Tuesday, 30 September 2008

Woman fails test for splashing a pedestrian

TUESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2008

A woman in Manchester failed her driving test for splashing a pedestrian by driving through a puddle and failing to stop to exchange details with the man who was waiting at a bus stop.

Michelle Kelly, 31, described the decision as 'ridiculous.' "Why should you hand over your details?... It wasn't as if I'd deluged the pedestrian. And if I'd swerved to avoid the puddle I might have caused an accident."

The DSA wouldn't comment on specific details of the test but advised that, where possible, drivers should avoid splashing pedestrians and that a failure to do so would be sufficient grounds for failing a driving test.

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