She drove without a license for 10 years without knowing it!

A retiree discovers by surprise that her license has had 0 points for 10 years without ever having committed an offense.

During a traffic stop, a retired recently made a unexpected discovery. For 10 years, she had been driving with a 0 point driving license. However, she had not committed no offense for many years.

An astonishing surprise during a routine check

Met by the teams of TF1this seasoned driver seemed trusting when being stopped by the police. However, an officer told her that she no longer had any points on her driving license. However, she remembers that she had not committed any offense in the last ten years. Despite everything, the driving license file is not wrong. This lady is infractionand she should not have driven for several years.

After a few checksshe discovered that offenses had been committed with her vehicle a few years ago. But she was not the driver, the person responsible was her ex-husband who had borrowed his ex-wife’s vehicle. He had therefore left these unreported offensescausing the car owner to lose many points on her license.

Unfortunately, the problem doesn’t end there. The retiree could have noticed this problem by receiving official notificationsbut this was not the case. According to his lawyer, this situation is due to a dysfunction of the postal system. The notices of passage would have been sent to a old address where she no longer lived.

A happy ending for the retiree

Apparently, this failure to notify is much more common than we think. Many official letters can get lost and never be delivered to the correct recipients. This can lead to serious consequencess for motorists. This is particularly the case of this driver who driven for 10 years without a license when she didn’t even know it.

Fortunately, everything is back to normal for the retired woman. After presenting her case and proving her good faith, she managed to recover all your points and his driving license. The administration recognized the error for postal notifications. From now on, she can get back behind the wheel with the confidence of drive legally.

This unusual case highlights a sad reality. In France, approximately 700,000 people drive without a license. These include young people who have never taken their license, certain motorists who have lost it, or others who are unaware that their driving license has been cancelled. The latter only represent a tiny minority, but this still illustrates the flaws of a system maybe too automated.