Police detain man in Japan who drove without license for 60 years

The police in Japan detained an elderly motorist who had been driving without a driver’s license for about 60 years, Report informs referring to the local newspaper Sankei.

Police from Hyogo Prefecture detained 82-year-old Toshiyuki Ishibashi. Patrolmen stopped Ishibashi’s car and found that he was not wearing a seat belt.

According to one of the policemen, when he asked the man to show his driver’s license, it turned out that the Japanese had no documents with him.

As Ishibashi himself explained, his driver’s license was revoked when he was 20, and has not received it since. It is not specified what sanctions will be applied to the 82-year-old violator.