Bedford Driving Lessons

AN ANGRY driver who drove into a traffic warden to try and escape a parking ticket has been fined £375. Scott Johnstone got into a heated argument with Neil O’Donnell as the traffic warden tried to put a fixed penalty fine on the windscreen of his van. Johnstone, who had illegally parked the van in a bus bay while he went into a nearby bank, then revved his engine and drove at Mr O’Donnell. The 36-year-old struck the warden on the body before driving off along the road in Bishopbriggs, Glasgow, in October last year. He was later arrested after police later tracked him down using his van’s registration. At Glasgow Sheriff Court yesterday, Sheriff Mary Foran also disqualified Johnstone from driving for a year. Johnstone, of Haywood Street, Glasgow, earlier admitted driving without due care and attention and colliding with Mr O’Donnell on Kirkintilloch Road, Bishopbriggs, on October 2, 2009. Prosecutor Jennifer Morris told the court that CCTV footage showed Johnstone parking the van in a bus bay before going into the Bank of Scotland on Kirkintilloch Road. While he was in the bank, Mr O’Donnell spotted the van and was in the process of writing a ticket when Johnstone returned. Miss Morris said: “Mr O’Donnell was standing in front of the van when the accused came out of the Bank of Scotland. He walked past the warden and entered the van. “He started the engine and reversed the van as the warden approached and attempted to attach the fixed penalty notice to the windscreen. There was an exchange between the two men and eventually the accused drove the van towards Mr O’Donnell. He struck him on the body and then drove off along Kirkintilloch Road.” More