Guest Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 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. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heep Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Ha, red face for them! I'd probably make the same mistake though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSparrow Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Ha!Excellent.Note to self: use the word 'recidivist' more often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Note to self: find out what the word 'recidivist' means and start using it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete-M Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Note to self: find out what the word 'recidivist' means and start using it. In Czech (very similar to Polish) it's "recidivista". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Note to self: find out what the word 'recidivist' means and start using it. Someone who lapses back into a certain pattern of behaviour, almost habitually.Sorry, I've mangled the OED and Psychiatric definitions together there, but there you go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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