--- title: 'Homer Simpson' Driving License Presented to U.K. Police description: A driver who was pulled over by U.K. police attempted to pass off a Homer Simpson driving license as his own personal ID. canonical: https://time.com/5205438/homer-simpson-driving-license/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-19T16:02:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-06-24T06:56:41.139Z og:title: Man Driving With Fake Homer Simpson License Pulled Over by Police og:description: D'oh! og:url: https://time.com/5205438/homer-simpson-driving-license/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta87ddbaa36cca4b3/69892b4986f68edaa56e8a41/homer-simpson-driving-license.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: The Simpsons og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Man Driving With Fake Homer Simpson License Pulled Over by Police twitter:description: D'oh! twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta87ddbaa36cca4b3/69892b4986f68edaa56e8a41/homer-simpson-driving-license.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Man Driving With Fake Homer Simpson License Pulled Over by Police > Sponsored content. 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D'oh!_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 19, 2018 4:02 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 19, 2018 4:02 PM UTC A driver who was pulled over by [U.K. police](http://time.com/4852756/uk-police-marijuana-plants/) attempted to pass off a [Homer Simpson](http://time.com/4667462/simpsons-predictions-donald-trump-lady-gaga/) driving license as his [own personal ID](http://time.com/money/5143155/bitcoins-seized-ohio/). When an officer from the Thames Valley force in England recently stopped an unidentified male driver in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, she was handed a license featuring a picture of _The Simpsons_ character making his signature “D’oh” face and the signature “H. Simpson.” Details of the incident were shared online by the department’s official Twitter account. “The driver’s car was seized and he was reported for driving with no insurance and driving without a proper licence,” Thames Valley Police tweeted alongside a picture of the ID. “D’oh!” However, Twitter was quick to point out that the driver didn’t even bother with his fictional alter-ego’s correct contact information, listing 28, Springfield Way, USA, as his home address. “Clearly a fake,” commented user Mark Chunder. “Homer lives at 742 Evergreen Terrace.” See the license below. > [](https://twitter.com/ThamesVP/status/974371895867998208) > [](https://twitter.com/MisterChunder/status/974376151459287040) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5205438/homer-simpson-driving-license/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5205438/homer-simpson-driving-license/"},"headline":"Man Driving With Fake Homer Simpson License Pulled Over by Police","datePublished":"2018-03-19T16:02:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:41.139Z","description":"D'oh!","url":"https://time.com/5205438/homer-simpson-driving-license/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","The Simpsons"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta87ddbaa36cca4b3/69892b4986f68edaa56e8a41/homer-simpson-driving-license.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta87ddbaa36cca4b3/69892b4986f68edaa56e8a41/homer-simpson-driving-license.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Simpsons","caption":"Lisa and Homer in The Simpsons","creditText":"FOX via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5205438/homer-simpson-driving-license/","name":"Man Driving With Fake Homer Simpson License Pulled Over by Police"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"D'oh!","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5205438/homer-simpson-driving-license/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5205438/homer-simpson-driving-license/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```