Motorway wrong way driver jailed
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-1482...
23 miles in the wrong direction on the M5. At night. No insurance. Twice the drink driving limit. Lucky she only got 9 months!
23 miles in the wrong direction on the M5. At night. No insurance. Twice the drink driving limit. Lucky she only got 9 months!
BoRED S2upid said:
How much of that 9 months will she serve though? they are doing her a favour it will dry her out and she will be released in 3 months.
About a quarter of it. Then a quarter of it on tag with a curfew, then the remaining half out on licence under Probation supervision.We just had 2 old senile dears drive the wrong way down a motorway, as someone was calling it in to the police they crashed and killed both of them, unfortunately the driver of the otehr car remains in intensive care.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5585895/Fatal-cras...
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5585895/Fatal-cras...
RobDickinson said:
We just had 2 old senile dears drive the wrong way down a motorway, as someone was calling it in to the police they crashed and killed both of them, unfortunately the driver of the otehr car remains in intensive care.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5585895/Fatal-cras...
How awful. And a perfect example of why people should have to re take the driving test when they reach a certain age. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5585895/Fatal-cras...
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuI met someone coming the wrong way down the dual carriageway at West Horsley in the day and that was scary enough.
Having read that article through I would suggest as she was suffering from depression it sounds like it might well have been some form of drunken attempt at suicide. Which given the fact she would have probably taken someone else with her makes it even worse.
Having read that article through I would suggest as she was suffering from depression it sounds like it might well have been some form of drunken attempt at suicide. Which given the fact she would have probably taken someone else with her makes it even worse.
The Hypno-Toad said:
Having read that article through I would suggest as she was suffering from depression it sounds like it might well have been some form of drunken attempt at suicide. Which given the fact she would have probably taken someone else with her makes it even worse.
Would that not make it a case of attempted murder?I just missed one in L3 of the northbound M6 because I was returning to L2 after an overtake and intending to take the next exit. It sends shivers down my spine everytime I think of it!
He was on a suicide mission having fallen out with his girlfriend and he managed a good 20 miles before he hit a family that I'd passed not five minutes before.
He got his wish and thankfully, the family he hit were fairly beaten up but survived.
It's a shame the f
kwit didn't survive to be honest.
He was on a suicide mission having fallen out with his girlfriend and he managed a good 20 miles before he hit a family that I'd passed not five minutes before.
He got his wish and thankfully, the family he hit were fairly beaten up but survived.
It's a shame the f
kwit didn't survive to be honest.Cupramax said:
lobster said:
She should have been given a longer prison sentence and a MUCH longer driving ban.
Shes been banned on a medical until she can prove she's dry so how do you work that one out?off_again said:
:shudder:
My personal nightmare. So far not encountered it, but it seems that its more common than I would hope.
My personal nightmare. So far not encountered it, but it seems that its more common than I would hope.
Living in an area with mainly winding A-roads and aged driving population ( largely thanks to ageing Londoners bizzare obsession with wanting to live out there old age in barns in the middle of nowhere ) I'm increasingly worried about this, all it takes is for an old sod to be on the wrong side of the road and BANG. The irony is that whilst there driving is often lethal they view themselves as safe drivers because they proceed everywhere at 38mph, whether it's the town high street or an open straight A-road, they seem to feel that driving at that speed means there is no need to indicate, or to look before pulling out. Mind you after 15 years of the Government telling people that "Speed" .....as opposed to anything else causes accidents you can sort of see why they think that.
Timmy35 said:
off_again said:
:shudder:
My personal nightmare. So far not encountered it, but it seems that its more common than I would hope.
My personal nightmare. So far not encountered it, but it seems that its more common than I would hope.
Living in an area with mainly winding A-roads and aged driving population ( largely thanks to ageing Londoners bizzare obsession with wanting to live out there old age in barns in the middle of nowhere ) I'm increasingly worried about this, all it takes is for an old sod to be on the wrong side of the road and BANG. The irony is that whilst there driving is often lethal they view themselves as safe drivers because they proceed everywhere at 38mph, whether it's the town high street or an open straight A-road, they seem to feel that driving at that speed means there is no need to indicate, or to look before pulling out. Mind you after 15 years of the Government telling people that "Speed" .....as opposed to anything else causes accidents you can sort of see why they think that.
Cars speeding in opposite direction on the right sides of the road = no accident.
Cars heading towards each other with either car on the wrong side = head on.
There is a corner in our village which voer 50% of drivers (in one direction) cut. I'd say 80% of old (70+) drivers cut this, because they don't seem capable of hand-eye co-ordination. They all carry at least 5mph too much speed too.
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