“Failed the written test more than 30 times” ... Sentenced to six months in prison for driving 87 meters without a license

[Financial News] A person in their 60s who drove a vehicle about 80 meters without a license was sentenced to prison.
According to Yonhap News Agency on the 31st, the Criminal Division 2 single-judge panel at the Cheongju District Court’s Chungju Branch, presided over by Judge Kim Ju-hyeon, recently sentenced A (63), who was indicted on a charge of violating the Road Traffic Act by driving without a license, to six months in prison.
A is accused of driving a truck without a license on a road in Eumseong County, North Chungcheong Province, in April.
A, who had previously been punished several times, including with fines, for driving without a license, was found to have committed the offense again while serving a suspended sentence for a similar crime.
At trial, he pleaded for leniency, saying, “I needed a car to make a living, but I failed the written driver’s license test more than 30 times and couldn’t get a license,” and, “I drove because I had no choice but to move the car while the person who usually drove for me had briefly stepped away.”
However, the court rebuked him, saying, “Despite having received leniency in the past, he again drove without a license while serving a suspended sentence,” and, “Even if the defendant had taken the licensing test several times and driven a relatively short distance, the risk of an accident resulting from repeated offenses and failure to comply with traffic laws cannot be overlooked.”
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