You may want to rethink risking driving without a license in China: a New Zealander was jailed for 15 days for failing to produce the proper documents in Shenzhen.
The man in question was caught by traffic police in Shenzhen’s Nanshan District on Friday (November 15) riding a motorcycle without a license, Shenzhen Traffic Police reported on Weibo. The man was stopped on Taizi (Prince Edward) Road and was found to possess only a C1 driving license, which does not permit driving a motorcycle.
Police do have the right to detain those driving without a license, but whether to do so is up to them. Many foreigners have been let off the hook because police can’t be bothered to get translators and processing the cases is just too difficult. Nevertheless, the risk of prison time is a real one, as this unlucky Kiwi found out.
[Image via Weibo // Via: The Nanfang]
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