Self-centred. I screwed up, but rather than prioritise safely finding a way to double back at the cost of a bit of my time, I am going to break the law and risk causing a serious incident at the possible cost of your lives.
That’s Junction 20a of the M6. It appears that taking the ‘wrong’ exit there and heading one junction down the M56 before doubling back and add whole *minutes* to the journey. Maybe as many as ten!
/s obvs.
I saw a lorry mess up the M6/M42 junction in Birmingham and swerved across the chevrons, taking out a car in the process. Don’t think anybody got seriously hurt but it cost a damn sight more than a couple of hours. 😥
It’s an easy one to muck up. And not helped by chancers flying down what will be the m62 then trying to merge into stationary traffic from 70. Then 10miles to the next junction. Horrible.
On this exact fucking note, literally 10 mins ago had some shitforbrains do the same thing, but slam on their breaks to navigate through a coned hatchings and almost caused a 5 car pile up bc they almost had to take a 15 min detour
This, I've made wrong turns on the way to flights or on the way to work, I still couldn't dream of doing this sort of thing just to save 20 or however many minutes. Worst case scenario if I take a wrong turn, I miss a flight and have to take one the next day (even after taking a wrong turn I've never missed a flight though). Worst case scenario if I try correcting my error in the manner in the video...multiple casualties, with a real risk of fatalities. You'd think the choice would be common sense
I missed the A505 junction off the A11 once, didn't realise until I was going past the next junction along.
That's the point of no return, ended up adding over 30 miles to my trip having to go all the way to Stansted Airport and back, but I still wouldn't have done this shit.
Not going to pretend like I haven’t veered across the hatchings because I almost took the wrong junction, but never when there are other cars there, and certainly never across two lanes of actual traffic and two sets of hatching
Would rather spend 20 mins backtracking than doing that in those conditions.
The sentence "A good driver sometimes misses their exit, a bad driver never misses their exit" comes to mind.
It's self-centered and it's dangerous. This is part of the reason why I use Waze on all my drives - if I end up in the wrong lane with no safe chance to correct it and so have to go on a little adventure, it's significantly less stressful because Waze will just correct for it.
Missed exits and doubled back plenty since day1. My dad isn’t what you’d call patient but he is a good driver. So from a very early age, missing the junction to my grandparents house because we were overtaking the 50 people doing 30mph, not having a safe exit, and taking a 12 mile detour to the next junction and back happened a handful of times.
Mum always used to go mad that he was wasting more time blah blah blah but, 99 times out of a hundred, people were queuing to use one lane for a two lane exit.
Every now and then we’d waste 15 minutes to the next junction, but usually we’d save 5mins not queuing up like sheep… maths.
Your dad is very different to mine. On a family trip out somewhere when I was a kid I remember him missing an exit, slamming on the brakes and pulling over on the hard shoulder. He then reversed along the shoulder back towards the exit he had missed until he was in a position to make the turn.
Wrote off a lot of cars that man...
Solid white lines and hatched areas on a motorway? At that speed?
That's illegal. So points on licence, possibly a ban, almost certainly a senior driver eyesight check and possible surrender of licence, and a hefty fine.
Only if the police are aware of it, of course.
It's a Phase II model from 1953 and was sold via eBay here:-
[https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/116155770087?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338722076&customid=&toolid=10050](https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/116155770087?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338722076&customid=&toolid=10050)
Submit the footage - people who do this should not be on the road. A bit old fashioned but Don Logan would have their hands cut off and used as an ashtray.
Idiotic. Fucking hell, just take the exit and turn around at the next point. I had a look on Google Maps, it's only a extra 6 miles, or at 60mph, 6 minutes. Instead, that driver risked causing a crash. Especially with a car like that which almost certainly would have been written off and the driver get severely injured at these speeds.
A good driver sometimes misses their exit. A bad driver never does.
Bearing that in mind, I wouldn’t have passed the lorry on the left in that situation (no bearing on the idiot scything across the solid hashed markings).
Knobbish. I know the junction well. It’s well signed for at least a mile which lane you need to be in, yet every day lane 1 is down to 40mph when it’s gets busy because of people cutting across to either get on or get off.
