After failing his driving test for the 10th time, Raymond Heffernan appealed his latest test result in court – and failed again.
District Court judge Tim Lucey rejected his appeal after hearing how during his test he committed 5 serious driving faults and a further 19 driving faults. Whilst cross examining his driving examiner, Kevin Condron, Mr Heffernan said “Isn’t it amazing that there was no accident occurring? I am driving 44 years and I would say I am forgetting more than you will ever learn about driving”.
Mr Condren replied “Having been in the car, it is amazing there was no accident” he went on to describe one of the serious faults, “On three occasions I told him as we were approaching a mini-roundabout that we would be taking the second exit but he approached the mini-roundabout and drove straight through it.”
“He drove onto the link road and changed lanes twice without observation, forcing another car out of its lane. As he did this he said “So,where is this mini-roundabout?”
Disappointed with the result of the appeal, Mr Heffernan stated “I know I am going to fail a test even before I get there. I am not psychic, I think if I did it in the morning, if I turned the key in the ignition they would say I turned the key the wrong way.”
