From my driving instructor
This one comes from the archives; it was told to me by my driving instructor about one of her other students. It may not be more than an urban myth.

He'd been driving without a licence for years and years; he'd never been stopped, but had decided that he wanted to got legit, so he booked a couple of lessons and a test.

Naturally he passed the test, and the examiner pointed out that he seemed to be a very confident driver. It was almost as if he had decades' of experience.

The newly-legal driver came clean.

The examiner marched to the office, picked up the phone, and rang the police.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 28 Mar 2014, 15:22, 14 replies)

That's just the epitome of pettiness.
How do you prove it? I'd like to think the CPS wouldn't touch that with a bargepole.
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Fri 28 Mar 2014, 15:25, closed)

I dunno, I'd like to think that if you walked into a police station and confessed to the murder of a stranger whose body you then dropped off a boat so there was no evidence to be found they'd bang you up for life without hesitation.

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Fri 28 Mar 2014, 15:42, closed)

I think the public interest in bringing a prosecution is slightly greater in that scenario.

( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Fri 28 Mar 2014, 15:44, closed)

Unless the stranger was Robert Maxwell.

( Muns, Fri 28 Mar 2014, 15:56, closed)

"Good work lady"
"Slips Micheal Gove's address in pocket"
(smellysamlyingcable Seaman on, Fri 28 Mar 2014, 20:03, closed)

Yes, but there would be circumstantial evidence
such as the victim not being alive any more.

Plus, it's not the offender confessing to the police anyway. The police wouldn't touch an accusation by one party of a driving offence by another. It's called heresay, it isn't evidence.
(username failed moderation, Fri 28 Mar 2014, 17:28, closed)

except mentals confess to crimes all the time

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 28 Mar 2014, 17:59, closed)

Yeah, that was kind of my point.

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Fri 28 Mar 2014, 20:13, closed)

I don't want to chuck nasturtiums at an entire profession
but every single driving instructor on the planet is a degenerate gobshite.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 28 Mar 2014, 18:00, closed)

You've met my Uncle Dave then?

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Fri 28 Mar 2014, 18:35, closed)

Everybody had an uncle Dave.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 28 Mar 2014, 18:36, closed)

is that a euphemism?

(dyllon nice beaver., Sat 29 Mar 2014, 9:30, closed)

Your driving instructor was talking shit.

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Fri 28 Mar 2014, 18:35, closed)

Don't badmouth your uncle.

( Pig Bodine., Sat 29 Mar 2014, 1:37, closed)