Arthur Little
9th February 2016, 19:20
'L' driver, Sarah Robertson from Paignton failed her Practical Driving Test when she was twenty.
Athough she hadn't been "behind the wheel" in the 10 years since - the care worker recently decided to resume taking driving lessons.
Having mislaid her provisional licence meant she'd to apply for a replacement ... which, of course, she duly did.
Imagine Sarah's astonishment :grosyeux: when last Friday, through the post, there came a full driving licence ... bearing her photo and signature! :cwm24:
So she immediately contacted the DVLA ... only to be informed that someone with her name and birth date had passed their test earlier. the same week. :yikes: Coincidence? :icon_rolleyes: ... or what?
So Sarah went online to check if her name actually appeared on the database. And, sure enough ... :anerikke: ... it did!
Now - thanks to this young lady's truly commendable honesty - the DVLA claims to be conducting an investigation into how in error of such magnitude could possibly have occurred. :cwm25:
But I shudder to think of the consequences had such an IMPORTANT document fallen into the hands of a much less scrupulous person. :NoNo:
Athough she hadn't been "behind the wheel" in the 10 years since - the care worker recently decided to resume taking driving lessons.
Having mislaid her provisional licence meant she'd to apply for a replacement ... which, of course, she duly did.
Imagine Sarah's astonishment :grosyeux: when last Friday, through the post, there came a full driving licence ... bearing her photo and signature! :cwm24:
So she immediately contacted the DVLA ... only to be informed that someone with her name and birth date had passed their test earlier. the same week. :yikes: Coincidence? :icon_rolleyes: ... or what?
So Sarah went online to check if her name actually appeared on the database. And, sure enough ... :anerikke: ... it did!
Now - thanks to this young lady's truly commendable honesty - the DVLA claims to be conducting an investigation into how in error of such magnitude could possibly have occurred. :cwm25:
But I shudder to think of the consequences had such an IMPORTANT document fallen into the hands of a much less scrupulous person. :NoNo: