I had a near thing last Sunday night. I was driving the Jaguar along the A1 towards Edinburgh near to Haddington when I was amazed to see a car coming towards me on the 'wrong' side of the dual carriageway. Fortunately I was in the nearside lane and I avoided contact.
Within a couple of minutes I saw police cars with blue lights flashing heading east and feared the worst. I subseuqntly discovered that the car was driven by an 80 year-old who collided with another car and then spun into the path of s third car killing himself and putting three occupants of the third car into hospital (albeit with minor injuries).
Is it surprising that there are so many fatalities if drivers can get on the wrong side of a dual carriageway on a night when visibility was near perfect?
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