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Cops: 84-year-old man was driving without a license for 72 years (& no insurance)
Fox News ^ | 1/27/22 | Gary Gastelu

Posted on 01/28/2022 3:53:19 PM PST by Libloather

It turns out you can outrun the law, but only for 72 years.

Police pulled over an 84-year-old driver in Bulwell, U.K., this week only to discover he didn’t have a valid license … ever.

The retired man, who police said had trouble standing and hearing, admitted that he’d been driving without a license or insurance since he was 12 years old, SWNS reported.

"Thankfully he had never had an accident, caused anyone an injury, and never made anyone lose out financially, by hitting them whilst uninsured!"

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; History
KEYWORDS: drive; england; insurance; license
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Maybe gets popped with a $500 fine? Even Geico can't match that kind of savings.
1 posted on 01/28/2022 3:53:19 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

He went all those years without being pulled over?


2 posted on 01/28/2022 3:56:14 PM PST by rdl6989 ( )
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To: Libloather

Imagine all the money he saved.


3 posted on 01/28/2022 3:57:23 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder (Democracy is two dead Democrats and a Republican voting who's brains are for dinner.)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Yeah. There is that.


4 posted on 01/28/2022 4:00:35 PM PST by CJ Wolf ( what is scarier than offensive words? Not being able to say them. )
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To: Libloather

As if this was unusual.


5 posted on 01/28/2022 4:02:55 PM PST by circlecity
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To: Libloather

Anarchy for the UK.

The guy did it.


6 posted on 01/28/2022 4:02:58 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Libloather

Obviously licensing is unnecessary for this chap as the license is supposed to be some form of credential for competent driving.
The snot nosed whippersnappers demanding he now be licensed, after 70+ years of incident free driving, would be demanding my immigrant Italian grandmother be “licensed” to cook Sunday spaghetti dinner.


7 posted on 01/28/2022 4:03:31 PM PST by TonyinLA ( I don't have sufficient information to make an informed opinion said no lefty ever.)
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To: Libloather

And that’s the way it was and we LIKED IT too!


8 posted on 01/28/2022 4:03:33 PM PST by llevrok (Pronouns: Me/myself/& I)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

He probably bought alot of used cars, which also saved him money.


9 posted on 01/28/2022 4:05:53 PM PST by ResponseAbility (-The truth of liberalism is the stupid can feel smart, the lazy entitled, and the immoral unashamed)
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“hitting them whilst uninsured”.

Oh the horror!!!

The insurance companies will probably sue him for lost revenue.


10 posted on 01/28/2022 4:06:12 PM PST by Rural_Michigan
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That’s what I was thinking.


11 posted on 01/28/2022 4:09:33 PM PST by FLNittany
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To: Libloather

Good for him!


12 posted on 01/28/2022 4:09:33 PM PST by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.p)
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To: Libloather

Stop him before he drives again.


13 posted on 01/28/2022 4:17:52 PM PST by alstewartfan ("She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there like a lady with her legs crossed." Creepy Joe)
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To: Libloather

How did he get plates without insurance?


14 posted on 01/28/2022 4:17:53 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (If It Aint Woke Don't Fix It.)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Not real familiar, but I know in UK the plates stay with the car rather than the driver.


15 posted on 01/28/2022 4:22:59 PM PST by nascarnation (Let's Go Brandon!)
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To: Libloather

I drove for 20 years on a suspended license. It can be done. Glad I’m legal now, but those fines can be onerous for poor ppl, especially for misdemeanor violations such as no registration.


16 posted on 01/28/2022 5:07:15 PM PST by Prince of Space ( Let’s go, Brandon! )
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To: Libloather

Good for him. The prison that our country has become demands too much of us.

Just think, the man saved at least $1500 a year on insurance and $200 to $500 on licens tags every year for 60 years. Brilliant!


17 posted on 01/28/2022 5:14:42 PM PST by WMarshal ("No war for communism")
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To: Rural_Michigan

Summon the royal executioner for his heinous acts.


18 posted on 01/28/2022 5:20:53 PM PST by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: rdl6989

Not surprising if you obey traffic laws.


19 posted on 01/28/2022 5:30:45 PM PST by plain talk
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To: Libloather

No one read the rest of the article.

He was found out because a traffic camera detected the car was improperly registered. Big Brother indeed.


20 posted on 01/28/2022 5:49:36 PM PST by sloanrb
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