Carlos Tevez given driving ban after misunderstanding police letters

[SummerOnions]

The Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez has been disqualified from driving for six months after he failed to understand the word "constabulary" on official letters from the police.
Tevez, 28, was disqualified from driving and ordered to pay a total in fines and costs of £1,540 at a hearing at Manchester magistrates' court.
The striker, who did not attend the hearing in person, pleaded guilty to two counts of failing to furnish information which relate to incidents in which his car was clocked speeding.
The court heard he received letters from the police in relation to the offences but he failed to respond because he did not recognise the word constabulary.
Tevez also admitted not having a proper UK driving licence, but denied he was driving when his car was caught speeding.
The footballer's solicitor, Gwyn Lewis, told the court: "He does understand the word 'police', but not more complicated words. The letters are written from Cheshire Constabulary and the word police doesn't appear on it anywhere."
He said that was also the case in relation to the speeding offence in Morecambe, which was pursued by Lancashire Constabulary.
"The word constabulary is not one that is recognised internationally, but of course police is," Mr Lewis said. "The correspondence was not dealt with properly and that has resulted in these offences."
When discussing the possibility of a fine, Mr Lewis told the bench: "He is a footballer and in that regard he is relatively well paid."

ahahahaaaaaaa

 

[peterhague]

Wtf was he doing in Morecamble?! One of the grimmest seaside 'resorts' in Britain, and that's really saying something.

 

[Athens]

Wtf was he doing in Morecamble?! One of the grimmest seaside 'resorts' in Britain, and that's really saying something.

Speeding away from it?

 

[Woland]

I went to Morecambe for some golf thing last year and there was a bright orange hummer parked in what I guess is the main drag. It was either his or perhaps the place is a honey trap for all manner of massive thundercunts.

 

[peterhague]

Speeding away from it?

He'd have to have made a conscious effort to get into it first, and that's the part that puzzles me.

 

[Athens]

He'd have to have made a conscious effort to get into it first, and that's the part that puzzles me.

He obviously puts too much faith in his GPS and it sent him in the wrong direction.

 

[hamstrung_pigeon]

He obviously puts too much faith in his GPS and it sent him in the wrong direction.

Speaking of which:
-- http://www.croatiantimes.com/news/G...s_GPS_sends_her_to_Zagreb_instead_of_Brussels

Belgium woman's GPS sends her to Zagreb instead of Brussels
Croatian Times

A 67-year-old woman was taken on an astonishing 1,800 mile detour across Europe when her satnav went wrong on a trip to her local railway station.

Sabine Moreau had meant to drive just 38 miles to the Brussels, Belgium, to meet a friend arriving by train.

But when her satnav told her to keep going she did - and going, and going, and going.

She didn't stop - apart from refueling breaks - until she reached a station in Zagreb, Croatia, two days later - after crossing five international borders and covering 900 miles.

"I saw all kinds of traffic signs. First in French, then in German - Cologne, Aachen, Frankfurt," she told a Belgium news website.

"But I didn't ask myself any questions. I was just distracted, so I kept my foot down," she added.

Police believe she crossed through France, Germany, Austria and Slovenia before finally getting to Croatia.

Then she faced another 900 mile journey back to get to her home in Solre-sur-Sambre.

After her son reported her missing, Belgian police searched her house and were about to launch a full scale manhunt when she phoned home to say she was in Zagreb.

She told police: "I didn't really notice anything was wrong until I suddenly arrived in Zagreb and realised that I was no longer in Belgium."

"Weird? Maybe, but I was just preoccupied," she added.

 

[Modo]

She needs to be in a home.

 

[Insignificance]

Haha. Why doesnt this happen to Stuart Downing any given friday afternoon?

 

[Athens]

Speaking of which:
-- http://www.croatiantimes.com/news/General_News/2013-01-14/31716/Belgium_woman's_GPS_sends_her_to_Zagreb_instead_of_Brussels

Belgium woman's GPS sends her to Zagreb instead of Brussels
Croatian Times

A 67-year-old woman was taken on an astonishing 1,800 mile detour across Europe when her satnav went wrong on a trip to her local railway station.

Sabine Moreau had meant to drive just 38 miles to the Brussels, Belgium, to meet a friend arriving by train.

But when her satnav told her to keep going she did - and going, and going, and going.

She didn't stop - apart from refueling breaks - until she reached a station in Zagreb, Croatia, two days later - after crossing five international borders and covering 900 miles.

"I saw all kinds of traffic signs. First in French, then in German - Cologne, Aachen, Frankfurt," she told a Belgium news website.

"But I didn't ask myself any questions. I was just distracted, so I kept my foot down," she added.

Police believe she crossed through France, Germany, Austria and Slovenia before finally getting to Croatia.

Then she faced another 900 mile journey back to get to her home in Solre-sur-Sambre.

After her son reported her missing, Belgian police searched her house and were about to launch a full scale manhunt when she phoned home to say she was in Zagreb.

She told police: "I didn't really notice anything was wrong until I suddenly arrived in Zagreb and realised that I was no longer in Belgium."

"Weird? Maybe, but I was just preoccupied," she added.

She has murdered someone and buried the body along that route somewhere. I wonder if her friend got off that train safely?