A FORT WILLIAM HGV driver voluntarily quit the job he had worked in for the past 20 years the day after he was spoken to by police in connection with a road traffic offence.
Appearing at Fort William Sheriff Court last week, Kenneth Hodgson, 66, pleaded guilty to a charge of careless driving at the Back of Keppoch on the A830 road between Mallaig and Fort William, on August 31 of last year.
The court heard how HGV driver Hodgson had overtaken a slower moving car which had pulled out in front of him at a junction on what is a long straight section of the A830. However, his overtaking manouevre meant the driver of an oncoming vehicle had to slow down and move slightly over to the left side of the road to avoid a collision.