Gardaí in Kilkenny amused by insurance disc stuck in the Viking Age
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A typo on an insurance disc spotted by gardaí in Kilkenny has sparked amusement after it appeared to reference a road traffic law dating from the year 961...
An unusual motor insurance disc has caught the attention of garda roads policing officers in Kilkenny and prompted some light-hearted commentary online.
The disc appears to refer to the “Road Traffic Act 961” rather than the correct “Road Traffic Act 1961”, the legislation underpinning Ireland's road traffic laws.
The error was spotted by an eagle-eyed roads policing member who noticed that the first digit of the year appeared to be missing.
A second typo also drew attention, with the word “Policy” printed as “Policey”.
Sharing the discovery, gardaí highlighted the unusual reference and jokingly reflected on what Ireland might have looked like in 961 AD.
Quoting information from the National Museum of Ireland, gardaí noted that Ireland at the time was a decentralised patchwork of independent kingdoms while the period was marked by the growth of Viking trading hubs and the flourishing of Insular art.
Needless to say, there were no motor vehicles — or insurance discs — on Irish roads more than a millennium ago.