Moment aged driver goes the WRONG manner down twin carriageway

This is the moment an elderly driver what seen driving the wrong way down a dual carriageway during rush hour.

Another driver – going the right way – captured the footage on his dashcam of the 80-year-old who was driving down the A30 near Okehampton, Devon, on Wednesday.

The other driver was in the outside lane overtaking a lorry but thankfully pulled back into the inside one before the elderly man in his blue Volkswagen started to coming towards him.

It is not known where the car joined the road or where it left.

The elderly driver drove on the wrong side of another road later that day, as reported by NeedToKnow.

The other driver was in the outside lane overtaking a lorry but thankfully pulled back into the inside one before the elderly man in his blue Volkswagen started to coming towards him

The other driver captured the footage on his dashcam of the 80-year-old who was driving down the A30 near Okehampton, Devon, on Wednesday

The car can be seen driving down the wrong side of the dual carriageway

A Devon and Cornwall police spokesman said: ‘Police were called at around 5.30pm on August 28 following reports of a motorist driving north on the southbound A30 carriageway between the Okehampton and Exeter areas.

‘Later that evening officers were called to Hill Barton Road in Exeter following reports of the same vehicle again on the wrong side of the road.

‘The vehicle came to a stop after colliding with a central reservation nearby.

‘A man in his 80s from Exeter was located and arrested on suspicion of driving without due care and attention.

‘He was then dearrested, taken to hospital and left in the care of hospital staff.

‘Enquiries are ongoing.’