Over-the-limit learner driver crashes into school... on his first lesson

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Last updated at 12:34 PM on 29th March 2010

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Over the limit on first driving lesson: George Howarth

A driver crashed into a school when he was over-the-limit... on his first driving lesson.

Learner George Howarth lost control of his instructor's Nissan Micra going round a bend and embedded it into railings. The instructor tried to brake using his controls, but Howarth continued to accelerate onto the pavement.

Howarth was one-and-a-half times the limit and blamed it on drinking the night before - even though the accident, in Gorton, Manchester, was at 4.30pm the following the afternoon.

Mohammed Zahid from the Z-Plus driving school, said the instructor had been unaware Howarth, of Bickerdike Court, Longsight, had been drinking.

He said: 'He wasn't aware. He's a very good instructor and he doesn't drink himself. We didn't know.'

Jobless Howarth, 53, has since passed his test. But Manchester magistrates promptly banned him from driving for 16 months after he admitted drink-driving.

Richard Blackburn, prosecuting, told the court that police found the crashed car outside Cedar Mount High School in Mount Road.

He said: 'On closer inspection, they found the vehicle had embedded itself into the railings. In the vehicle, beside the defendant, was his driving instructor.'

Howarth had failed to attend court after being charged following the incident in August 2008. He was fined £100 for drink-driving and £100 for the bail offence. He was ordered to pay a £15 victim surcharge and £75 prosecution costs.

 

 

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1261679/Learner-driver-crashes-drunk-school-lesson.html#ixzz0jcbLt0jS

I'm impressed you guys have made it through this many articles without your brains melting. :stunned: Well done.

 

Be careful though, the psychological effects can last for a long time...

I have no idea what they actually say :P

I thought the finance and business sections would have the most interesting and awesome stories.

^Ah. Try the women's section (yes, they actually still have one) ironically the most misogynistic section of the whole paper. Nothing like listing which woman celebrities have celulite (with close up photos) to prove your solid journalistic skills.

^ I just learned what misogynistic meant last week. It was for a reading in my rock and roll class.

This guy showed what happens when you brake the law. :rolleyes: