Getting a driver’s license is not so easy. In addition to being very expensive, it is also quite a tedious step. This especially applies to passing the practical test, better known as Road Traffic Rules. Indeed, no one likes to spend several hours in a room staring at a screen and answering questions. And it is for several months until it is finally ready To pass a test and have a chance to actually drive the car. A path strewn with pitfalls that not everyone likes, so much so that some even look for tricks to avoid going through it.

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A lot of fraud

Anyway, that’s what a recently published report says SNITSA-FO (for the National Union Force Ouvrière of Inspectors, Supervisors and Administrators of Driving Licenses and Road Safety) and submitted by our colleagues at RMC. This document does show that Road Traffic fraud is widespread and even increasing in recent years. And the numbers, to put it mildly, are instructive, as they are no less than 40% of people who passed the exam would deceive To do this, they would use false documents or impersonate another person. A serious crime, but it is difficult to notice.

What is the explanation?

But then how did so much fraud happen? According to experts, this can be explained by the reform of traffic laws and the fact that the examination is carried out by private service providers. Thus, control is performed less often, necessarily encouraging fraud. This is explained by Sabrina Habizid, a driving school instructor in Paris. According to her, ” with a lot of code reviews being done by private institutions, unfortunately there are checks that get lost, checks that don’t run, there are sessions that are too busy and so no there is no time to carry out the necessary checks“.