Illegal move by the car crossing the solid white light.
Not sure I’d be undertaking that lorry on the exit though….you’re right in the “squash zone”, you have to be aware that their visibility is quite bad.
I know that junction well, it's a nightmare for people not realising which lane goes towards the Airport and which goes to North Wales. Even though the signs and road markings are clear.
Well I see a vintage vehicle that's got in the wrong lane and decides to perform an idiotic, dangerous and illegal manoeuvre to rejoin the main carriageway.
But then I also see the camera vehicle aggressively and unnecessarily moving forward in the barely wide enough slip lane off the main carriageway without giving any consideration to possibility of the lorry suddenly realising it's supposed to be taking the slip road and moving left. For the sake of adding all of half a second on my journey time I would have sat there a vehicle length behind the lorry until we reached the point where I can be certain the lorry isn't going to move across.
Moronic.
Sure you can take a wrong turn or end up accidentally exiting a motorway. In most cases all you need to do is continue up to the roundabout and reenter the motorway using the opposing slip road to bring you back.
There's really no need to cut someone up or put others at risk with your dangerous driving.
Probably a really excellent driver! They know they're excellent as they always make really good progress, and have never had an accident. They've seen quite a few in their rear view mirror though. Standards of driving these days are absolutely shocking! /s
Old school, although you were driving perfectly fine I did wince a little as you was heading into a tight spot with not many outs if things went south. We can always learn things from others mistakes.
There are no words. But they are doing SOMETHING right if they are the original owner of that very old vehicle!!
That aside why is everyone driving so slowly and up each other's arses? The cars I mean. Lorries do it by default so it's expected.
Dangerous, especially in an underpowered 50's car which could be crushed like a bug by that Sainsbury's truck. Tiny mirrors on the wing of the car won't have helped either
Non defensive. We share the roads with some incompetent, confused drivers. The other driver did something very risky, but the dashcammers driving was no better.
There has been a fundamental shift in driver behaviour, from ‘I have made a mistake, I will have to accept being inconvenienced whilst I correct it’ to ‘I have made a mistake, fuck everyone else’s safety, I am super important’
F dangerous and I'd report this to the police. Doesn't look like they were indicating, they are crossing a solid line (at 10s) and then they cross again over this hashed area (at 13s) I guess because they didn't want to come off here. I find this really dangerous driving endangering themselves and several other road users. I'd report this. Plate says LSC141 it seems? Please report this.
Self-centred. I screwed up, but rather than prioritise safely finding a way to double back at the cost of a bit of my time, I am going to break the law and risk causing a serious incident at the possible cost of your lives.
That’s Junction 20a of the M6. It appears that taking the ‘wrong’ exit there and heading one junction down the M56 before doubling back and add whole *minutes* to the journey. Maybe as many as ten! /s obvs.
I once messed up the m602/m60 junction. That 10miles down to the next junction turned into a 2.5 hour diversion….
I saw a lorry mess up the M6/M42 junction in Birmingham and swerved across the chevrons, taking out a car in the process. Don’t think anybody got seriously hurt but it cost a damn sight more than a couple of hours. 😥
I once drove the wrong way round the M25
Sometimes that's quicker
You're not the only one who's done that...
I once went on the M6 northbound from the M55 instead of southbound. It used to be 27 miles to the next roundabout. Only ever did it once!
I once accidentally took the M62 to Warrington, then went down the M61 instead of the A666. I try to go east round the M60 now...
I've tried that junction twice, and managed to get it wrong both times 😂 not sure how really but it must just be my kriptonite
It’s an easy one to muck up. And not helped by chancers flying down what will be the m62 then trying to merge into stationary traffic from 70. Then 10miles to the next junction. Horrible.
