Britney Spears has been banned from driving with her young sons in the same car after her ex-husband Kevin Federline’s attorney called an emergency court hearing to question her road skills.

Commissioner Scott Gordon ruled two-year-old Sean Preston and his younger brother Jayden James can no longer hit the roads of Hollywood with their mum after a closed-door, 90-minute hearing in Los Angeles on Friday morning.

Mark Vincent Kaplan, Federline’s lawyer, called for the hearing after Spears was caught on tape running a red light with her two children in the back seat.

The new order is the latest blow for Spears in her custody battle.