Story out of Smiths Falls, Ontario:
An Ottawa woman is facing criminal charges alleging she dressed up as her elderly mother and took a driving test for her, according to police in Smiths Falls, Ont.
An examiner at a DriveTest centre in the community southwest of Ottawa became suspicious of a woman who showed up to take a driving test on June 9, according to Staff Sgt. Rick Labelle of the Smiths Falls Police Service.
A 73-year-old woman was supposed to be taking the test, but the person who showed up in a wig, glasses and "clothing suited to an older person" appeared to the instructor to be younger, Labelle said.
The examiner relayed the suspicion to a supervisor, then headed out with the woman to conduct the test in a vehicle.
The supervisor called police while the test was happening, Labelle said, and an officer was waiting at the centre to question the woman by the time the test was done.
Police allege it was the test subject's 39-year-old daughter who actually took the driving test.
"It turned out she was taking the driver's test on behalf of her mother, and had told the officers she did that because her mother was nervous about taking her test," Labelle told CBC News Tuesday. Cont.
Story from - CBC News
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