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This is what being English is all about BBC NEWS Man drove without licence for more than 70 years JANUARY 27, 2022 · 1 MIN READ A man stopped by police told officers he had been driving with no licence or insurance for more than 70 years. While on patrol, police pulled over the man near Tesco Extra, in Bulwell, Nottingham, on Wednesday. Officers said the driver - born in 1938 - told them he had been driving with no licence or insurance since he was 12 and had never been stopped by police.

A screenshot styled like a BBC News article reports that a man drove without a licence or insurance for more than 70 years. The joke is that the headline sounds absurdly impressive and stereotypically British, presenting long-term rule-breaking as a deadpan news story. It is used as a humorous reaction to extreme confidence, persistence, or distinctly English behaviour.

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