A Scottish Premier League footballer player, Mihael Kovacevic, 25, learnt the hard way after a misunderstanding lead to a four month driving ban.

The player had been convicted of a driving offence in 2011 and along side community service, a fine and a driving ban, he was also ordered to sit his driving test again.

The player who went on to play in Croatia for a period, obtained a licence there and thought the licence would entitle him to drive in the UK and not mean he had to sit the test here again.

Unfortunately, the player didn’t realise that it did not qualify in the UK and as a result had been driving without a licence and without valid driving insurance. Although he had purchased driving insurance, because he did not have a valid UK licence, his insurance was void.

Sheriff Margaret Neilson told Kovacevic that his case was an unusual one but was still a serious charge. She said: “However, I accept that it was not a wilful flouting of the law.

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Google continues to make headlines with its development of the autonomous automobile. Even this week a new image has appeared on the web of how the technology views its surroundings… And this may be familiar to Arnold Schwarzenegger fans around the world.

The image seems oddly reminiscent of the vision of Schwarzenegger’s famous sci-fi character ‘The Terminator’, made famous in the cult 1984 film of the same name. The shot demonstrates the 360-degree field of view of the technology.

The image comes courtesy of Idea lab’s founder Bill Gross, who also adds that the vehicle is capable of gathering almost 1GB of data per second- which translates as roughly 1000 separate pieces of information – as it simultaneously analyses the surrounding area and potential hazards.

Whilst Google launched their Self-Driving Cars three years ago, they were unable to obtain a licence to test their invention on public roads until this time last year. However they have certainly made up for lost time; by covering over 300,000 miles of test drives in Nevada – where the law was passed for autonomous cars to be legally operated – and all of this without one single accident. These findings led to Nevada’s Department of Motor Vehicles declaring last June that the car is just as safe as a human driver – if not even safer.

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An Indian businessman who owns more than 18 cars worth an estimated four millions dollars allowed his nine year old son to drive his Ferrari.

The boy’s mother said he was allowed to drive the car for his 9th birthday.

The boy, who had his five year old brother in the passenger seat at the time, was videoed by his dad Mohammed Nisham and after posting it on the internet the father was arrested for endangering the life of a child and allowing a minor to drive.

He is currently released on bail.

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