MOTORISTS who drive through a puddle and splash pedestrians can land themselves a whopping great big fine.

It doesn’t happen very often, but drivers who are proven to have deliberately targeted pedestrians could be handed a £5,000 bill.

Under section three of the Road Traffic Act 1988, it is an offence to drive ‘without reasonable consideration for other persons’, and this includes any instance of ‘driving through a puddle causing pedestrians to be splashed’.

The maximum punishment is a level five fine of £5,000 in instances where driving ‘amounts to a clear act of incompetence, selfishness, impatience or aggressiveness’.

But the likelihood is that you’ll get a £100 fixed penalty notice and three penalty points if you are caught.

But if you refuse to pay and take the matter to court, you could see a maximum fine of £5,000 imposed.