BREAT BRITAIN AN L OF A DRIVER GETTING A DRIVER'S LICENSE IN 
BRITAIN IS AN L OF A JOB . TYRO MOTORISTS ARE 
FORCED BY LAW TO HANG A LEARNER'S " L " ON 
THEIR CAR, ARE THUS THE OBJECT OF GIBES AND SNEERS FROM 
EVERY HOT-RODDER AND TRUCK DRIVER ON THE ROAD . NONE OF 
THIS FAZED MARGARET HUNTER, A SPINSTER SCHOOLTEACHER FROM CHESHIRE WHO AT 
65 FINALLY DECIDED THAT IT WAS TIME FOR HER TO GET 
HER LICENSE . THINKING THAT HER NEXT TEACHING JOB MIGHT BE 
IN THE COUNTRY FAR FROM PUBLIC TRANSPORT, MISS HUNTER BOUGHT A 
SNAPPY LITTLE RED FIAT, SIGNED ON WITH A DRIVING SCHOOL, AND 
HUNG OUT HER L . AFTER ONLY 40 LESSONS, SHE WAS 
READY FOR A TRIAL SPIN . BUT HER JOLTING STOPS AND 
STARTS SO TERRIFIED HER INSTRUCTOR THAT HE GOT OUT OF THE 
CAR, REMARKING : " THIS IS LUNACY ; IT'S SUICIDE . 
I'M NOT GOING ANOTHER INCH WITH YOU . I'VE HAD ENOUGH 
. " UNDETERRED,PLUCKY MISS HUNTER HAD ANOTHER GO TWO DAYS LATER, 
SIDESWIPED A FIVE-TON TRUCK AND DEMOLISHED HER CAR . " THE 
GARAGE TOLD ME IT'S A WRITE-OFF, " SHE SAID SWEETLY . 
WHEN MISS HUNTER SHOWED UP FOR HER TEST, SHE WAS TAILED 
BY A PLATOON OF REPORTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS . CLIMBING INTO HER 
TEST CAR, SHE STALLED SEVEN TIMES, AT LAST PUT-PUTTED OFF AT 
15 M.P.H., MADE A QUICK RIGHT TURN, NEARLY CRASHING INTO A 
VAN, STALLED AT A STOP STREET, BACKED OVER A SIDEWALK WHILE 
MAKING A TURN, SAILED THROUGH A RED LIGHT, FLICKED ON HER 
LEFTTURN INDICATOR AT AN INTERSECTION AND THEN DROVE STRAIGHT ACROSS, FINALLY 
PARKED AT THE TEST CENTER THREE FEET FROM THE CURB . 
SO SURE WAS MISS HUNTER OF HER INNOCENCE THAT SHE REFUSED 
TO HEED COURT SUMMONSES TO ANSWER FOR HER HIGHWAY MISDEEDS . 
A POLICEWOMAN FINALLY HAD TO CLIMB THROUGH HER APARTMENT WINDOW TO 
ARREST HER . IN COURT LAST WEEK, MISS HUNTER DECLINED TO 
ENTER A PLEA, SAID : " I DON'T THINK THE QUESTION 
OF GUILT ENTERS INTO IT . " THE COURT THOUGHT OTHERWISE, 
FINED HER A TOTAL OF $55.44 . 