Woman failed test for driving through puddle

A driving examiner failed a woman on her test after she splashed a pedestrian by driving through a puddle.

Michelle Kelly, 31, from Blackley, Manchester, was told she should have stopped to exchange details with the man, who was waiting at a bus stop.

The mother-of-two protested that if she had swerved to avoid the puddle she might have caused an accident.



She was told her actions constituted a traffic offence - a view shared by the Driving Standards Agency (DSA).

Ms Kelly said" "It's ridiculous. Why should you hand over your details? What good would that do? It wasn't as though I'd deluged this pedestrian. And if I'd swerved to avoid the puddle I might have caused an accident."

The Road Traffic Act contains an offence of "careless, and inconsiderate, driving" and Crown Prosecution Service policy states that bad or inconsiderate driving includes driving through a puddle causing pedestrians to be splashed. Courts may impose fines of up to £2,500 for such an offence.

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