German teenager loses driving licence after 49 minutes

BBC ^ | 21 Nov 2018

[DUMBGRUNT]

The 18-year-old was returning from his successful driving test when officers in the town of Hemer checked his car with a laser speed gun.

"Some things last for ever - others not for an hour," German police wrote in their statement.

He is also facing a €200 fine, two points on his licence once it is restored, and his probationary period as a new driver has been lengthened from two years to four.

[DUMBGRUNT]

Easy come, easy go...

Fun while it lasted?

[House Atreides]

Bad link?

[TexasTransplant]

*** “Fun while it lasted?” ***

Kinda like the Link to BBC (404)

[Trump_the_Evil_Left]

bad link!

corrected link:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46288054

[SaveFerris]

[Easy come, easy go...]

Well, if you insist....:)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqty94GA9-g

Anybody got a time machine back to 1970? I need to keep a few cars....

[a fool in paradise]

meanwhile in asia

Worst Driver in the World! Chinese Scooter Driver hits 4 vehicles and ends up in a Giant Hole!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1SjRZREtEg

[DUMBGRUNT]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46288054

[DUMBGRUNT]

How does an ‘e’ fall out of the middle of a link?

The correct link:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46288054

The link that I posted:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europ-46288054

I’m thinking some never Trumper stole the ‘e’.

[DUMBGRUNT]

If you happen to see the guy in the giant hole, ask him if the missing ‘e’ from my link is down there???

[martin_fierro]

Ich bin ein berm learner.

[TChad]

And he had fun, fun, fun

Till the police took his license away...

[ZinGirl]

Where’s the victim?

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

Reminds me of a Calgary rush hour! (And I am NOT being particularly sarcastic.

[AlaskaErik]

Glad I got my license in Alaska. My ticket at 16 didn’t cost me anything but a few bucks and a couple of points.

[dfwgator]

And he had fun, fun, fun

He won't be "fahren, fahren, fahren auf der Autobahn" anytime soon.

[alexander_busek]

Might be relevant to mention that, in Germany, it costs thousands and thousands of euros for the many driving lessons required before applying for a license.

Regards,

[pepsionice]

Typical average is 1,500 to 2,000 Euro, and if you were pretty stupid....toss on another 1,000.

But what’s not mentioned here is that the police will not hand the license back until you take a ‘refresher’ course from some driving instructor. I’d take a guess that there’s another 500 Euro minimum to be spent to accomplish this.

This cost factor is something that all of the new immigrants complain about. A lot of young Germans used to wait until they got drafted and sent off to the Army...and they’d get free training and a chance to get their license that way.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

...his probationary period as a new driver has been lengthened from two years to four.

Yeah, that'll REALLY stop him.

[gigster]

Way back in the late 1970's, in Detroit, I received two speeding tickets in eight hours on my '73 Honda 750 Four.