FIRST DRIVING LESSON ENDS WITH ROADS BAN

NOVICE WHO CRASHED WAS NOT INSURED

A TEENAGER’s first driving lesson took a calamitous wrong turn after he crashed into a parked car and later discovered he was not insured to be behind the wheel.

Jordan Snow was driving under the supervision of his step-dad in his home town of Lutterworth earlier this year, a court heard.

The collision with the parked car happened when the 19-year-old novice driver turned off a main road into a side street and put his foot down too heavily in order to avoid an oncoming vehicle.

Following the crash, it emerged he was not insured to drive - an offence which earned him a six-month disqualification.

He appeared at Leicester Magistrates’ Court on Thursday to admit a single charge of driving without insurance.

Prosecutor Stacey Mills told the court the defendant was taking the lesson on the afternoon of Friday, May 15.

Ms Mills said: “He had no driving experience at this time, but was aware his step-father had at least two years’ driving experience.

“The car had been lent to him by his uncle.”

As they prepared to turn into Church Street, the men spotted a car heading toward them in High Street.

Ms Mills said: “He put his foot down harder than he thought and before he could brake he collided with a parked car in Church Street.”

The impact of the collision pushed the stationary car into one in front of it, which in turn shunted into the next vehicle in the line, she added.

She said: “He thought that because his father was covered, he would be okay to drive.”

However, police were called to the scene and discovered the young learner was not insured to drive, Ms Mills said.

Snow, of Leicester Road, Lutterworth, chose not to be represented by a solicitor.

He said he lived with his partner and their baby and was receiving Universal Credit.

He was disqualified from driving for six months and fined £120.

He was also ordered to pay prosecution costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £34.