Saturday 15th October 1966

In McKinney, Texas, it was reported that a 75-year-old male driver received 10 traffic tickets, drove on the wrong side of the road four times, committed four hit-and-run offences, and caused six accidents, all within 20 minutes. It is ironic that the record book’s worst driver is a native Texan, because Texans, especially residents of Houston, are consistently ranked as the best drivers in the US. On another record-breaking bad driver note, Mrs. Fannie Turner of Little Rock, Arkansas, finally overcame her driving demons this month in 1978 when she finally passed the written test for drivers -it was her 104th attempt.