Moment 鈥榠diot鈥?Driver鈥檚 Illegal Overtake Almost Causes Road Accident
A reckless driver has been filmed crossing double white lines and overtaking another car along a narrow road in an unbelievably reckless manoeuvre. The video was uploaded to Facebook showing the illegal move on a busy section of the Heathcote Road, south of Sydney, in NSW. A grey Volkswagen Tiguan can be seen overtaking a A red Isuzu ute on along the crowded and narrow road. Dashcam footage shows the Volkswagen overtake the car forcing cars to swerve to avoid a crash. People commenting on the video were furious with the driver of the Volkswagen. No wonder why there are so many fatalities on that road,' a person said. 鈥檚 just stupidity at its highest,' they said. A former truck driver also said he wasn't surprised at the dangerous behaviour. There sure are some bloody idiots out there. Back in the day when I drove trucks I lost count of the number of times I was overtaken by a car on the bridge on Heathcote Road because they didn't want to follow me up the hill,' he said. The crash sparked an outcry from the community and calls to reduce the speed limit near the Healthcote and New Illawarra Road intersection, according to The Leader. NSW Police said they were not aware of the illegal overtake incident but that they were now in possession of the video. They noted that the driver appears to be overtaking on double lines and not overtaking when it is safe to do so, committing two offences at once.
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