FT/D/2024/0824/FPP - [2025] UKFTT 01240 (GRC)

The Appeal

The Appellant lodged an appeal on form GRC1 dated 26 September 2024. In summary he made the following points:

He has apologised for the offence and been remorseful.

At the time of the offence he was under a lot of stress and worrying about his aging mother who suffered from dementia and sadly passed away 18 days after the offence.

The incident occurred between lessons so there was no one else in the car at the time.

He was not receiving or making calls, texting or reading texts at the time of the offence.

Working as an ADI is his only source of income and he considers removal from the Register would be somewhat harsh.

The Registrar’s Statement of Case dated 20 June 2025 resists the appeal. The Registrar says that the Appellant’s driving licence is endorsed with 6 penalty points, and an ADI is expected to have standards of driving and behaviour above that of an ordinary motorist. The Registrar does not believe that the Appellant has displayed the level of responsibility or commitment to improving road safety that he would expect to see from a professional ADI.

The Appellant did not provide a Reply.