A Fife learner driver’s test was brought to a halt by a former boyfriend who followed her and swerved towards her car.
Steven Drummond caused havoc as he narrowly avoided crashing into the vehicle driven by ex-girlfriend Erin McLean.
Drummond, 19, tail-gated her car, overtook it and swerved towards it almost causing a collision.
When she was instructed to pull over to perform a hill start, Drummond parked his car in front of her.
Dunfermline Sheriff Court heard Ms McLean had ended the relationship after an argument the night before the test.
Ms McLean was taking her test with other drivers travelling in a “convoy”, depute fiscal Katrine Craig told the court.
When the dangerous driving of Drummond was noticed, instructors told all those taking part to stop their cars.
The accused drove alongside his former partner’s car and almost swerved into it. He then overtook and drove away at excessive speed, which resulted in the police being contacted.
Drummond, of Drylie Street, Cowdenbeath, admitted that on October 3 last year at Pitreavie Way, Grange Wynd and Queensferry Road, Dunfermline, he drove dangerously, failed to maintain a safe braking distance behind a car being driven by Erin McLean, followed her car, swerved towards it, overtook it when it was not safe to do, narrowly missing a collision with it and other vehicles and drove over the speed limit.
Defence solicitor Roshni Joshi said her client had spoken with Ms McLean in advance of the test and had gone there as “moral support”.
Ms McLean had failed a previous test and was nervous about going back to try again. “He was of the view they remained in a relationship,” she added.
Her client’s position was that he only found out the relationship was over, because of an argument the night before the test, later from police.
“When he was told the test would be terminated he became extremely concerned,” said Ms Joshi. This had resulted in him driving in front of Ms McLean “trying to get out of the way”.
Sheriff Craig McSherry fined Drummond £540 and disqualified him from driving for a year. After his ban he will have to sit the extended driving test.