Rotten record

A 50-year-old British man is well on track to becoming the country's worst driver. The man has over 110 driving offences on his record and is said to regularly break driving bans, despite living a short distance from a police station. He was recently stopped by police for driving while disqualified and for not having a licence, despite having been due to face a sentence on similar charges. The man has explained that he needs to drive as his job is as a mobile DJ. In all he has been banned from driving 59 ti
February 22, 2012 Read time: 1 min
A 50-year-old British man is well on track to becoming the country's worst driver. The man has over 110 driving offences on his record and is said to regularly break driving bans, despite living a short distance from a police station. He was recently stopped by police for driving while disqualified and for not having a licence, despite having been due to face a sentence on similar charges. The man has explained that he needs to drive as his job is as a mobile DJ. In all he has been banned from driving 59 times in the previous 28 years. Following the latest incident he was banned for an additional 12 months and faced a five month prison sentence.

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