7 Nigel Wright

In 2020 was fined £100 for stopping (for 35 seconds) outside East Midlands airport car park while he put a token in the machine and waited for the barrier to rise to let him in. Officials claimed that the 34-year-old English teacher was in a "no stopping zone."

In the inaugural Indy 500 race of 1911, all but one of the 40 entrants carried a driver plus an observer, whose job was to warn the driver about other cars coming up behind. It was the normal arrangement in races of that era. But in the 40th car was who took the outrageously risky decision to drive alone. Harroun drove a bright yellow car he had built himself and experimented with an eight-by-threeinch mirror on a stand fixed to his dashboard instead of an observer. It is believed to be the first use of a rear-view mirror. Being one person lighter and more aerodynamic, Harroun’s car easily won the race by more than half a mile.