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Driving test cheats exposed as scams jump by nearly half
Yorkshire Evening Post
|January 23, 2026
Hidden earpieces and impersonators drive surge in test cheating incidents
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Learner drivers using hidden earpieces, Bluetooth-linked mobile phones and paid impersonators are behind a sharp rise in attempts to cheat Britain's driving tests, with cases up almost 50 per cent in a year, an investigation has found.
Some 2,844 cases were recorded in the year to the end of September 2025, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) figures obtained by the Press Association news agency show.
That is up from 1,940 during the previous 12 months, and 1,274 in 2018/19.
Motoring research charity the RAC Foundation said driving test cheats are "putting other road users at risk".
The DVSA attributed the increase in recorded cases to a combination of more cheating and better detection.
This story is from the January 23, 2026 edition of Yorkshire Evening Post.
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