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watch the vid at the bottom of the article - both bits.....didn't know we were using this stuff in the UK so watch out next time you overtake a lorry! :thumbsup:

http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/31032011/36/terrifying-head-smash-caught-camera-0.html
 
Interesting view there gannet, I am amazed there are no "no entry" signs on that right road as it does look too easy to go there. Very weird.
 
and the direction arrows are some what worn...

I can't take credit for the google map, got it from another forum (may need to register)...

dunno if a link will work: Head on smash
 
While I do agree it's confusing, it's still a 2-way road. I'm not sure why you would suddenly decide to switch into the oncoming lane when the road splits like that?
 
Boogle said:
While I do agree it's confusing, it's still a 2-way road. I'm not sure why you would suddenly decide to switch into the oncoming lane when the road splits like that?
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Two words.

Woman driver.

:evil:
 
Boogle said:
While I do agree it's confusing, it's still a 2-way road. I'm not sure why you would suddenly decide to switch into the oncoming lane when the road splits like that?
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road previous to that junction is a dual carriageway apparently, so brain could be in dual carriageway mode. and we don't know what other traffic was around on that approach at the time...
 
gannet said:
Boogle said:
While I do agree it's confusing, it's still a 2-way road. I'm not sure why you would suddenly decide to switch into the oncoming lane when the road splits like that?
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road previous to that junction is a dual carriageway apparently, so brain could be in dual carriageway mode. and we don't know what other traffic was around on that approach at the time...
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I had a look at the Google streetview. There's two signs, one two lanes into one, and the other 2-way traffic. You then go along the road for a bit and it then splits into two. I still think it's driver error, but not what she's got done for. Driving without due care I think matches better than what she got (which is a lot worse). She missed the signs, and when faced with an oncoming lorry dove into oncoming traffic rather the ditch (not judging on that, making the right split-second choice is 50/50).

All that said, I would let her off. Life passing before your eyes and almost dying should be more than enough to remind one to pay close attention to any and all signs.
 
Boogle said:
gannet said:
Boogle said:
While I do agree it's confusing, it's still a 2-way road. I'm not sure why you would suddenly decide to switch into the oncoming lane when the road splits like that?
Click to expand...
road previous to that junction is a dual carriageway apparently, so brain could be in dual carriageway mode. and we don't know what other traffic was around on that approach at the time...
Click to expand...

I had a look at the Google streetview. There's two signs, one two lanes into one, and the other 2-way traffic. You then go along the road for a bit and it then splits into two. I still think it's driver error, but not what she's got done for. Driving without due care I think matches better than what she got (which is a lot worse). She missed the signs, and when faced with an oncoming lorry dove into oncoming traffic rather the ditch (not judging on that, making the right split-second choice is 50/50).

All that said, I would let her off. Life passing before your eyes and almost dying should be more than enough to remind one to pay close attention to any and all signs.
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Also remember that those signs were there when the google streetview camera went past... are they still there/obscured now - we don't know.

There are almost certainly other factors at play which we are unaware of (such as phone usage, smoking, fiddling with the radio, eyesight etc) which will all affect the Police decision.

Point of the map was simply to show that it is relatively easy to find yourself in the wrong lane as opposed to taking the wrong exit from a roundabout etc.
 
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