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The mystery of Ireland's worst driver "Prawo Jazdy"


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The mystery of Ireland's worst driver
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7899171.stm

"Prawo Jazdy is actually the Polish for driving licence and not the first and surname on the licence," read a letter from 2007 from an officer working within the Garda's traffic division."
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Ha... made me smile.....wonder if i could get away with telling the Police Policja my name is Mr Driving Licence......?
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Will the real "Prawo Jazdy" please surrender!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090219/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_ireland_police_p olish

Irish Police officers were tearing their hair out trying to find a Polish man who had clocked up 50 traffic offences, with 50 different addresses, His name was Mr "Prawo Jazdy" who was never caught!!
Finally one of the officers noted that the name that they were copying down when they took the offenders name was "Prawo Jazdy" which means "Driving License" in polish!
So there are 50 lucky polish motorists who escaped with offences are you one of them? :-)
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yay for the language barrier? ^_^
Don't those things have the #'s explained in PL and ENG on the back?
hehehe
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wildrover:
wonder if i could get away with telling the Police Policja my name is Mr Driving Licence......?

I'm sure many would believe :)
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Elssha:
Don't those things have the #'s explained in PL and ENG on the back?

Not yet.
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pawian:
Here he is:
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Where exactly is the name of the driver on the Polish Driving Licence?

The UK Driving Licence is much easier. Typical Polish everything made difficult.

hehe
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plg:
The UK Driving Licence is much easier. Typical Polish everything made difficult.

This is called a test of intelligence. After all, it was Poles who broke Enigma code! :):):)


plg:
Where exactly is the name of the driver on the Polish Driving Licence?

If I say: Prawo Jazdy, will you believe me??? :):):):)
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plg:
Where exactly is the name of the driver on the Polish Driving Licence?

Exactly in the same place as on the British one: under No. 1.
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Bartolome:
Exactly in the same place as on the British one: under No. 1.

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so show me a polish one please?
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plg:
so show me a polish one please?

scroll up a bit...you will see one....
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plg:
so show me a polish one please?

You didn`t pass the intelligence test. :):):) Just like the Irish police. :):):)
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You know that in Ireland you can,t get fire and theft insurance for a car...the insurance companies don,t believe anyone would steal a car thats on fire...!
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so

arkadiusz bacz.............is a name?

no wonder the polis got confused
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plg:
arkadiusz bacz.............is a name?

Indeed it is......Did you hear about the Polish driver asked to take an eye test....? Can you read the bottom line of the chart says the doctor ? Read it , says the Pole... . I know the guy....!
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plg:
The UK Driving Licence is much easier. Typical Polish everything made difficult.

Well at least the Polish licence doesn't include that ridiculous piece of green paper. I get laughed at when I produce that. I once tried to hire a car in UK using just my plastic card and they wouldn't let me cos I didn't have my green bit!

A similar story; a friend of mine's father works in Spain. He registered for something in Spain and was asked his name. He gave them his id. Spaniards have several names, apparently, so it was a puzzlement for the clerk to be confronted by two names.

Jacek's dad left the office and later looked at the his piece of papr to find he'd been registered under the name of "president of olsztyn"
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Just saw a prawo jazdy today. The title "pawo jazdy" is written one the second line, under something which looks like French. It's the same size lettering as the other info and so might be easily mistaken for a name rather than a title of the card.
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wildrover:
plg:
arkadiusz bacz.............is a name?

Indeed it is......Did you hear about the Polish driver asked to take an eye test....? Can you read the bottom line of the chart says the doctor ? Read it , says the Pole... . I know the guy....!


Wildrover, as someone who is learning polish that is funny

And Trevek do you mean the COUNTERPART?? aka : the ridiculous piece of green paper...
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Trevek:
Just saw a prawo jazdy today. The title "pawo jazdy" is written one the second line, under something which looks like French. It's the same size lettering as the other info and so might be easily mistaken for a name rather than a title of the card.

??? Under what is it written? What looks like French? Which license are you talking about? :):):)
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pawian:
??? Under what is it written? What looks like French? Which license are you talking about? :):):)

I was talking with one of my students about it yesterday and he whipped his out. He showed me his and I showed him mine (including my ridiculous green bit).

He had a plastic one and the top line looked like something in French or Spanish. Underneath was written Prawo Jazdy. Presumably his was from a different period.

He showed me his driving licence too.
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Great success of Irish police

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7899171.stm

great job lads! you finally get the mofo.
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Ha ha ha ha ha,
Nice one,
I wonder if he has a bank account and other IDs?.
Ha ha ha ha
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That was funny, made me laugh when I read about it in the paper.

I think the Irish police need lessons on Język Polski!
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IRELANDS WORST DRIVER TRACKED DOWN.... he is Polish...!

I heard this story a while back...its still funny though...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7899171.stm
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I'm not sure I understand how the Irish police are making this mistake. Is it because the Polish immigrants they stop are showing them a Polish drivers license?
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The mystery of Ireland's worst driver "Prawo Jazdy"
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OOOPs..sorry folks.... i knew i had seen it before...!

I,ll get me coat...!
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wildrover:
I,ll get me coat...!

Oiy! that's not your coat either!

Funny story though, made me laugh like hell, I think I have bored (?) every Pole with it too :)

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