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"The learning hours are all brushed, and the third subject is completed quickly through 4 hours of driving practice. Wouldn't it increase road hazards before taking to the road after learning?" Recently, Mr. Liang from Shenzhen reported to the Pengpai Quality View Complaint Platform that he signed up for the driving test service of a driving school in Shenzhen, but he did not expect that for both the second and third subjects, the instructor required him to sit in an empty car and face the camera to brush the learning hours, "check the camera every 15 minutes, move the car occasionally, and was not allowed to start the car or practice driving."

Mr. Liang said that before the test, the instructor only took him to practice driving for 4 hours. If he wanted to increase the practice time, he would need to pay an additional simulation fee of 300 yuan per hour.

The Paper has learned that many consumers on social media platforms have reported that Shenzhen driving schools have "fake learning hours". The Paper reporter contacted several Shenzhen driving schools as a consumer, and all of them said that they needed to sit in the car to "brush up learning hours". Some driving schools said that they could pay 200 yuan for "proxy brushing", that is, recording the video of the students practicing the car and uploading it to the machine. Some driving schools have also launched "out-of-town classes", saying that the supervision of "out-of-town classes" is loose and can "brush up learning hours on behalf of others".

Record the student's driving video and upload it to the machine for learning

In response to this, staff from the Shenzhen Municipal Transportation Bureau stated that "fake study hours" violates driving test regulations and the specific circumstances need to be reported to the relevant departments for verification. If the driving school involved does indeed have "fake study hours", it will be dealt with seriously.

The practical training time is 24 hours, but I only practiced for 4 hours.

Mr. Liang told The Paper that he spent 3,680 yuan to sign up for a motor vehicle driver training service at a driving school in Shenzhen in October 2023. After successfully passing subjects one and two, he started training for subject three in April this year.

"The instructor asked me to sit in the car and left, telling me not to play with my phone, to start the car and move it occasionally, and then to check the driving test hours on the camera in the car." Mr. Liang said that according to regulations, the practical study hours for the third subject of a motor vehicle driver's license are 24 hours, and no more than 4 hours a day, which means he has to sit in the car for at least 6 days.

"I sit in it every day, wasting time and affecting the exam." Mr. Liang once expressed his objection to the coach and asked to practice driving, but the coach said that the 3,680 yuan fee agreed in the contract was only a service fee and did not include the simulation fee. If he wanted to practice driving, he could only pay the simulation fee extra.

Mr. Liang said that he was sitting in the car and "fake learning hours" in front of the machine

The reporter from The Paper noticed that in the "Shenzhen Motor Vehicle Driver Training Service Contract" provided by Mr. Liang, there is a line of small print on Article 4 "Contract Termination", which stipulates that "if there is driving practice, the actual operation training fee of 200 yuan/hour must be paid."

Mr. Liang said that he found out after registering that the fee of 3,680 yuan not only did not include the driving training fee, but also did not include the examination fee. He had to pay the 70 yuan examination fee for subject one and the 130 yuan examination fee for subject two out of his own pocket.

In order not to affect his final certification, Mr. Liang had to complete the required hours as required by the coach. "It took more than a week to complete the hours and successfully register for the subject three test." Mr. Liang said that 10 days before the formal test, the coach took him to practice the subject three projects four times, each time for one hour. "I think the four-hour practice time is too short. The coach said that I have to pay the simulation fee to continue the training. 600 yuan can be used for two more hours of practice, and 1,000 yuan can be used for four more hours of practice."

Mr. Liang said that he originally thought he was an exception, but he did not expect to meet many candidates like him at the subject three examination site. "These candidates came from many driving schools in Shenzhen. They all took the subject three course directly on the subject two site. Some people failed to pass the subject three because there was no simulation training in the driving school to take the course, so they came to retake the test. Some people even failed three or four times."

Mr. Liang believes that it is very common for driving schools in Shenzhen to use the method of "fake study hours" to force students to pay additional training fees. In order to save money, many students did not pay the additional simulation fees, resulting in test failure, which not only wastes time but also wastes money. "I found out that because of fake study hours, the first-time pass rate for Subject Three is only about 30%. I also reported this to 12345. The staff said that they would register and verify, but in fact there has been no change."

Pay 200 yuan for the swipe fee, "no one needs to come"

The reporter from The Paper learned that on March 24, 2022, the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Public Security issued a new version of the "Motor Vehicle Driving Training Teaching and Examination Outline", which will be implemented on April 1, 2022, and the "Examination Outline" issued in 2016 will be abolished at the same time.

The new version of the "Examination Outline" stipulates that the C1 driver's license requires 62 hours of study, of which "Basic and Field Driving" (Subject Two) is 16 hours, and "Road Driving" (Subject Three) is 24 hours, each hour is 60 minutes.

In response to the new syllabus, Guangdong Province has also issued relevant regulations, requiring that from 0:00 on August 15, 2022, the Guangdong Provincial Driving Training Supervision Service Platform will implement appointments for exams in accordance with the requirements of the new syllabus and a unified standard of study hours throughout the province. The study hours for each subject will be shared to the provincial public security platform only after all the study hours have been completed. Only after the study hours have been shared can students make appointments for the exam.

The reporter of The Paper learned through social media that many students in Shenzhen reported that there was a problem of "fake learning hours" in driving schools. One student joked: "You only need to sit in the back seat, play with your phone, and scan your face every 15 minutes. After 24 learning hours, you can learn to reverse into a garage. You don't need to go on the road, you can learn the third subject by sitting quietly in the car for 24 hours."

Some students also said that if they did not want to complete 48 hours of study in the car in hot weather, they would have to pay the coach 300 yuan to use the "VIP channel" and have the full study hours automatically completed through the machine.

In response to this, a reporter from The Paper called several driving schools in Shenzhen posing as a consumer. One driving school said that they have been enforcing the rules very strictly recently and that students cannot brush their learning hours on behalf of others. Students must brush their learning hours in the car themselves. "You just need to look at the camera once every 15 minutes. It's very easy."

There are also driving schools that claim they can brush your learning hours on behalf of others. "We will take a video of you driving, and then the instructor will operate the machine to brush your learning hours for you, so you don't have to come here in person." However, this service requires an additional 200 yuan brushing fee.

In addition, The Paper reporter learned that some driving schools have launched "out-of-town classes" packages in order to avoid supervision in Shenzhen. Driving schools register students for the test in Heyuan City, Guangdong Province, which is nearly 200 kilometers away from Shenzhen. Students practice driving in Shenzhen and are then taken to Heyuan City for the test. Driving school staff said that this method can be used to brush up the learning hours, and the brushing method is similar to the above.

Some driving schools have launched the "Heyuan Class", claiming that they can "brush up the study hours on behalf of students"

In response to the above situation, a reporter from The Paper recently called the Shenzhen Municipal Transportation Bureau. The staff said that "fake study hours" definitely violates the driving test regulations, but the specific situation needs to be reported to the relevant departments for verification. If the driving school involved does have this situation, it will be dealt with seriously.

According to public information, the reporter of The Paper has learned that driving schools in Zhuhai, Chongqing, Kunshan and other places have been investigated by the police for "falsifying training hours". In February this year, the Transportation Bureau of Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province found in a surprise inspection that a driving school removed the timing terminals of 9 training vehicles in order to gain reputation by offering "crash courses" and purchased multimedia players to install on the timing terminals of the above-mentioned training vehicles, attempting to falsify training hours data with fake videos. Law enforcement officers have filed a case to investigate and deal with the case in accordance with the law.