ROME -- Famous actor Roberto Benigni had his driving licence taken from him on his 64th birthday Thursday when he overtook on the wrong side of the road coming up to a set of traffic lights at Piazza Thorvaldsen, in front of the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in the Italian capital.

 The Italian national treasure and Oscar winner has to study once again, not Dante’s Divina Commedia, but instead a driving and road safety manual after going against Article 148 of the highway code.

 Rome's municipal police attended the scene and stopped the Smart car, surprised to see the ‘Life is Beautiful’ star behind the wheel.

 What happens now? The licence is suspended for one to three months. Street police officers claim, “he then has to start all over again and redo the driving tests.”

 The adored cinema star received many birthday wishes over social media, some even referring to his road mistake, joking over Twitter about the actor being “a little devil behind the wheel.”

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