A woman has been given an absolute discharge from court after failing to stop her car for a school crossing patrol.
Karen Wanda Butterfield, of Back Street, Langtoft, pleaded guilty to failing to stop her car for a lollipop lady on Wansford Road in Driffield, at 8.40am on June 22 last year.
Magistrates heard that at the time of the incident, the lollipop lady was stood in the centre of the road and had just helped six school pupils cross safely.
She was about to help three further members of the public cross when Mrs Butterfield, 46, drove past the crossing patrol.
One lady who had already stepped on the road ready to cross took the registration number of Mrs Butterfield’s black Vauxhall car.
Mrs Butterfield, who was not represented in court, told magistrates that on the morning of the incident she had already stopped for one school crossing patrol, and when approaching the next one, she believed the lollipop lady had waved her through.
She accepted that in the bright weather, she may have misunderstood the signal and apologised for her mistake.
Mrs Butterfield also said that the driver of another car which was very close behind her had flashed their lights for her to move on.
She told magistrates that she knew immediately that she had made a mistake, and stopped a little further down the road to call her husband.
Presiding magistrate at last Wednesday’s hearing at Bridlington Magistrates Court, Linda Hall, accepted Mrs Butterfield’s version of events and decided not to endorse her driving licence, giving her an absolute discharge.