Warning! Britain’s worst driver, 24, is still on the roads despite racking up 78 points in just the last four years

• Bradford man tops the list of more than 10,000 drivers behind the wheel 
• The drivers are still allowed to drive despite repeated driving endorsements
• Country’s worst female driver is from Burnley and clocked up 49 points 
• ***Do you know the UK’s worst driver? Get in touch! Email [email protected] or call 02036151762***

Britain’s worst driver is still on the road despite having racked up a whopping 78 points over the last four years.

The 24-year-old man from Bradford in West Yorkshire, who has not been named, tops the list of more than 10,000 drivers who are still behind the wheel despite repeated driving endorsements.

The second worst driver who is still behind the wheel is a 48-year-old man from Faversham, Kent who has 66 points.

The country’s worst female driver is a 33-year-old from Burnley who has clocked up 49 points.

Britain’s worst driver has been revealed to be a 24-year-old man from Bradford in Yorkshire (stock image above)

Drivers are usually banned if they receive 12 points on their licence, despite this 10,858 motorists across Britain have that tally or more – and are still able to drive.

Of those, 261 have a whopping 20 or more points, according to Department for Transport figures.

The oldest repeat offender is an 81-year-old woman, who is still allowed to drive despite having 25 points on her licence.

The youngest is a boy, 17, who has racked up 19 points in less than a year of being on the road.

When driving in the UK you can receive penalty points for various offences.

According to the DVLA endorsements stay on your driving record for 4 to 11 years depending on the offence. 

In certain circumstances defendants convicted of offences like drink driving may be able to have any mandatory period of driving disqualification significantly reduced or totally avoided due to ‘special reasons’. 

Special reasons could include, driving while in an emergency and driving a short distance when the offences were committed. 

Another example could include the driver having being pulled over for drink driving, having been unaware that their drink had been spiked. 

Motorists receive penalty points for a variety of offences, including speeding, dangerous driving and not having insurance.

The vast majority of offences stay on your licence for four years, apart from causing death or injury by driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

This means it’s likely that Britain’s worst driver has racked up his 78 points in the last four years.

The highest number of penalty points a motorist can be slapped with is 11, for causing death by driving under the influence.

The unnamed worst offender must have committed at least eight driving offences in a four year period – but most likely more.

Motorists can tot up huge points totals – and still be able to drive – if their offence was dealt with by a banning order or prison sentence in court.

After serving their time, drivers can reapply for their licence which will still have all of the points they have racked up.

Dangerous drivers can also dodge bans by convincing magistrates they will face ‘exceptional hardship’ if they lose their licence.

If the motorist or a family member will be seriously affected by a ban, magistrates can waive it.

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This means drivers can rack up huge numbers of points and stay on the road.

RAC spokesman Rod Dennis said: ‘On the face of it, the thought of somebody still being allowed to drive after accumulating 78 penalty points for poor driving is truly horrifying.

‘And it suggests some drivers are repeatedly breaking the law – perhaps being caught by multiple speed cameras.

‘But it’s the case that these drivers can escape a driving ban if they can prove to magistrates that by having one would lead to ‘exceptional hardship’.’

The road safety charity Brake is campaigning for the Government to block this loophole.

***Do you know the UK’s worst driver? Get in touch! Email [email protected] or call 02036151762*** 

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