Yes, the practical driving test is a nightmare for many learner drivers. You don’t sleep for weeks beforehand, you’re nervous and because of the excitement, mistakes happen that you would never have made otherwise – and that let you rattle off once, twice or even several times. This is not only bad for your self-confidence, but can also be quite expensive. In this respect, a woman from Great Britain has discovered a real gap in the market. However, an illegal one.
The 30-year-old Inderjeet K. from the town of Llanelli in Wales offered test-scared learner drivers the opportunity to take the practical test for them. To do this, of course, she had to illegally pretend to be the candidate in question: clearly a criminal offence. She admitted to more than 150 such acts in court. And all of them happened within just two years.
What makes Inderjeet K.’s actions morally questionable is not only that there are drivers on the roads because of her who have never officially proven their skills – but also that she mainly appealed to female drivers who have a migration background and have difficulties with the English language had. The women were often much more afraid and desperate than the native speakers, which is why they were more susceptible to their illegal “offer”. In the two years of her activity, the 30-year-old is said to have collected more than 32,000 euros from the candidates for whom she passed the exams.
However, the fraudster now has to pay almost all of the money back to the British state: she was sentenced to a fine of 31,500 euros or twelve months in prison instead. She has already served six months in prison for a similar offence. She was blown because finally in one of the various examination centers where she impersonated another candidate, it was noticed that her face had been seen before…
What: BBC
