My name is…

Police in Ireland have finally managed to find out why a Polish driver who had racked up over 50 separate offences had never been caught. One police officer realised that the name written on the paperwork recording each incident meant driving licence in Polish and that the one driver named was in fact 50 different people. Until that point Irish officers had mistakenly written the words Prawo Jazdy, which is printed on the top of a Polish driving licence as being the name of the offending driver. Despite the
February 27, 2012 Read time: 1 min
Police in Ireland have finally managed to find out why a Polish driver who had racked up over 50 separate offences had never been caught. One police officer realised that the name written on the paperwork recording each incident meant driving licence in Polish and that the one driver named was in fact 50 different people. Until that point Irish officers had mistakenly written the words Prawo Jazdy, which is printed on the top of a Polish driving licence as being the name of the offending driver. Despite the fact that Prawo Jazdy was listed as living at over 50 different addresses, the mistake remained unnoticed for some time until the eagle-eyed officer with an ability for languages spotted the error.

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