From the Berlin Morning Post, (Systran translation).
Press: Thousands without legal driving licence
Berlin (DPA) - does Berlin have a driving licence scandal with corrupt driving teachers? Thousands of drivers are a medium report according to in the capital without rightfully acquired driving licence on the way.
According to “citizen of Berlin morning mail” are in the capital of thousands drivers without rightfully acquired driving licence on the way.
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They would have gotten, wrote their driving licence only with the help of corrupt driving teachers and examiners the “citizens of Berlin morning mail” on Sunday with reference to the senate traffic administration. In the meantime the national office for citizen and order affairs furnished a special working group, in order to follow to frauds.
Since 1 January 2007 according to the report 3655 so-called investigations were arranged because of the suspicion by manipulations with the assignment of driving licences. More than half of the examined drivers did not have the theoretical knowledge and practical abilities, in order to steer the car surely.
According to senate administration only approximately 40 per cent would have existed. 948 drivers did voluntarily without the driving licence, to 1156 further permission were withdrawed, and 145 lost the document, because they had become remarkable in the meantime because of other crimes in the traffic, it was said.
With the citizens of Berlin public prosecutor’s office at present several preliminary investigations run - both to frauds with the driving licence acquisition and to manipulations with medical psychological investigations (MPU), in the vernacular “idiot test” mentioned according to newspaper.
Corruption - now who would have thought it?
Perhaps that explains the standard of driving over here to some extent!