QUALIFIED driving instructor Krzysztof Sawadro has admitted driving carelessly on the day he collided with a tractor. Your driving fell spectacularly short of the standard required of a good driver on that occasion, he was told by presiding magistrate M
QUALIFIED driving instructor Krzysztof Sawadro has admitted driving carelessly on the day he collided with a tractor.
"Your driving fell spectacularly short of the standard required of a good driver on that occasion," he was told by presiding magistrate Mary Rone at Ely courthouse.
The court heard how Sawadro overtook a slow moving horsebox on the A1101 Mildenhall Road at Littleport on February 16, and then hit a tractor that was in front, and indicating to turn right.
"I have just finished a driving instructor's course," said 32-year-old Sawadro, of Elmside, Littleport. "I did not see the tractor's indicator, which was my fault."
The court fined Sawadro �120, endorsed five points on his licence, and ordered him to pay �35 costs and a �15 surcharge.
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