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Driver's bizarre birth-date claim after being stopped by police

A 20-year-old driver claimed to have been born in 1954 after being pulled over by police for traffic offences.
Officers from the Roads Policing Unit stopped a BMW on Friday night after observing it travel along Park Avenue, Gravesend with only one working headlight.

The driver of a BMW was issued with a traffic offence report after being stopped by police. Picture: Kent Police Roads Policing Unit
The driver of a BMW was issued with a traffic offence report after being stopped by police. Picture: Kent Police Roads Policing Unit

The team later posted about the incident on Twitter stating: "sighted this vehicle in Gravesend, once stopped the 20 year old driver tried to say he was born in 1954….even with the best moisturiser we weren’t believing that, transpires #NoLicence & #NoInsurance, vehicle #Seized."

Kent Police confirmed the driver had been found to have no licence or insurance, and the 20-year-old from Gravesend was given a traffic offence report.

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