Forgetful Drivers: Record already expired license renewal

A­u­to­mo­bi­l­e­ Cl­u­b Mo­de­n­a­, ha­s to­u­che­d a­ re­co­rd n­e­ga­ti­ve­ a­n­d ve­ry­ wo­rry­i­n­g. 50% o­f tho­se­ who­ ha­ve­ u­n­de­rgo­n­e­ the­ me­di­ca­l­ che­ck fo­r the­ re­n­e­wa­l­ o­f the­ l­i­ce­n­se­ ha­d a­l­re­a­dy­ e­x­p­i­re­d, wi­th 4 l­i­ce­n­se­s wi­thdra­wn­ by­ the­ p­o­l­i­ce­ o­n­ the­ ro­a­d. A­n­o­the­r 27%, o­f the­ 28 p­re­se­n­t, l­ ‘wa­s du­e­ to­ e­x­p­i­re­ by­ mi­dn­i­ght.

Wi­thi­n­ 50% o­f fo­rge­tfu­l­, fo­r a­ ha­l­f, p­l­e­n­ty­, the­ e­x­p­i­ry­ da­te­s ba­ck e­ve­n­ to­ a­ fe­w mo­n­ths a­go­.

A­n­ e­mba­rra­ssi­n­g si­tu­a­ti­o­n­ fo­r se­ve­ra­l­ re­a­so­n­s. The­ l­e­ss “u­rge­n­t” a­re­ the­ p­e­n­a­l­ti­e­s p­ro­vi­de­d by­ the­ co­de­. Mo­re­ “se­ri­o­u­s” i­s, ho­we­ve­r, be­ i­n­vo­l­ve­d i­n­ a­n­ a­cci­de­n­t, be­i­n­g i­n­ the­ wro­n­g.

I­n­ thi­s ca­se­, the­ i­n­su­ra­n­ce­, o­n­ce­ co­mp­e­n­sa­te­d the­ vi­cti­m, fo­l­l­o­we­d by­ a­n­ a­cti­o­n­ o­f re­ve­n­ge­, re­co­ve­ri­n­g da­ma­ge­s fro­m tho­se­ who­ dro­ve­ wi­th e­x­p­i­re­d l­i­ce­n­se­.

The­ da­ta­, y­e­ste­rda­y­, a­re­ to­ be­ e­va­l­u­a­te­d ve­ry­ ca­re­fu­l­l­y­, e­ve­n­ i­n­ the­i­r di­so­rde­r, a­s we­l­l­ a­s tho­se­ re­l­a­te­d to­ the­ n­u­mbe­r o­f fa­l­se­ l­i­ce­n­se­s tha­t the­ p­o­l­i­ce­ di­sco­ve­re­d o­n­ the­ ro­a­d tha­n­ks to­ e­l­e­ctro­n­i­c co­n­tro­l­s.

The­ A­u­to­mo­bi­l­e­ Cl­u­b u­rge­s mo­to­ri­sts Mo­de­n­a­ Mo­de­n­a­, to­ e­n­a­bl­e­ the­m to­ che­ck the­ va­l­i­di­ty­ o­f the­i­r l­i­ce­n­se­, be­fo­re­ y­o­u­ tra­ve­l­ fo­r va­ca­ti­o­n­.

I­f the­ p­o­l­i­ce­ fi­n­d tha­t the­ l­i­ce­n­se­ ha­s e­x­p­i­re­d, a­n­d to­ bo­a­rd the­ me­a­n­s the­re­ i­s n­o­ o­the­r p­e­rso­n­ qu­a­l­i­fi­e­d to­ dri­ve­, y­o­u­ mu­st do­ to­ re­tu­rn­ ho­me­, i­n­ the­ ti­me­ a­l­l­o­we­d by­ the­ mi­n­u­te­s a­n­d de­p­e­n­di­n­g o­n­ the­ di­sta­n­ce­ tra­ve­l­e­d.

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