Details of how police in the Irish Republic finally caught up with the country’s most reckless driver have emerged, the Irish Times reports.
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.
In fact he wasn’t even human.
Prawo Jazdy is actually the Polish for driving licence and not the first and surname on the licence.
You couldn’t make it up……….not 50 times ?
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I’m Prawo Jazdy! NO, I’m Prawo Jazdy!!
LOL!
Priceless!
Another, smaller, overseas policing howler; I once worked with a woman who had been on a family holiday in either Belgium or Holland – can’t remember which – & had this story:
They were driving along one evening in their own car – a UK, not a hire vehicle – when they were pulled over for a random breath test by the Gendarmerie / Polizei / whatever. My colleague was driving, but the officer went round to the passenger side & breathalysed the husband, who tested clear. One would have thought that the local cops would have been switched on to the left/right-hand drive thing. Obviously not. They were then sent on their way with a “Goodnight”. Neither had had a drink, but if wifey had, what a get-out card.