Tuesday 18th January 2005

Stupid drivers get re-education

Wrong-way epidemic to be halted, says transport ministry

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Austria is launching a campaign to educate motorists after more than 550 were caught driving the wrong way down motorways last year. State radio now issues 'Ghost Driver' warnings advising other motorists to slow down and pull into the slow lane whenever a car heads off the wrong way down a motorway.

The record annual total included 153 ghost drivers on the country's main north-south A2 trunk road alone. The country's transport ministry is behind the high profile educational campaign aimed at reversing the alarming trend.

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As long as they're not speeding there's no chance of an accident.