Friday 30 March 2012

Local 10 Investigation: Driving tests for sale

 

Local 10 Investigation: Driving tests for sale

Some South Florida driving school instructors say they have the answers to the state's written exam and it's for sale.

Local 10 spotted several people who did the same thing.

They were all sitting outside the DMV office memorizing the answers before going in to take the test.

They do, but you have to read the handbook to achieve the answers.

"I have the actual questions.

"I guarantee you one hundred percent that these are the question from the test," Arnold added.

"We are here every day.

All passed without reading the 62 page Florida Driver's Handbook which explains all the rules of the road.

Local 10's Jeff Weinsier went undercover and, within minutes, a state licensed driving instructor who works for a private company was ready to make a deal in the parking good deal of the Pembroke Pines driver's license office.

We asked Harold how he got the information.

"You didn't tell us all we'd have to do is read it for a half hour and go take the test?" asked Weinsier.

"No.

He said it was legal because the questions and answers are not in the same order.

Local 10's Jeff Weinsier then confronted the Instructors.

"I do not remember what I told you," Harold told Local 10's Jeff Weinsier.

The department said they offer practice questions at the end handbook.

To our surprise, a spokesperson for the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles said selling the information is not against current rules.

At a second driver's license office, we were charged $30 for the answers to the written test.

"The same way it reads here is the way it reads on the computer," a man named Harold told a Local 10 producer.

Prominent members of our community share their points of view on matters t….

Local 10 Investigation: Driving tests for sale



Trade News selected by Local Linkup on 30/03/2012

 

No comments:

Post a Comment