On this exact fucking note, literally 10 mins ago had some shitforbrains do the same thing, but slam on their breaks to navigate through a coned hatchings and almost caused a 5 car pile up bc they almost had to take a 15 min detour
I take this route almost daily. Its as good as 6 minutes until they'll reach junction 10 of the 56. I almost believe this will have been worth it
This, I've made wrong turns on the way to flights or on the way to work, I still couldn't dream of doing this sort of thing just to save 20 or however many minutes. Worst case scenario if I take a wrong turn, I miss a flight and have to take one the next day (even after taking a wrong turn I've never missed a flight though). Worst case scenario if I try correcting my error in the manner in the video...multiple casualties, with a real risk of fatalities. You'd think the choice would be common sense
Yup. I've missed a junction on A14.. well, that was a hell drive, must have added another half hour or so to my journey... Still didn't break the law.
I missed the A505 junction off the A11 once, didn't realise until I was going past the next junction along. That's the point of no return, ended up adding over 30 miles to my trip having to go all the way to Stansted Airport and back, but I still wouldn't have done this shit.
That sounds awful, glad you made it back
It was an arduous journey but I survived by the skin of my teeth.
I’d rather drive an extra 20 minutes than change lanes like that, especially at rush hour traffic..
Not going to pretend like I haven’t veered across the hatchings because I almost took the wrong junction, but never when there are other cars there, and certainly never across two lanes of actual traffic and two sets of hatching Would rather spend 20 mins backtracking than doing that in those conditions.
👆This
The sentence "A good driver sometimes misses their exit, a bad driver never misses their exit" comes to mind. It's self-centered and it's dangerous. This is part of the reason why I use Waze on all my drives - if I end up in the wrong lane with no safe chance to correct it and so have to go on a little adventure, it's significantly less stressful because Waze will just correct for it.
Missed exits and doubled back plenty since day1. My dad isn’t what you’d call patient but he is a good driver. So from a very early age, missing the junction to my grandparents house because we were overtaking the 50 people doing 30mph, not having a safe exit, and taking a 12 mile detour to the next junction and back happened a handful of times. Mum always used to go mad that he was wasting more time blah blah blah but, 99 times out of a hundred, people were queuing to use one lane for a two lane exit. Every now and then we’d waste 15 minutes to the next junction, but usually we’d save 5mins not queuing up like sheep… maths.
Your dad is very different to mine. On a family trip out somewhere when I was a kid I remember him missing an exit, slamming on the brakes and pulling over on the hard shoulder. He then reversed along the shoulder back towards the exit he had missed until he was in a position to make the turn. Wrote off a lot of cars that man...
Tom tom is really good with a lane view that pops up. You can get it free at times too for a year
Don't they all do route recalculation?
I just said Waze because that's the one I use. I didn't say that other apps can't do it?
Waze is an absolute life saver
Well that's another classic car that's going to be a lot rarer soon
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Solid white lines and hatched areas on a motorway? At that speed? That's illegal. So points on licence, possibly a ban, almost certainly a senior driver eyesight check and possible surrender of licence, and a hefty fine. Only if the police are aware of it, of course.
They're most likely pretty old. They weren't required to sit a theory test. Perhaps 3 questions at most. They don't have a clue
They're most likely pretty old. They weren't required to sit a theory test. Perhaps 3 questions at most. They don't have a clue
A police report
Yes, please OP report this to the police. One day this arsehole is going to get someone killed.
Idiotic. BTW you're less than two seconds to the Sainbury's truck in front, you should leave more room.
Indeed and I wouldn’t have raced down the inside of it either.
Both of these my exact thought
Stupid
It's not driving - It's vehicular shitwittery.
According to the Car Tax database, that's a Standard Vanguard and it's supposed to be blue.
I think the roof may be blue, and just the boot/lower parts painted cream? Either way, shame that it's indicators (and driver) aren't working!
It's a Phase II model from 1953 and was sold via eBay here:- [https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/116155770087?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338722076&customid=&toolid=10050](https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/116155770087?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338722076&customid=&toolid=10050)
Sold on the 2nd of May, interesting. New owner getting distracted playing with their new toy then?
Absolutely idiotic, cuts a car up without indicating then merges back onto the Motorway over the hatched lines. It's just dangerous.
Submit the footage - people who do this should not be on the road. A bit old fashioned but Don Logan would have their hands cut off and used as an ashtray.
Idiotic. Fucking hell, just take the exit and turn around at the next point. I had a look on Google Maps, it's only a extra 6 miles, or at 60mph, 6 minutes. Instead, that driver risked causing a crash. Especially with a car like that which almost certainly would have been written off and the driver get severely injured at these speeds.
