The California DMV is having 11,000 people retake their written tests due to suspected cheating, or they could lose their licenses.
The possible cheating was detected through routine monitoring, according to the DMV, though they didn’t specify which patterns in test results led to the allegations.
KNX News’ Karen Adams spoke to David Specht, one of the 11,000 asked to retake the test.
He said that he recognized most of the questions after taking four practice tests the day before the written test.
“As soon as I saw the first few words, I just went right to the correct answer and checked that box,” said Specht.
He says that he suspects the time or the number of questions he got right might have flagged his test to the DMV, but he says he definitely did not cheat.
“If the DMV is going to accuse me of cheating, I'd love to understand their reasoning for that accusation,” said Specht.
Specht retook the test on Tuesday and says he thinks he took the exam faster this time, with the same number of questions wrong, and fears getting another letter.
DMV officials initially didn't say why the 11,000 had to retake the test, but after speculation that it was an error or AI, the DMV came out and said it was suspected cheating.
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