[Osem]

Apparently many thousands of people have paid for someone else to take their driving tests and are therefore on our roads fraudulently and very probably unsafely.

Heard a test examiner explaining that although photocard licences have made things more difficult for the criminals involved (many of whom are engaged in all sorts of other dubious activities) it is often hard to match the picture on the provisional licence to the face of the person taking the test. Apparently some people have had provisional licences for years and in that time their appearance may have changed quite a lot.

Well surely if there is any doubt in the mind of the examiner as to the identity of the person taking the test it should be called off until enquiries have been made. Furthermore, why aren't pictures taken of the person sitting the test and new licences issued only using these 'official' pictures. At least this would mean that someone who'd claimed they'd aged prematurely or something would only be able to get a photocard with someone else's mug on it.