Hapless motorist puts lives at risk by driving the WRONG way down the M1 – then forces other drivers to slam the brakes on as he reverses to correct his error

• The elderly motorist caught driving the wrong way up the M1 at Milton Keynes  
• After frantically trying to correct, he made off the wrong way down the slip road  
• Essex lorry driver, 54, captured the shocking incident on dash cam yesterday 

This is the shocking moment a hapless driver risked lives by going the wrong way on the M1 before desperately trying to correct his error by reversing up the fast lane.

The elderly motorist turned right and crossed three lanes of the busy motorway, heading straight into oncoming traffic.

When he realised his mistake he tried to reverse back along the fast lane, only to pull forward again.

The driver eventually manages to reverse back up the road before driving the wrong way down the sliproad.

The video shows the hapless motorist join the southbound carriageway of the M1 at Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, at 1pm on Monday.

Lorry driver Mark Thomas, 54, captured the terrifying moment on his dashcam as he drove from Tilbury Docks in Essex.

The divorced father-of-one, from Shrewsbury in Shropshire, said: ‘I was really shaken up by it, he could have killed someone, I couldn’t believe it. I was driving in the middle lane and noticed in the distance was not quite right.

‘I was doing around 60mph when I saw the car coming up on the fast lane, and slowed down to 40mph in an instant. I just slowed right down and put on the hazard warning lights.

‘I could see a young bloke in the white van next to me brake hard and he was really straining on the seatbelt.

‘The man in the silver car looked like he was 65 to 70 and was very confused. He might not have understood the signs. I wondered if he might be a foreigner.

This is the shocking moment an elderly driver drove the wrong way down the M1, as captured by a lorry’s front dashcam 

After trying to reverse back along the M1 in Milton Keynes, the motorist continues to go the wrong way 

Following his botched attempt at reversing, the driver heads the wrong way down the slip road

‘When he was reversing on the fast lane I was shouting out the window at him to turn around, in fact I went hoarse from shouting.

‘He tried reversing back down the carriageway a couple of times until he weaved his way back down the fast lane and goes the wrong way down the slip road. It was lucky it was a clear day because if it had been foggy that would have been it. 

‘The road was busy with cars and lorries like mine and he could have caused carnange. I have been a trucker for 32 years and this is the first time I’ve seen anything like this.

‘I sent the dashcam to the police and they say someone has already reported it, I don’t know what’s happened to the driver.’

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