Moment drivers cause horror motorway smash after veering in & out of lanes – & no one can work out who’s to blame
DRIVERS have wreaked havoc on a motorway after veering dramatically across lanes in a ‘contactless’ crash.
Heart-in-mouth footage shows the bizarre interaction between the black and white vehicles, which ended with chunks of debris flying across the interstate.
But it’s divided opinion as viewers can’t work out who is to blame.
The dashcam footage – recorded by a driver behind – shows both motorists moving into the middle lane from opposite sides.
One of the vehicles then frantically veers to the right, knocking it off balance and then in the way of oncoming traffic.
As the two cars swerve around each other both are sent into a spin as debris flies into the cars behind.
The footage was uploaded by Instagram group Diabolical Drives.
“People like this man… how in the hell can you overreact like this – get them off the road asap,” the video’s caption reads.
Viewers flocked to the comments to discuss who they thought was responsible for the blood-curdling crash.
“Definitely the black car’s fault since they’re coming up from behind but the white car overreacted AFTER the situation had already resolved,” one wrote.
Another chimed in: “I think they’re both at fault honestly.”
A third said: “Why did the white car react 10 years later?”
Meanwhile, a fourth viewer quipped: “Gonna be very hard to explain to the insurance company.”
In the UK, the number of dashcam footage sent to police has risen by 77 per cent in just two years.
Dangerous behaviour on the road is caught out by fellow drivers who submit their video evidence.
According to a Freedom of Information request based on 26 out of 43 regional police offices in England and Wales, there has been a surge of dashcam submissions that highlight dodgy driving.
In 2023, an average of 342 pieces of dashcam footage were sent to the police every day – equalling 72,000 videos a year.
OPERATION SNAP
The number of submissions has grown steadily each year since the police introduced an Operation Snap portal in 2017.
The online portal has been created to allow motorists to instantly report unlawful driving to the cops along with evidence of the act itself.
The system was created to assist police in taking action against those who put other road users at risk – and so far, it has proven to be successful.
Around 70 per cent of dash cam footage sent by motorists has resulted in police action.
The cops have issued warning letters, penalty points, prosecutions, fines and sometimes even jail time to dangerous drivers.
At least 90,000 fines have reportedly been administered thanks to the motorists on patrol.
If data from all police offices had been taken into account, the number would likely be higher with drivers being slapped with fines and penalties.
A staggering 176,000 pieces of dash cam evidence, which depict incidents of reckless or illegal driving, were turned in over the previous three years, according to the FOI.