L Plates
Anyone been to Ireland (RoI) recently? Seems there are 250,000+ drivers on Provisional Licences who are driving around without supervision or displaying L plates as the Law requires.
All dates back to a time when there was an explosion (was that a pun?) in car ownership and the testing system couldn't cope with the number of new drivers looking to take the test. A few years back I believe the Government offered an amnesty to all L drivers who had been driving illegally for three years or more!
Last year the Government decided to deal with the residue but backed down when confronted by an angry public (the provisional licence holders) who demanded to know how the Government expected them to travel to work if they couldn't illegally drive their cars! what a joke! Government then announced a 'stay of execution' stating that the legislation would be enforced this year 2008. Guess what..... yes the roads are apparently still full of provisional drivers who are driving illegally.
Add to this the influx of Eastern European vehicles with left hand drive and blacked out windows and I think Ireland has the makings of a EIREB500 to match the entertainment value of the Iftar500 the Delhi Dash the Cairo Cull or the Manila Mangle!