An unlicensed taxi driver who fell asleep at the wheel as he took a family to Gatwick Airport has been banned from the roads for a year. Graham Brown, from King's Lynn, admitted knowingly acting as the driver of a private hire vehicle without a current private hire license, at King's Lynn Magistrates' Court.
Mr. Brown picked up a family of four adults and two children, aged six and four, to take them to Gatwick, while working for taxi firm Haz's Cars, in June. En route to the airport he stopped to buy and drink two cans of energy drink Redbull, but nodded off on the M11 and only awoke when one of the passengers screamed out his name. The horrified passenger then took over the driving for the rest of the journey while Mr. Brown snooze. |