Last updated 13:45, Monday, 25 August 2008

IMPERSONATORS who sit driving tests for others are being warned they face being sent to prison.

Written part: People who sit driving tests for others face prison after a man was jailed for two years in Oxford

The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) have reinforced this message after Palwinder Singh Johal, 24, was jailed for two years.

Johal appeared at Oxford Crown Court charged with attempting to obtain property by deception and further counts of fraud by abuse of position.

The property referred to in the charges were driving licences falsely obtained through impersonating others at driving test centres.

Andrew Rice, head of fraud and integrity for the DSA, said this presented a significant danger to road safety.

He said: “Mr Johal undermined public safety and also created a useful tool for ID fraud.

“Impersonators gain entitlement to drive for those who are unable or unwilling to undertake the assessment to prove that they meet the required standard to drive on our roads.

“The agency is very pleased that the judge sent a message to others when he said that anyone engaging in this activity should expect a prison sentence.”