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Pensioner drives wrong way up M6

An 82-year-old woman was stopped by police after she drove for four miles the wrong way along an unlit section of the M6 on Sunday night.
Police said "numerous" drivers spun out of control and one car crashed swerving to avoid the pensioner's Peugeot in the fast lane near Shap in Cumbria.
Patrol cars halted the woman, from Windermere, near Shap Beck. No-one was seriously injured in the incident.
A police spokesman said she could face a charge of dangerous driving.
He said it was a "miracle" a serious collision had not occurred.
He said: "We believe she was going the wrong way for up to four miles and she was travelling between 60 and 70 mph in the southbound fast lane.
"The motorway at this point is remote without street lighting and drivers travelling southbound would have only been aware of the approaching vehicle as it was almost upon them." The driver of a Daewoo car was treated for whiplash at the scene after crashing into the central reservation to evade a head-on smash with the Peugeot. The pensioner was taken to Penrith Police Station for questioning following the incident and the Crown Prosecution Service will now decide if she should be charged.

Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

the Crown Prosecution Service will now decide if she should be charged.

Is there any doubt?

Come on now, a little respect for your elders. You'll be old yourself one day!

I think once you get to75 licence taken off you regardless, revoked full stop!! This clown should be charged with dangerous driving and be banned for life!

Insurance companies bang on about how older people make safer drivers, well sorry how can someone who is 74 have the same reaction speeds as a 30 something , they cant!! Chances are their eyesight and hearing are a lot worse as well.

So IMO are just as lethal as a drunk driver in some ways.

Also why do they drive so slow, causing others to get angry and take risk??

How old is Jackie Stuart?

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

How old is Jackie Stuart?

A quick google reveals he was born 11-06-39.. oh and its Stewart, not Stuart..

I have to say that old lady should just have her license taken away. Going the wrong way down the motorway eek...

68. Do I win anything? And Stirling Moss is 78!

[Richie]

Originally Posted by neio79

I think once you get to75 licence taken off you regardless, revoked full stop!!

My dad is 73 next birthday, I don't think he'd thank you very much for that comment, As he's still biking and driving everyday. Please don't tar everybody with the same brush.


Also a lack of public transport in rural area might be a major factor into people of older years driving.

[Biker Biggles]

My old man flew in the RAF in WW2.If you work out how old that makes him and he is still driving.He doesnt go down the motorway in the wrong direction and has a pretty much unblemished record.Why should he have his license taken away just because some other bint of similar age cant drive?
Gross disrespect for the generation who saved this country from conquest IMO,and some people should know better.You know who you are Im sure.

erm, my take: Ownvership of a drivers licence is a PRVILEGE not a right.

Mine expires 1 day before my 70th birthday - I assume that I'll have to reapply or take the test again.

I'm happy to do. You get older things fail. If I pass a test it proves I have the competence/faculties needed. If after the test I was involved in an accident then it would help to assuage some of the culpablility.