get a test for next day or next week, and could we collect them at the railway station. They nearly always speak too quickly and are easily confused. Any calls of this nature are immediately discarded, and in future will be reported to the DVSA fraud and integrity team.

The DVSA is on the case in clamping down on the criminals – and, very often, it is organised criminal gangs that are behind this activity – attempting to obtain fraudulent licences. Since 2004 it has had a dedicated specialist fraud and integrity team, involved in investigating and uncovering driving test fraud.

We get to know our students well during their time learning to drive with us, so on the rare occasion that somebody acts out of character can be detected quickly by our driving instructors, and appropriate action taken if fraudulent behaviour is suspected. Cheats and scammers will not get past us, we are here to take care of our regular, loyal and honest students, and to keep the roads safe for all.
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