Moscow Pastafarian to be stripped of driving license featuring him wearing pasta strainer
MOSCOW. Jan 12 (Interfax) - The Moscow city traffic inspectorate may cancel the driving license issued to a Pastafarian living in Moscow who uses a photo featuring him wearing a knitted pasta strainer on his head in his official documents, a report of the inspectorate says.
"The Moscow Department of the State Inspectorate of Traffic Safety is checking reports published in some media about a driving license being issued to an individual with unusual headwear by one of the examination divisions of the department," the report posted on the inspectorate's website says.
"If the responsibility of officials from the State Traffic Inspectorate is identified disciplinary measures will be applied to them and the driving license will be cancelled," the report says.
According to the authority, on January 9 a driving license was issued with a photo of its owner in headwear which is a violation of provisions of regulatory documents.
"At the present moment a probe is conducted into the incident by the Moscow city traffic inspectorate," the report says.
Previously social networks reported that a man in Moscow had received a driving license in which he is photoed with a pasta strainer on his head.
The man explained that he is an adept of Pastafarianism which means that he believes in the Flying Spaghetti Monster and for religions reasons he must wear on pasta strainer on his head.
Previously there were similar incidents with the issue of driving licenses in the United States.
