Right was wrong
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• A Fareham owner-driver who drove on the wrong side
of the road terrifying other motorists landed up in court Last week.
Knutsford Crown Court heard that Michael James Hayes had driven 1,100 miles from France within a 24-hour period in August 1997. Although he had taken a nine-hour break, he had not slept before continuing his journey.
At midnight a night worker braked, skidded and drove onto the verge to avoid Hayes, who was driving at 40mph on the wrong side of the A34 near Siddington, Macclesfield.
The truck did not stop but a witness followed it and noted the registration details. Hayes was traced a month later.
'The judge said it appeared that Hayes had momentarily forgotten he was no longer in France. 'He was driving at a proper speed for a French road and if he had gone to sleep he would have gone off the road altogether," he said.
Hayes, who admitted dangerous driving, was disqualified for three years. He was also sentenced to 150 hours community service and ordered to pay 8642 costs.