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Quote: Originally posted by trog100 on 16/10/2018

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i think they must have realized their mistake pretty quickly just panicked and hadnt a clue what to do about it.. their age probably played a part..

trog

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Quote: Originally posted by JoannaLesley on 17/10/2018

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Tragically this seems to happen from time to time and it's not always elderly drivers either. Perhaps there should be some mechanism which physically stops drivers from entering the wrong slip road from a roundabout, but I don't know what.

In addition, both roundabouts and sat navs can be pretty confusing when there are multiple exits.

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Quote: Originally posted by duffs54 on 17/10/2018

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It's very sad, always seems that the innocent in accidents get hurt or die and the offending drivers survive.

Thoughts with all families

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Quote: Originally posted by Mitchamitri on 17/10/2018

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All the drivers are innocent really it's not like they made a deliberate attempt to drive up the wrong side of the road (in these cases anyway )

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Quote: Originally posted by The 2 Tops on 17/10/2018

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Quote: Originally posted by duffs54 on 17/10/2018

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It's very sad, always seems that the innocent in accidents get hurt or die and the offending drivers survive.

Thoughts with all families

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It's almost a copycat of an incident on the M1 in Leicestershire. The driver going the wrong way was 84, and he hit a van in which the driver in his 30's died.
In both incidents, I find it puzzling that the innocent drivers did not see the oncoming vehicles and then take evasive action. There have been explanations for M-way crashes that happen because many drivers do not look far enough ahead - i.e., not looking much further ahead than the vehicle in front of them. This habit could explain the rogue car 'appearing' when reaction was already too late.
Bertie.

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