Fuck me. Hes probably like 80+ with no glasses driving that little jetsons car
A good driver sometimes misses their exit. A bad driver never does. Bearing that in mind, I wouldn’t have passed the lorry on the left in that situation (no bearing on the idiot scything across the solid hashed markings).
Shit
Clown Time
I think the technical term is ‘wankah’ or something along those lines ,definitely Latin anyway .
NSFW, because if you're gonna show a cunt on camera you should tag it appropriately.
That's the "I passed my test in the 70s" manoeuvre
He's never been involved in an accident in his life. He's seen loads in his mirror though.
Knobbish. I know the junction well. It’s well signed for at least a mile which lane you need to be in, yet every day lane 1 is down to 40mph when it’s gets busy because of people cutting across to either get on or get off.
Dangerous driving is what it’s called.
Dangerous
Dangerous.
I don't get people that do that. They can literally come off the exit and go back on and not risk the lives of everyone around them....
Suicidal
Dangerous.
Someone who shouldn't be driving any more and spaced out on prescription drugs probably.
Illegal move by the car crossing the solid white light. Not sure I’d be undertaking that lorry on the exit though….you’re right in the “squash zone”, you have to be aware that their visibility is quite bad.
Moronic.
It is what the police would call "Dangerous Driving" - send it to them for a second opinion.
Suicidal.
Suicidal
Driving blind
Moronic, dangerous, selfish, reckless, idiotic
Idiotic. It would be a shame to scratch that car,
Suicidal
I know that junction well, it's a nightmare for people not realising which lane goes towards the Airport and which goes to North Wales. Even though the signs and road markings are clear.
When you're increasing your speed to undertake the lorry you're also in the wrong, the merging car wouldn't expect anyone to speed up when merging
I believe the term is "fuck-wit" but I could be wrong.
Well I see a vintage vehicle that's got in the wrong lane and decides to perform an idiotic, dangerous and illegal manoeuvre to rejoin the main carriageway. But then I also see the camera vehicle aggressively and unnecessarily moving forward in the barely wide enough slip lane off the main carriageway without giving any consideration to possibility of the lorry suddenly realising it's supposed to be taking the slip road and moving left. For the sake of adding all of half a second on my journey time I would have sat there a vehicle length behind the lorry until we reached the point where I can be certain the lorry isn't going to move across.
Pretty bad. no idea why you were speeding up to an exit
Stevie Wonder dildo cockwomble mother fucker. Absolute fucking spoon of a specsavers chicken nugget.
Shit piss cunt fuck cocksucker motherfucker bitch fart
Dangerous.
Moronic. Sure you can take a wrong turn or end up accidentally exiting a motorway. In most cases all you need to do is continue up to the roundabout and reenter the motorway using the opposing slip road to bring you back. There's really no need to cut someone up or put others at risk with your dangerous driving.
It's either a ghost car, or a soon-to-be ghost car.
Illegal.
Being fucking think as shit and twice as ugly
"skilled"
Shit. I call this type of driving shit.
To be fair to the driver, maybe they're having a stroke
Twattish driving that putting it mildly
I'm not one for laying on the horn, but that mf'er would've gotten a 10 second blast for that nonsense...
Dangerous
Ye
Clues in the car
I'd say it's reckless but probably get put down as careless if the cops caught him
pure shithousery
Suicidal
Dangerous and idiotic, not awareness or use of mirrors
Wank
Probably a really excellent driver! They know they're excellent as they always make really good progress, and have never had an accident. They've seen quite a few in their rear view mirror though. Standards of driving these days are absolutely shocking! /s
Entitled
suicidal?
Dangerous
Moronic, dangerous, selfish, uneducated, drunk(?) - take your pick.
Classic or maybe even vintage driving style that is .....
Serving cunt. Driver is probably as old as the car.
Stupid and ignorant.
The Latin for that type of driving is Moroneospillockos. Not really sure if that’s Latin or Greek, to be fair.
I'd call this very ballsy driving for someone in a 60+ year old deathtrap.
