Details of how police in the Irish Republic finally caught up with the country’s most reckless driver have emerged.
He had been wanted from counties Cork to Cavan after racking up scores of speeding tickets and parking fines.
However, each time the serial offender was stopped he managed to evade justice by giving a different address.
But then his cover was blown.
It was discovered that the man every member of the Irish police’s rank and file had been looking for – a Mr Prawo Jazdy – wasn’t exactly the sort of prized villain whose apprehension leads to an officer winning an award…
“Prawo Jazdy is actually the Polish for driving licence and not the first and surname on the licence,” read a letter from June 2007 from an officer working within the Garda’s traffic division.
Har!
Ahhh, the sweet memories of my first traffic stop and traffic court case when I arrived to USA. I was stopped for a warning about poorly hanging front license plate. Showing the officer my International Drivers License resulted in him being bewildered and charging me with driving without the license. Arriving later at the local traffic court I was somewhat concerned as every single case before mine was ruled for police with very little consideration. However, it paid off for the look at the officers face when the Judge have explained to him that my license was good. He even used “…but, but, but,…” phrase few times. Ahhh, the local cops and their knowledge.
Good one.
And what makes it even better is that Polish license actually is using EU standard of placing information on the document.
See samples
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prawo_jazdy
I’ve always like the UK driver’s license (old version) – it was a little piece of cardboard with your name typed on it. It said you had a license to drive.
No address. No birthdate, eye-color, weight, height etc.
The new version will be crammed with biometric crap and probably enough of your DNA so that they can clone you and use the spare body parts.
Chuck…
Do you remember the old DL’s? The ones that were pieces of paper that you folded up and stuck in your wallet? They had those in Australia for the longest time.
Dusanmal,
Where did you get a “International Driver’s License” because there is no such thing. Some people think that the “International Driver’s Permit” is a license. It is not. It is simply a standardized translation of your local issued license. It supplements your license, not replaces it.
Most places don’t require that you carry a “international permit”. It just helps the police understand your license, especially if it is issued in a different language. So it could save you from having to go down to the police station while they try to make sense of your DL.
A cop who knew what he was doing would ask for both.
But on the other hand, there are some dumb cops out there. A Canadian friend of mine from Alberta was pulled over in Texas. The cop asked her what part of Alabama she was from.