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Safe driver hid licence secret for 25 years (got award for 25 years safe driving but had no licence)
News Scotsman ^ | April 17 2003 | JOHN INNES

Posted on 04/17/2003 3:05:06 PM PDT by knighthawk

A PENSIONER on his way to receive an award for 25 years accident-free driving was stopped by police at a roadside check - and then admitted he did not have a licence. Wilibald Schmidt, 77, had been forced to hand over his licence for driving offences a quarter of a century before, but had carried on driving illegally without it, according to a report in the German daily newspaper, Bild.

Because Mr Schmidt had not had an accident since 1978, the local motoring club in Essen, Germany, where he was a member, had invited him to receive an award for his "careful driving and good example to other motorists".


TOPICS: Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: driver; germany; licence

1 posted on 04/17/2003 3:05:06 PM PDT by knighthawk
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2 posted on 04/17/2003 3:05:32 PM PDT by knighthawk
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3 posted on 04/17/2003 3:06:26 PM PDT by knighthawk
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Since when is having a license required to be a safe driver? A license is just a reciept that says you paid the government percapita driving tax.
4 posted on 04/17/2003 3:13:58 PM PDT by Born to Conserve
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hahaha...Well you have to admit, he went 25 years without getting stopped or having an accident.
5 posted on 04/17/2003 3:14:08 PM PDT by Normal4me
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To: Born to Conserve
Or maybe just three football fields?
6 posted on 04/17/2003 4:02:39 PM PDT by Born to Conserve
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