I thought you would be interested in the views of a listener to LBC, identified as ‘Roy of South Morden’ and his opinion of your advice about driving an automatic using left-foot braking. Roy claims to be an ex-police traffic officer and an instructor of Class One police drivers. He also claims to have made a contribution to the police driving manual. The show was debating the best way to drive an automatic cars and Roy referred to you as: "some bright spark that advocates braking with your left foot when driving an automatic." He went on to say this was contrary to the police driving manual and a very dangerous way to control a car. Roy then asserted he would have booked you when he was in the police if he had evidence you were driving in this way because, in his opinion, you would not be in full control of the car.

Roy gets very heated and quite pompous when he rings up. I can imagine he would be every driver's nightmare of a traffic officer. He went on to say that most motoring correspondents were useless and knew nothing. I thought you would be most amused because the old boy nearly blew a gasket when another caller rang up and supported your method of driving an automatic. Roy stated you were a one of the swim of South London car dealers that he regularly booked for failing to display trade plates in accordance with the law. Is the old boy right about your method of driving an automatic contrary to official police methods? And did he ever book you?