モーターing on, the 99-year-old driver who never took a 実験（する） - and has never had an 事故

By Daily Mail Reporter
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Just two months short of his 100th birthday, one of Britain's most 上級の drivers is 場内取引員／株価 70 years at the wheel without a 選び出す／独身 事故 - though he has never taken a 運動ing 実験（する）.

Norman Dyson, who is one of Britain's most 上級の drivers, has just had his licence 認可するd for another three years.

Now the ex-軍人／修理人 計画（する）s to 運動 to Lancashire from his home in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, for a holiday to celebrate his 目印 birthday.

Norman Dyson

At the wheel: Norman Dyson has never had an 事故 - though one car was 燃やすd by vandals

He never took an 公式の／役人 実験（する） - they had not been introduced when he started 運動ing in 1939.

But he learnt to 運動 激しい goods 乗り物s in the 王室の Army Service 軍団 just after the 突発／発生 of the Second World War, during which he served in Burma, Iraq and India. He was quickly 押し進めるd up the A, B, C and D grades.

He bought his first モーター - a jet 黒人／ボイコット secondhand 基準 Swallow - in his 早期に 30s.

'I'd be roaring away in it but wasn't going anywhere 急速な／放蕩な,' he said. 'It was a three 速度(を上げる）-gear car so it didn't go very quickly.'

In the 1960s, he used a Wolseley 1500 to 牽引する his caravan, a much-loved pastime for him and his late wife Kathleen.

A later car, a Hillman Hunter, was written off - but through no fault of Mr Dyson's. It was 難破させるd after some children 始める，決める 解雇する／砲火／射撃 to his garage.

Norman Dyson and wife Kathleen and their Wolseley 1500 in the Sixties

King of the road: Norman and wife Kathleen with the Wolseley 1500 he drove in the Sixties and their beloved caravan

His favourite over the years was a 比較して 最近の secondhand Honda （許可，名誉などを）与える.

'It was lovely to 運動. Most modern cars aren't as good as the old ones, which were made to last,' he said.

He thinks he may have owned around 15 cars but is いっそう少なく than happy with his 現在の Citroen C1.

Within four months the gears and 運動 軸 went and it needed a new clutch.

Mr Dyson said: 'They said it was the way I was 運動ing it, which I had to laugh at. I've never had an 事故. I remember once I skidded on some ice but didn't 衝突，墜落.'

There is no 合法的な 義務 for drivers over 70 to take retests or 医療のs but they must fill in a form every three years 宣言するing any 医療の 条件s.

Mr Dyson, who favours 静かな 支援する-roads, 主張するs he 提起する／ポーズをとるs no 危険 to other drivers - やめる the 逆転する.

'You've got to have your wits about you now - there are a lot of lunatics 運動ing about,' he said.

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