Man (62) drives around with homemade license plate because he did not pass a driving test: « He thought he could drive well enough » (Mechelen)

The deception came to light during the administrative handling of a speed control at the Zwartzustersvest in Mechelen. « The police officers noted that the number plate of a passenger car flashed in April simply did not exist. It quickly became apparent that the number plate hung at the back of the car was copied. Because such a thing is of course forbidden, the car with falsified license plate was spent, » says Dirk van de Sande of police zone Rivierenland.

Last Thursday, the car in question was then again noted in Mechelen. « It was a patrol team that saw the car driving on the N16 and decided to put him aside for a thorough check. The 62-year-old driver, a man from Heist-op-den-Berg, turned out to be effective to drive around with a counterfeit number plate. He could not submit a registration for his car and, moreover, the car was not in possession of a driver’s license.”

The police interviewed the driver about the facts and said that he drove the car out of necessity. « In his own words, the man would have lived abroad for a while in the past. He also got his driver’s license there. But when he returned to our country, he found that the driver’s license was not valid here, » said Van de Sande.

Unsuccessful

« For his movements to work, however, the man needed a car. He tried to obtain a driver’s license in Belgium, but he was unable to successfully complete his practical tests. So he did not get his driver’s license. But he ruled that he could properly manage a car and thought he could solve everything in a creative way: he manufactured a number plate, which hung around in a car and riding it in this way.” ”” ”” ”” ”” ”” ”” ””.

He ruled that he could properly manage a car and thought he could solve everything in a creative way: he manufactured a number plate himself, hung it in a car and started driving around that way. ”

Dirk Van de Sande

Rivierenland police zone

The police seized the car on Thursday and for the sixties from Heist-op-den-Berg a summons are now waiting for the police judge.