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People who assume other identities when sitting driving tests have been told they face stiff penalties.
The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) said cracking down on such crimes is a priority and that those found guilty face prosecution.
Andrew Rice, head of fraud and integrity for the DSA, said allowing offenders to slip through the net poses a "significant danger to road safety".
"Through fraudulent and criminal means, impersonators gain entitlement to drive for those who are unable or unwilling to undertake the assessment to prove that they meet the required standard to drive on our roads," he remarked.
The DSA's warning follows news that Palwinder Singh Johal, 24, from Slough was recently prosecuted at Oxford crown court for impersonating others in order to obtain driving licenses.
Johal received a two-year prison sentence and faces deportation.
In 2006-07, the DSA conducted 1.8 million practical driving tests and 1.5 million theory tests at its 158 centres across the UK.
