{"id":3167,"date":"2012-05-14T14:17:11","date_gmt":"2012-05-14T14:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=3167"},"modified":"2012-05-14T14:17:11","modified_gmt":"2012-05-14T14:17:11","slug":"joke-police-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/joke-police-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Joke? Police? Safety?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I was reading Polish news and came across this really strange thing…<\/p>\n

Residents of Zachodnio-Pomorskie were left rubbing their eyes in amazement this week when they were confronted with the peculiar sight of a car perched on top of a large tree.<\/p>\n

The bizarre event occurred in the north western village of Lubczyna and according to daily Fakt, was the handy work of a number of fed up locals who wanted to teach the car\u2019s owner a lesson.<\/p>\n

24-year-old Zbigniew F. was well-known for speeding around the village like a maniac with no thought for other drivers or pedestrians, despite not actually owning a valid driving license and the action was angry residents\u2019 way of letting him know they had had enough.<\/p>\n

Residents say that he\u2019s used to drive around the village in such a dangerous fashion and that they\u00a0had to put up with this for 10 years. Even as a youngster the boy had no license.<\/p>\n

In order to make their thoughts known to the perpetrator, a number of villagers decided to take direct action to show that enough was enough.<\/p>\n

Hiring a crane, they waited till the dead of nigh and hoisted the white Ford from the ground and left it balancing rather dubiously in a nearby willow tree.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe received a phone call from the car\u2019s owner informing us that some of his neighbours had played a trick on him and put his vehicle in a tree,\u201d says Marta Pierko, a spokeswoman with the local police.<\/p>\n

However, despite having nothing to do with the strange act, Zbigniew F. was ordered by authorities to remove the vehicle before somebody was injured because of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s certainly a punishment for me,\u201d he says in an interview. \u201cBut it\u2019s too difficult and I actually don\u2019t really want to talk about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to, the police spokeswoman, Zbigniew F. was always punished by authorities when caught driving without a license in the past. He did receive fines when caught.<\/p>\n

The white Ford has since been removed from its latest parking spot and locals are now waiting to see whether the punishment has made any difference.<\/p>\n

And what do you think about it? What would police do here in USA in this situation? Not only about the car on a tree, but also about someone driving without driver’s license for so many years? Sometimes it really amazes me how PD works in Poland…<\/p>\n

Do nast<\/strong>\u0119pnego razu… <\/strong>(Till next time…)<\/p>\n

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I was reading Polish news and came across this really strange thing… Residents of Zachodnio-Pomorskie were left rubbing their eyes in amazement this week when they were confronted with the peculiar sight of a car perched on top of a large tree. The bizarre event occurred in the north western village of Lubczyna and according…<\/p>\n

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