The Region - News from Dec. 30, 1986

Cheaters on driver’s license tests may face a $300 fine for their first offense and up to $1,000 and six months in jail for repeat offenses under new rules unveiled in Los Angeles by the state Department of Motor Vehicles. “Until now, our efforts have been hampered by the fact that it was not a punishable offense to make, sell or use devices to fraudulently obtain a driver’s license,” DMV director A.A. “Dell” Pierce told a news conference at DMV offices downtown. The new law takes effect Thursday, he said. “We are not trying to create a police state here,” he said. “ . . . Those who can’t read or understand traffic signs are a real hazard and shouldn’t be allowed on our state’s roads.”