It's not often that an entire police force earns their literary chops.Congratulations are due to the men in blue who keep Ireland safe. An Garda Siochana has won this year's Ig Nobel prize in literature.
Research turned up evidence that a Polish man, Prawo Jazdy, was racking up driving offenses at a remarkable rate. The mobile Pole was all over the country, on the receiving end of tickets issued by the gardai.
Who was this remarkable, and rather reckless, driver?
The Garda's traffic division had to find out.
That's when they discovered that 'prawo jazdy' means 'driving license' in Polish. The word went out among the force that Prawo Jazdy was not the driver's name at all, at all. The Garda's computer system had to be re-programmed and gardai across the nation had to be given a very brief Polish language lesson.
No one from An Garda Siochana went to Harvard to collect the prize. Thus far, no one has made an official comment. Or offered their official thanks for the recognition.
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