http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/mobile/7899171.stm?SThisEM
19 February 09 11:45 GMT
Details of how police in the Irish Republic finally caught up with the
country's most reckless driver have emerged, the Irish Times reports.
He had been wanted from counties Cork to Cavan after racking up scores of
speeding tickets and parking fines.
However, each time the serial offender was stopped he managed to evade justice
by giving a different address.
But then his cover was blown.
It was discovered that the man every member of the Irish police's rank and file
had been looking for - a Mr Prawo Jazdy - wasn't exactly the sort of prized
villain whose apprehension leads to an officer winning an award.
In fact he wasn't even human.
"Prawo Jazdy is actually the Polish for driving licence and not the first and
surname on the licence," read a letter from June 2007 from an officer working
within the Garda's traffic division.
"Having noticed this, I decided to check and see how many times officers have
made this mistake.
"It is quite embarrassing to see that the system has created Prawo Jazdy as a
person with over 50 identities."
The officer added that the "mistake" needed to be rectified immediately and
asked that a memo be circulated throughout the force.
In a bid to avoid similar mistakes being made in future relevant guidelines
were also amended.
And if nothing else is learnt from this driving-related debacle, Irish police
officers should now know at least two words of Polish.
As for the seemingly elusive Mr Prawo Jazdy, he has presumably become a cult
hero among Ireland's second largest immigrant population.
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