Learner-driver insurer Veygo has revealed that impersonation-style cheating on driving tests is on the rise and is the highest it has been in the last five years, with 1,195 reported cases in 2022. This is an 83% increase in reports compared to 654 incidences in 2017.
Fraudulently passing either tests can result in revoked certificates, loss of licence and prosecution. Impersonations in driving tests means fraudulently sending someone else to fill in as you for a theory or practical driving test.
Technology-assisted cheating in theory tests, however, is on the decline, with it happening 2.8 times more in 2017 than it is now in 2022. Using a mobile phone or other technology aids to help pass a theory test on the sly has steadily decreased each year since, and is now 64% lower than it was five years ago.
