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This article was published on March 23, 2011

How to get away with speeding: use a Polish license


How to get away with speeding: use a Polish license
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Joel Falconer is the Features Editor at TNW. He lives on the Gold Coast, Australia with his wife and three kids and can sometimes be found g Joel Falconer is the Features Editor at TNW. He lives on the Gold Coast, Australia with his wife and three kids and can sometimes be found gaming or consulting. Follow Joel on Twitter.

In 2007, Irish police noticed they’d written over 50 tickets to a single driver, Prawo Jazdy. The individual had citations under many different addresses and police wondered why repeated punishment hadn’t changed the man’s driving habits.

It turns out that Prawo Jazdy is Polish for ‘driver’s license’. Great job, Irish police!


Via Futility Closet.

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