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[aquaecolore.livejournal.com]

Marco Reus fined 540,000 euros for driving without a license for 3 years





source : bild article sadly behind paywall but posted in a tumblr post


e: apparently he also received five speeding tickets during that time, but no-one ever noticed he didn't have a license o_O

e2: someone from reddit translated a quote from the man himself:

He took driving lessons when he was 18 but never took a driving test. He just decided to drive without a licence. "Sadly I decided to take this route. I can't even comprehend the reasons myself. Now I know: I was too naive and it was stupid. I have learnt my lesson. It will never happen again."

e3: can't believe it took me so long to remember his nickname is Rolls Reus.



yeah. i am disappoint :/

Comments

[aquaecolore.livejournal.com]

he didn't forget. he never had a license.

e: and if i'm not mistaken he's charged for 3 years because that's the last time they can conceivably say he was driving, given he got the first speeding ticket then.

he had the driving classes at 18 or 19 and i assume has been driving in between that time

[eva]

That's what it seems to look like at this point, yes. And as his manager said in what I quoted earlier, he started the driving before he was so well-known, and then later going back to take the tests wasn't possible without being caught, so he apparently decided to do the ostrich-head-in-the-sand thing hoping it wouldn't come out.

I mean, the intelligent thing his advisors should have made him do would have been to report himself to the police, which would likely have given him a less grave sentence and maybe even allowed him to keep the whole affair secret, and then finding an arrangement for driving lessons. I'm sure they could have found a school willing to teach him in secret. If anyone else knew about this, which I would expect, they didn't advise him well at all. And he would have needed some good advice, with the level of maturity this whole thing proves.

[raubsaurier.livejournal.com]

oh i know! i'm just a little baffled at the idea of not bringing your license with you driving, let alone not getting it at all and still driving regardless. (my original comment was unclear, my bad :3)