Driving on the right and left

There's a news report from the BBC of a notorious speeder in Ireland. His name is Prawo Jazdy, and he's wanted scores of speeding tickets and parking fines. Turns out Prawod Jazdy is more of a myth than a man.

"Prawo Jazdy is actually the Polish for driving licence and not the first and surname on the licence," read a letter from June 2007 from an officer working within the Garda's traffic division.
"Having noticed this, I decided to check and see how many times officers have made this mistake.
"It is quite embarrassing to see that the system has created Prawo Jazdy as a person with over 50 identities."

But, maybe Prawo should get together with Animal. In Germany traffic cameras have been repeatedly catching the wild Muppet in flagrante delicto.

An Audi TT with British registration plates has been repeatedly caught speeding on roads in the Bavarian city of Bayreuth. But because continental speed cameras are set up for left-hand drive vehicles, the cameras keep missing the driver’s face.
Instead, they keep capturing clear views of a manic Muppet-like toy which the cheeky Brit has propped up on his passenger seat. But police admit they are even baffled about the identity of the muppet.

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