Motorists are “selling” their clean points for hundreds of euros each to drivers who are on the verge of disqualification.

It is the latest ruse on the roads of France: drivers are avoiding disqualification by trading licence points on the internet.

Complete strangers are taking the rap for speeding offences in return for up to €1,500 (£1,000), and police admit they are powerless to intervene. Even pensioners who have not driven for many years are getting in on the act.

Read more. Via Marginal Revolution.