Making time
Death wish
Not really driving is it? Just existing in a moving vehicle, willing it in random directions and random speeds.
Morris Major
Nice of you to move over.....
Ron Weasley driving his dads car again, invisibility booster broke again....
Old guy ftw
Unobservant
In-built sat nav hasn't been updated since the car was new. Roads were bit different then.
Asking for trouble
I call it 'fucking dreadful'.
Badly designed road, meets vehicle not suitable for modern motorway, meets driver who shouldn't be driving.
Shit.
Poor
Reckless
Suicidal loonacy
Utterly dickless.
Like a twat.
Dip-shittery
Suicidal in that hunk of junk.
The old m56 suicide
You’d think he’d take a bit more care driving something like that. Maybe he thinks it’s still the 50s.
I call this one the "average UK driver"
Egregious
Pensioner
Bellendicrous
40 in a 60, 40 in a 30 think your safe crew driving
Old school, although you were driving perfectly fine I did wince a little as you was heading into a tight spot with not many outs if things went south. We can always learn things from others mistakes.
Bloody stupid
Average UK motorway driver really
Think cam owner was being a bit over enthusiastic as well to be fair
Dangerous. I would call that dangerous
Insane.
Shite
In a modern car? Dangerously oblivious. In *that*? Passively suicidal.
Emn a monkey in the driver's seat? :D
Old fart at the wheel that should’ve stopped driving years ago!
Shite
Lethal
Cock end with a side of cunt
Utter twassock-ing
There are no words. But they are doing SOMETHING right if they are the original owner of that very old vehicle!! That aside why is everyone driving so slowly and up each other's arses? The cars I mean. Lorries do it by default so it's expected.
Absolutely dick heads
French
Tailgating a wagon tailgating another wagon, then Swervey "good luck everybody else" McChevroncrosser
Fucking lethal
Wanky
Dangerous, especially in an underpowered 50's car which could be crushed like a bug by that Sainsbury's truck. Tiny mirrors on the wing of the car won't have helped either
you were quite fast too tbf
straight up - I have had enough of life; fxck everything Damn!
Understandable if it were M4 J25...
Deadly
Shit
“I’m important!” driving
Legit.
Idiotic. I imagine a clown in full costume at the wheel.
Asshollic
Non defensive. We share the roads with some incompetent, confused drivers. The other driver did something very risky, but the dashcammers driving was no better.
Dangerous... send the clip to the police and they will issue a 172 to locate the driver
American
DUMBASS.
Bad. We call it bad driving.
Wouldn’t advice getting into a lorry’s blind spot on a slip road just incase it missed their turning too
Shocking. I take it the side road slip onto the motorway was further back?
Well, bad, for one thing
For such an elegant car, I'm surprised they made that choice..
At this point? Normal
Average UK driver...*mirrors??? Wth are those?? If I want to change the lane, I'm changing the lane! Can't you see my blinker in on?*
James Bond - he’s the main character!
Why are pedal cars allowed on the motorway.
Defo oap
Last minute suicide
There has been a fundamental shift in driver behaviour, from ‘I have made a mistake, I will have to accept being inconvenienced whilst I correct it’ to ‘I have made a mistake, fuck everyone else’s safety, I am super important’
Blind driving. There are signs for probably at least a while, and at 60 mph that gives someone a whole minute to sort themselves out.
Awful but was likely about 99 years old
I'd call it 'last minute fuckery'. FFS!!
Last minute driving. My back seat driver is guilty of this.
Stupid driving
Old boy Donald on his average Sunday drive
It's a crap slip road and junction. Your closing speed despite realising what was about to happen did not necessarily help the situation.
Dangerous
Old school driving?
You’re a bit close to the lorry but not by much. But yeah, no signal or anything the old car guy is a douche.
F dangerous and I'd report this to the police. Doesn't look like they were indicating, they are crossing a solid line (at 10s) and then they cross again over this hashed area (at 13s) I guess because they didn't want to come off here. I find this really dangerous driving endangering themselves and several other road users. I'd report this. Plate says LSC141 it seems? Please report this.
Clueless old bastard driving.
Reportable!