Audi driver sparks panic driving wrong way down the M4

A dangerous driver was spotted in the fast lane of a motorway in London – on the wrong side of the road.

The driver of a white Audi caused panic on the M4 after travelling in the wrong direction of the major carriageway near Heston in Hounslow.

A video shows the Audi A3 suddenly appear on the motorway at around 9.18pm on Friday, June 27.

The illegal move was caught on camera by a passenger in an oncoming Tesla whose driver luckily spotted the car in time to manoeuvre to the left lane.

The Tesla driver tries to alert the driver by beeping his horn, but the vehicle appears to continue its journey.

The Tesla driver can be heard saying: ‘What are you doing?

‘Oh my God, what the hell.’

The car was reportedly travelling eastbound on the M4 near Heston, which is a couple of miles from Heathrow Airport.

Many on social media lambasted the ‘idiot’ driver after Need To Know reported on the incident.

Lee Friend wrote: ‘Yep, Audi driver’, while Vik Sing added: ‘What an idiot.’

Another person said: ‘It’s great when it’s observed. But no one goes to the emergency phone.’

A criminal offence

Drivers going the wrong way down a motorway can be prosecuted for careless driving under Section 3 of the Road Traffic Act 1988.

Metropolitan Police has been contacted for a comment.

Motorists have sadly died after drivers went the wrong way.

A man was killed in a head-on crash in West Yorkshire after he drove the wrong way on the M62 on March 23.

And in February, Barancan Nurcin, 22, crashed a stolen van into the car of Zoe Hawes and her husband as he drove on the wrong side of the M25 just moments after a police chase was called off.

Zoe Hawes, 39, and Nurcin’s passenger, Fahad Dek, 23, died following the collision. Zoe had been travelling to Luton Airport to go on holiday for her 40th birthday.

Nurcin escaped from the scene, leaving behind his friend Dek, who died in the passenger seat.

Nurcin was sentenced to 18 years in prison on June 21 after pleading guilty to two counts of causing death by dangerous driving, four counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and other counts relating to lack of driver’s license and insurance.

It is thought to be the longest sentence imposed in the UK for death by dangerous driving.

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