{"id":15366,"date":"2014-04-07T01:25:53","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T00:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=15366"},"modified":"2023-05-09T12:18:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T11:18:48","slug":"student-fined-for-driving-doorless-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=15366","title":{"rendered":"Student Fined For Driving Doorless Car"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sam Wilson, 25, is a new front runner in the 2014 Darwin Awards. Wilson, from Bingham in Nottinghamshire, was driving his car to a scrap yard<\/a>, expecting to get \u00a3150 for it. However, he had the bright idea of taking parts off it with the intention of selling them separately.\"Doorless<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He had removed all the doors, the bonnet, and \u2013 judging by the photos \u2013 most of the lights, including the indicators. The article doesn\u2019t say anything about the brake lights, but since they are part of the rear cluster, and since the article definitely states that there were no indicators\u2026 well, you have to hazard a guess. In fact, look closely and you can see that the rear cluster is gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An article in the Telegraph confirms<\/a> that Wilson really was<\/strong> that stupid, and didn’t have any brake lights either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Championing his Darwin Awards nomination, Wilson said after he attended court:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The car didn\u2019t have any lights on it, but my argument was that it was daylight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It didn\u2019t have any signals either, but I used arm signals to indicate\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Wilson added he thought the car was safe to drive because it still had an MOT certificate\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In the Telegraph version he also claimed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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…there were kit cars on the road that also lacked features such as   doors and lights.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

You need to get your eyes tested, Sammyboy. You won’t see many cars without brake lights on the roads. Except for ones like yours. The police didn\u2019t share his wisdom. They said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It wouldn\u2019t have taken much to realise that the skeleton of a vehicle Wilson was trying to drive on the carriageway was not roadworthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It beggars belief that he thought he could drive it without anyone having concerns.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

It isn\u2019t clear how or why Wilson thought the scrap dealer would pay the full \u00a3150 after he had taken the very parts off it that those who go to scrap yards are looking for which justifies that scrap value in the first place. He was eventually paid \u00a370 for it which meant \u2013 after his \u00a3250 fine and shiny new three-points on his licence \u2013 he made a loss of \u00a3180 on the deal. Mind you, as a student I\u2019m sure he got some great selfies and will have a great tale to tell in the Student Bar for a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It never ceases to amaze me that people think an MoT certificate somehow covers them no matter what condition their car is in at the time it is examined while out on the road. If a bulb breaks as you are driving away from your MoT then the car instantly becomes \u201cunroadworthy\u201d, and you are liable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n