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A British man from Suolk has now been banned from driving for a record 44 times following recent vehicle and theft oences. He has not been fazed by this apparent setback however and has reportedly vowed to continue driving as soon as he completes his 10 month jail term and despite his ongoing disqualication. His last recorded oence was in 2010 when he was involved in a hit and run crash that caused a serious injury to a pedestrian. Following that incident, the man was banned for dangerous
April 23, 2013 Read time: 2 mins
A British man from Suolk has now  been banned from driving for a  record 44 times following recent vehicle and theft oences. He has  not been fazed by this apparent  setback however and has  reportedly vowed to continue  driving as soon as he completes  his 10 month jail term and despite  his ongoing disqualication. His  last recorded oence was in 2010  when he was involved in a hit and  run crash that caused a serious  injury to a pedestrian. Following  that incident, the man was banned  for dangerous driving, as well as  being jailed for 18 months. In all he  has amassed an appalling 218  driving oences but has  apparently not yet understood  that he is unt to be left in control  of a vehicle. While his case may be  the most extreme in the UK, he is  not alone in the delusion that he is  a capable driver. A DJ from the city  of Leeds has clocked 113 driving  oences, for which he has been  jailed over 30 times and convicted 55 times of driving while  disqualied. Another man, this  time from Swindon, has been  convicted 51 times of driving while  disqualied. His previous oences  include injuring a child cyclist  while driving the getaway car for a  robbery, and this is despite him  never actually having held a  driving licence. Meanwhile a man  in Fife has been banned for the  15th time for driving while  disqualied.

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