http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Man admits driving without licence for 40 years en Mon, 18 May 2026 23:41:56 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11394#post-129071 Sat, 19 Oct 2013 00:48:47 +0000 Uberuce 129071@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The driving licence is so sacred you don't even need one? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11394#post-129070 Sat, 19 Oct 2013 00:21:17 +0000 Focus 129070@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-24571342">A man stopped by motorway police told them he has been driving without a licence for the past 40 years.</a></p> <p>"<em>He was pulled over in the Nechells area of Birmingham at 09:45 BST, a police spokesman said.</p> <p>The unlicensed driver also had no insurance and his car has been seized and impounded.</p> <p>"He has committed a criminal offence, and the matter will proceed to the courts," a West Midlands Police spokesman said.</p> <p>"We don't know whether the driver had even passed his test," he added.</p> <p>The DVLA has been notified about today's driver, Central Motorway Police confirmed.</p> <p><strong>Penalties</strong> for driving without the appropriate licence <strong>include</strong> a fine of £1,000, a driving ban, and <strong>being prevented from obtaining a licence for a period of years</strong>.</em>"</p> <p>Was the article writer having a slight laugh when putting the section I've emboldened in at the end? Oh, the irony! </p>