In 'your favs disappointing you' news...

[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

Re: cool, similar to England then

[jazzypom.livejournal.com]

From what I gather, it has to be stifling bad depression? There are degrees to it, iirc. Most places in England have decent public transport. I know I held off getting a licence for years (until I really had to) because I could hop on and off trains, buses and such.

RE: Re: cool, similar to England then

[ms-geekette.livejournal.com]

If you have stifling bad depression, you aren't gonna want to drive. You aren't going to want to leave the house or even get out of bed. You'd be more likely to off yourself in a garage with your car via carbon monoxide. :-P

As someone who suffers from depression, I'm glad I don't live in the UK if that's how they treat people with mental illness. :-/ You have to imagine people don't get treatment for it if they aren't allowed to drive and need to for their job or whatever. Or if they happen to live in a place where the public transportation system isn't as great.

(I know you're just the messenger, not a creator of the policy.)