Driving examiner tried to sue student for 'braking too quickly'

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***EMBARGOED UNTIL 3PM GMT 12 FEBRUARY 2017*** Ben Williams, 24 an engineer from Birmingham who has had a claim against him from his driving examiner for whiplash after braking during an emergancy stop while on a test. who See NTI copy NTI: A driving examiner tried to sue a learner driver after he claimed he got whiplash during a driving test. Keith Priestley accused Ben Williams, 24, of ‘braking too quickly’ after asking him to perform an emergency stop in November 2015. But according to Ben’s instructor, Elaine Rose, who was sitting in the back seat, his maneuver was ‘perfect’- despite the complaints from Priestley, who worked at the test centre in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. Two weeks later, the novice driver received a letter from solicitors notifying him that Priestley would be making a claim against him.  Ben, an engineer from Birmingham, said: “It was an absolute nightmare, it’s nerve racking enough doing a diving test - let alone the instructor trying to sue you afterwards.



A driving examiner tried to sue a learner for giving him whiplash during an emergency stop procedure.

Keith Priestley accused learner Ben Williams of 'braking too quickly' during his test in November 2015.

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