Suspicious bookings

B.C. driving instructor under investigation after jumping test queue

Suspicious bookings
A driving instructor in B.C. is alleged to have used hacking skills to skip the provincial examination queue hundreds of times. ljubaphoto/iStock

RICHMOND, B.C. — For a lot of people looking to book driving tests online, the wait can be interminable.

But one driving instructor in B.C. is alleged to have used hacking skills to skip the queue hundreds of times.

Instead of the average wait of 70 days, the instructor booked appointments for his students in as little as two days, reports the CBC.

“This type of activity is not humanly possible and is believed to be being completed by a computer program or BOT,” said the search warrant, leading to an investigation of the instructor’s home and computer records.

It’s believed a computer program was insinuated inside the Insurance Corporation of B.C. (ICBC) booking system to “auto block, release and book future road test appointments.”

At press time, the instructor hadn’t been charged.

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