Police officers stopped a 103-year-old woman driving her car at night with an expired driver's licence, according to a police statement received by AFP on Thursday (14). The case took place in Italy and her car was seized. it's the truth.
In the early hours of Monday (11), police received a report warning of a car driving dangerously in the center of Bondino, a city with a population of 13,000 in northern Italy, about 440 kilometers from the capital, Rome.
When the police officers sent to the scene approached the car, they were surprised: the driver, Giuseppina Molinari, was born in 1920.
The elderly woman lives in the area and He was driving with a driver's license that had expired two years ago. She said she was “going to meet some friends.” According to the police, Giuseppina “was disoriented and continued walking the same streets.”
In Italy, from the age of 80, drivers must undergo a medical examination every two years to renew their licence.
Giuseppina was fined and taken home by agents. According to the local press, his car was confiscated. But this does not prevent her from visiting her acquaintances.
Giuseppina told a television channel: “Now I use a bicycle, but I want to get a motorcycle, so as not to give up my independence.”
The 103-year-old lives in Vigarano Pieve, in the province of Ferrara, 10 kilometers from Bondino.
The story aroused sympathy from the mayor of Ferrara, Alain Fabbri, who is originally from Bondino.
“I will give Giuseppina a medal instead of a fine. Having such inner strength is unusual and gives me hope in my old age!” he wrote on social media.
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