A furious learner driver kidnapped his examiner and took him on a 10-minute terror ride after his test was cancelled.
Crazed Artur Nowak put his foot down and raced through a red light and broke the speed limit along a busy road as frightened Karl Pollitt begged him to stop.
The examiner finally managed to leap out as the car pulled into a side road, but his ordeal was not over as Nowak accelerated away, smashing Mr Pollitt in the eye with the car door.
A court heard the examiner was left “an emotional wreck” by the experience and had to take time off work and seek counselling.
Nowak, from Poland, erupted in rage after being told his test was cancelled because his car had an electronically-operated handbrake, which is not allowed in the examination.
Nowak was desperate to pass because he believed he needed a British licence for his work as a property maintenance engineer for a housing association.
But he did not know he would still be allowed to drive with his Polish driving licence.
Susan Carter, prosecuting, told Bolton crown court Mr Pollitt’s ordeal “has left him anxious and frightened.”
Mark Friend, defending, said Nowak, from Salford, Greater Manchester, who has lived in Britain since 2003, was genuinely remorseful after he flipped out when his test was cancelled in Rochdale last October 20. He said dad-of-two Nowak had been under immense pressure.
The court heard he had failed a previous test and been abusive towards another examiner.
Nowak admitted false imprisonment, and was last week ordered to carry out 240 hours of unpaid work and pay £250 compensation.
3 Drivers are so baffled by road signs that one in three simply follow the car in front.
Castrol found 5% never look at signs, 3% are so confused they crash and half think the end of the 30mph speed limit means they cannot dip below 30mph.
: Paul Byrne - www.mirror.co.uk
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