From his concocted story and all the distorted justifications this one stands out...

...he drove to the Barnard castle beauty spot as a driving test.....! Like you do...

That's the most plausible 'story' him and his team can come up with! Ill or not, you'd know your own ability to drive or not, can you imagine yourself saying I need to drive 1 hr to a beauty spot as a test?

Goes to show the effort that's been needed to put this jackanory together. Taking the whole nation for fools