# Drowning man

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drowning-man/661693>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 23, 2013, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drowning-man/661693 "2013-06-23T07:48:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drowning-man/661693/1 "2013-06-23T07:48:37Z")

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> The West Virginia State Police Department said Martin L. Hansen, 20, of Korekort, Denmark, has died after drowning in Cheat Lake Friday afternoon.

[Man Declared Dead After Drowning in Cheat Lake](http://www.wboy.com/story/22657270/update-man-declared-dead-after-drowning-in-cheat-lake)

er. Korekort (Kørekort) means “driving licence” in Danish.

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**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drowning-man/661693/2 "2013-06-23T10:32:49Z")

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> [@Rune](#):
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> [Man Declared Dead After Drowning in Cheat Lake](http://www.wboy.com/story/22657270/update-man-declared-dead-after-drowning-in-cheat-lake)
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> er. Korekort (Kørekort) means “driving licence” in Danish.

Reminds me of what happened in Ireland, where an elusive driver under the name of “Prawo Jazdy” racked lots and lots of traffic fines, each time appearing to have a different address…

…fast-forward to a couple of years later, when the Garda finally realised that “Prawo Jazdy” was Polish for “Driver’s Licence”.

> **[BBC News - The mystery of Ireland's worst driver](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7899171.stm)**
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> Details of how police in Ireland finally caught up with the country's most reckless driver emerge.

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**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drowning-man/661693/3 "2013-06-23T15:06:37Z")

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[Danish driver’s license example](http://www.bt.dk/krimi/identitetstyveri-er-en-bombe-under-cpr-registeret).

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**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drowning-man/661693/4 "2013-06-23T16:00:49Z")

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The article has been changed now. Apparently someone clued them in.