Driving Instructor Of 43 Years Didn't Have Drivers License

[matcom]

<snip>

BERLIN (Reuters) - A Berlin driving instructor who taught more than 1,000 motorists how to drive says he never got a driver's license because he was too nervous to retake the test after he failed the first time -- 43 years ago.

"I flunked it because I drove too fast at a roundabout and didn't come to a complete standstill at a stop sign," the instructor, identified by police as Wolf-Dieter R., told Berlin's B.Z. newspaper on Saturday. "I was too afraid to try again."

He was caught by police after a minor accident with a Polish truck recently. He told police he never had a license. He said it was his first accident after four decades driving cars, tractors, and even tanks as a former East German army soldier.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=573&e=4&u=/nm/20040802/od_nm/motorist_dc

[GainesT1958]

1. Well, I'll give this guy a break...

I don't blame him for being scared after failing ANY test in EAST Germany!:scared:

'Course, he always could have re-taken it once the West took over!:eyes:

B-)