Connaught Ranger
02-19-2009, 02:10 PM
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20090219/tod-oukoe-uk-ireland-police-polish-6d5fb3c.html
Will the real "Prawo Jazdy" please stand up?
7 hours 57 mins ago
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Print Story (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20090219/tod-oukoe-uk-ireland-police-polish-6d5fb3c.html?printer=1)
Irish police have solved the mystery of a Polish recidivist who clocked up 50 traffic offences on different addresses and who was never caught, after one officer noticed his name meant driving licence in Polish.
(http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20090219/tod-oukoe-uk-ireland-police-polish-6d5fb3c.html#ynw-article-part2)
An internal police memo cited by Irish papers on Thursday said officers taking details of Polish traffic offenders had been mistakenly using "Prawo Jazdy," printed in the top right corner of the driving licence, as the holder's name.
"Prawo Jazdy is actually the Polish for driving licence and not the first and surname on the licence," the police memo dated June 2007 said. "It is quite embarrassing to see the system has created Prawo Jazdy as a person with over 50 identities."
A police spokesman declined to comment on the reports.
About 200,000 Polish people flocked to Ireland (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/ireland.html) during the boom years of its "Celtic Tiger" economy (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/fc/budget-economy.html) but a poll in November indicated a third of them planned to leave due to recession.
(Reporting by Andras Gergely; Editing by Carmel Crimmins and Peter Millership)
Connaught Ranger.:)
Will the real "Prawo Jazdy" please stand up?
7 hours 57 mins ago
http://l.yimg.com/i/i/uk/ne/reute.jpg (http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/*******online/SIG=114rh0n4s/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.*******.co.uk%2F)
Print Story (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20090219/tod-oukoe-uk-ireland-police-polish-6d5fb3c.html?printer=1)
Irish police have solved the mystery of a Polish recidivist who clocked up 50 traffic offences on different addresses and who was never caught, after one officer noticed his name meant driving licence in Polish.
(http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20090219/tod-oukoe-uk-ireland-police-polish-6d5fb3c.html#ynw-article-part2)
An internal police memo cited by Irish papers on Thursday said officers taking details of Polish traffic offenders had been mistakenly using "Prawo Jazdy," printed in the top right corner of the driving licence, as the holder's name.
"Prawo Jazdy is actually the Polish for driving licence and not the first and surname on the licence," the police memo dated June 2007 said. "It is quite embarrassing to see the system has created Prawo Jazdy as a person with over 50 identities."
A police spokesman declined to comment on the reports.
About 200,000 Polish people flocked to Ireland (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/ireland.html) during the boom years of its "Celtic Tiger" economy (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/fc/budget-economy.html) but a poll in November indicated a third of them planned to leave due to recession.
(Reporting by Andras Gergely; Editing by Carmel Crimmins and Peter Millership)
Connaught Ranger.:)