A three-time Formula One champ has been forced to take driver’s-education classes in his native Brazil after his license was revoked following too many traffic violations.

Nelson Piquet lost his license in June after racking up speeding and parking tickets.

“I think we have to pay for our mistakes,” he said. “It’s not even just a speeding thing. I got tickets for all kinds of reasons.”

Piquet won titles in 1981, 1983 and 1987.

In February two anti-whaling activists created a plan to attack a Japanese whaling ship near Antarctica with a bottle of acid and a smoke bomb. One activist was from Australia and the other was from Los Angeles.

Unfortunately the pair got lost in the fog while in their small dinghy and ended up being rescued with the help of several boats. One of the boats was the Japanese Whaler that they had planned to attack.

Once the activists were safe they thanked the Japanese crew, but one said, “I guess we’re back on schedule, and we’ll be pursuing you again.”

A short time later, the activists approached the whaler and tossed the acid onto the deck. Two crew members were injured in the attack.

I’m against whaling but injuring people that just possibly saved your life is just cruel.

I often write dumb criminal stories here but I think this is the first case of a dumb car jacker. Claude King, 31, apparently carjacked an SUV, crashed it twice and end up getting lost as he escaped the crime scene. He then proceeded to call the police from a Palm Springs Florida pay phone, confessing that he stole the GMC Envoy last Tuesday night.

“Um, I committed a crime,” he told the police dispatcher. “I stole a vehicle.”

He was unable to tell the dispatcher where he and the vehicle was located when he asked for officers to respond to his location. He told the dispatcher “I couldn’t even tell you,” he said. “I don’t even know where I’m at.”

The Boca Raton police eventually found King waiting on a curb. He’s now being held without bail in the Palm Beach County Jail.