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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

[ms-geekette.livejournal.com]

I think if you practice enough with someone, you can reasonably pretend that you know what you are doing, driving-wise. There are certain things, like parallel parking and three point turns, that are tricky if you haven't practiced, but getting in a car and going from point A to point B without drawing notice? I dunno, I think a lot of people could do that, really, especially if you were at least familiar with the basics.

If most of the speeding tickets are automated and no one is checking for licenses with first getting insurance, car tags, or purchase of a car, there isn't a big deterrent for *not* getting a driver's license. If no one is really checking for them, why spend the money? But maybe I'm just thinking of what would happen in the US if driver's licenses weren't looked at more closely than they are. It would be ugly. XD

[kaiserschmarrn.livejournal.com]

It takes a little bit of practice to smoothly drive stick shift without drawing attention and barely anyone drives automated cars aside from the elderly. And our streets aren't as wide and straight, there's lots of room for mistakes even if someone is just going from A to B. I've heard that on American highways, people will drive on the left lane and overtake on the right? If you did that in Germany, you'd basically be dead. Just kidding but the left lane has to be left free for those who overtake and overtaking on the right is a big no go. Someone who's never taken driving lessons would probably be too intimidated by all the rules and traffic signs.

So yeah idk, I think driving in the US and in Germany is really different xD

[ms-geekette.livejournal.com]

Ah, yeah, I guess stick shift is the great doesn't-know-how-to-drive indicator when it comes to new drivers. There are more automatic cars in the US, so it's not just the elderly who drive those here. Although, my grandmother drove a stick shift way longer than she really should've, haha.

And nah, people would get rear-ended in the US if they insisted on driving in the left lane on freeways/interstates/divided highways all of the time. It's usually reserved for passing here, as well. And for two-way streets/roads there would be head-on collisions since there is oncoming traffic. The only time where it gets weird is when it's a road with a lot of exits and roads that merge. You've kinda got to be on your toes in those cases since traffic is coming from multiple directions. I those cases you *might* have people who stick to the left lane, but it's probably just a self-preservation measure since all of the nuts are in the right lane. XD