The officers stopped and spoke to the driver, who was not displaying L plates and did not have insurance or a licence. She and Harley, who was supervising, were both arrested after she failed a roadside breath test. In interview, Harley said the driver was a friend who he had allowed to get behind the wheel in Belmont Tesco s car park, wrongly believing it was a private space, but that she had then continued to drive out onto Abbotsmead Road. Stephen Scully, for Harley, said the 18-year-old was not the first and would probably not be the last to have his efforts to impress a girl backfire.