Dashcam video shows driver going the wrong way along motorway - before reversing up fast lane

By Group Reporter
Published 9th Apr 2019, 10:43 BST
Updated 9th Apr 2019, 11:43 BST

This shocking footage shows a driver risking lives by going the wrong way on a motorway – before trying to correct his error by reversing up the fast lane.

The elderly motorist turned right and crossed three lanes of the busy M1 before driving towards oncoming traffic.

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When the male driver realised his mistake he tried to reverse back along the fast lane before pulling forward again.

The driver eventually manages to reverse back up the road before driving the wrong way down the sliproad.

The video shows the hapless motorist join the southbound carriageway of the M1 at Milton Keynes at 1pm last Monday (1 April).

Lorry driver Mark Thomas, 54, captured the terrifying moment on his dashcam as he drove from Tilbury Docks in Essex.

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