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When did this turn into the police forum Oh thats another one.

For eveverone out there that are passing UK driving tests for other people, There are also the DVLA staff that are creating licences under the counter for there customers too, at exzobondate Prices. I was Quoted 1100 GBP

GREED

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Ever thought about posting a link or is this just a moan.

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Hey thanks for digging up a dead 3 year old thread.

And I'm assuming you reported that person? Or perhaps you didn't because it never happened? As a former DVLA worker I can assure you the level of security involved in creating driving licences would make that all but impossible.

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It didnt.

Mind you, since you only just posted you are not really in a position to ask such a question :erm:


So you tried to illegally obtain a licence and are moaning they quoted you too much :dozey:

I can think of many words, greed isnt one of them ....

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no he posted it in 2007 he just got a slow internet connection :D

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The mind boggles at the stupidity of some people :dunce:


just a thought but are you actually allowed to accuse a government department of corruption without evidence

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I think he is after a Darwin Award.:D

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definately ,if it's true then he could have earned enough to pay the ....
exzobondate ???.....prices they were charging by selling the story to the news of the world

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Of course you can?

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What about if you have a large family with members in most departments all in on it? I was offered one years ago when I worked for OnDigital by some one who said they were doing just that.

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I'd say it was near-impossible. Back when I was there security was already tight and it gets more and more stringent each year. Random and unannounced checks are made on the relevant departments to the point that anyone claiming to offer this sort of 'service' would be shut down and jailed very quickly.

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It could be they just *said* they could do that. After all, if you paid them, and it was a scam, you are hardly likely to go to the Authorities and say you were buying a dodgy licence, are you?

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Plus unless anyone using the 'dodgy' driving licences was totally unknown to the Police they would eventually get caught and then the subsequent investigation would quickly figure out that a legit licence had been obtained and who, when and why it was issued.

Fingerprints and DNA don't change. If someone gets picked up with a driving licence in another name the Police don't simply shrug their shoulders and walk away. ;)

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Oh well I will add my little bit since someone revived it.

A few months ago my GF took her driving test, she travelled about half a mile before the examiner asked her to pull over. He said 'you are a driver aren't you'

At this point she had to come clean with him, and explain that she had applied for a provisional licence to take a driving test because the DVLA refused to change the name on her licence back to her maiden name. She showed him her full licence with her married name (Divorced 10 years ago), her divorce certificate and her passports that are in her maiden name.
The examiner thought there was something dodgy and she was taking the test for someone else. Apparently he wasn't surprised when she explained all the problems she had with the DVLA and then carried on with the driving test.

Yep, she now has two licences.

I know what you are thinking, but the answer is 'NO' she can not use one for points, because here is the stupid part. 'The licence number is the same on both of her licences':dozey:

She applied for a provisional licence and took her test again because the DVLA expected her to travel to Zimbabwe to get another divorce certificate, because the one she has says 'copy' and failed to accept that another one from the courts would also state 'copy' on it.

The DVLA are a very thick an inefficient department.:rolleyes:

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The DVLA annoy the hell out of me. I had major brain surgery at the age of five, and suffer from a balance and co-ordination disability called "ataxia". To apply for a provisional I need to fill in a medical questionaire on which I need to fill in the name of my consultant, the date when I last saw them regarding my condition, and the dat I last saw my GP regarding the same conditon. Slight problem is that I last saw my consultant at QMC in Nottingham in 1993 and i've not seen my current GP since being registered the surgery 9 years ago.

Bottom line is that the DVLA don't like this, now instead of sending me for a medical, or an ability to drive assesment, they choose to cancel every application I make on an unrelated technicality, never the same one, just anything they can find.