Pensioner filmed driving wrong way down motorway is spared jail

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This shocking dashcam footage shows a drink driving pensioner going the wrong way down a motorway.

The video shows motorist David Haughton, 75, travelling on the M6 near Lancaster, Lancashire, on April 23 this year.

Police say he was initially going in the right direction before turning his Volvo around and driving towards oncoming...
source: Metro

2019-07-22 09:44

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