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. […]

Girls aloud star Sarah Harding was caught by police on the 4th April talking on her phone whilst driving her Range Rover and has been issued a six month driving ban. After receiving three points for this offence, she had racked up a total of 12 points for three previous speeding tickets. Harding’s Defence lawyer […]

Foreign drivers could be banned from using interpreters to help them through their tests to prevent cheating, under proposals unveiled by Stephen Hammond, the road safety minister The Government is also ready to scrap pre-recorded voice-overs, currently available in 19 different languages including Polish and several from the Indian subcontinent. Both options are contained in […]

Five children aged just 11 have been banned from driving by courts in the past three years and a 12 year old banned for life. This is shocking since, they are more than five years away from legally being allowed to drive, yet have been convicted for stealing cars, dangerous driving, causing injury or damaging […]

A pensioner from Aldershot has been banned from driving after racially abusing another driver. Mr Fitzpatrick aged 65 was found guilty of racially aggravated harassment. Witnesses told courts that Mr Fitzpatrick has been constantly braking in front of the victim causing him to keep breaking. When the other driver finally overtook using the bus lane, […]

A MAN has been banned from driving for three years after being caught drunk behind the wheel – of a toy Barbie car. Paul Hutton, 40, was spotted by police crawling along the road at night in the tiny electric Barbie car, which has a top speed of 4mph. After a low-speed chase, officers breathalysed […]

Landsdowne Venture Group (LGV), the parent company of “The Instructor College” and “Red Driving School” has gone into administration. The company made a net profit of £3m in the year to October 4 2009, but in the 16 weeks to January 24 lost £2.5m. LVG employs 400 people in total across three offices, but all […]

MAGISTRATES have punished a Weston man for having a noisy dog – by banning him from driving. Terence Kingston will not be allowed behind the wheel for three weeks after his dog was heard barking 532 times in a 30-minute period by an environmental protection officer. The 57-year-old was brought to North Somerset Courthouse after […]

Magistrates ordered Margaret Street to take an extended test before being allowed to drive again and heard that she was unlikely to get behind the wheel again. Prosecutor Helena Jackson said that at 10pm on October 7 police officers saw a car heading towards them in what was for them the outside lane. They switched […]

Susan Barnard, 55, was branded as the worst teacher in Scotland and has been banned from the roads over a suspected drink-driving accident when she crashed into a parked vehicle just weeks after becoming the first teach in the country to be struck off for incompetence. Perth Sheriff Court yesterday heard she had “something of […]