Driving test cheating soars as candidates turn to Bluetooth headsets and impersonators

Experts blamed persistently long waits for practical tests while the DVSA blamed better detection.

Driving test cheating has skyrocketed almost 50% with offenders using everything from hidden phones to Bluetooth headsets — and after learning to drive myself I can see why

The number of learner drivers caught cheating in their driving tests has skyrocketed in the UK as candidates face long waiting times.
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Cheating the system: nearly 3,000 driving test cheats caught in 2025

Nearly 3,000 people were caught cheating on theory and practical driving tests in 2025, a massive increase on the previous year. Parkers has the full story ...

Driving test cheating up 47% in Great Britain, prompting road safety concerns

DVSA says increase to 2,844 recorded cases in year to end of September is down to more cheating and better detection ...
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Driving test cheating soars as candidates turn to Bluetooth headsets and impersonators

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. [Getty Images] Cheating cases during practical and theory driving tests rose by nearly 50 per cent last year in England, Scotland ...