Driving Ban.

[tonyav]

Extremely dangerous maneuver, he has had an 18 month driving ban but does that ban only mean here in the UK or does it also mean he is banned in Lithuania as well ?.
http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2014/11/13/caught-on-camera-shocking-footage-of-40-tonne-lorry-doing-dangerous-u-turn-on-m6-toll/

[Buenchico]

The EU approved a convention upon the reciprocality of driving disqualifications between member states back in 1998 but it doesn't come into force until all member states have signed up to it (and that hasn't happened yet).

In the meantime, EU nations are free to use that convention as the basis for bilateral agreements. The UK and Ireland have entered into such an agreement (which came into effect in 2010) but no other EU nations have yet entered into bilateral agreements with the UK, and none are in the pipeline. (There are separate agreements about the reciprocality of driving disqualifications between the UK and the Isle of Man, and between the UK and the Channel Islands).

So the short answer to your question is 'No'.

[tonyav]

I had a feeling that would be the answer, Chris ( thanks ). His ban doesn't mean a lot then ( except here ).

[EDDIE51]

^^ yes he is only banned in the UK, no effect anywhere else in the world.

[ivor4781]

i dont know how drivers get down the wrong slipway you would have to negotiate a right hand very sharp anticlockwise turn, the that fact that its sharp should ring alarm bells

[Old_Geezer]

Would they get insurance at a reasonable price elsewhere, or don't the insurance companies care about bans from elsewhere ?

[New Judge]

It's not that they don't care, more that they don't know about them, OG.

If a foreign national is banned in his own country there is nothing to prevent him from moving here, applying for a UK driving licence, buying a car, insuring it and driving it around. The DVLA and UK insurers have no access to foreign driving records.

[tamborine]

Its a genuine error, surely a warning would suffice ? A very neat turn for an hgv.

[ludwig]

I don't care if he's banned in Lithuania or not.

Until he does something stupid on a Lithuanian road I don't really see why he should be.

[ToraToraTora]

The Guy's a genius! how did he manage to get down the wrong slip road? the turn must have been even more difficult than the one we saw.

[mushroom25]

//how did he manage to get down the wrong slip road? //

he didn't. he left the motorway at junction T5 in the correct manner but was unable to get through the toll gates because his card was rejected. the intermediate toll gates are all unmanned so there was nobody to help him. so he turned round (it's plenty wide enough to do that) and retraced his path back to the main carriageway, where he was filmed doing his U-turn.

[janbee]

I've seen a few drivers, albeit in cars, do this manoeuvre on a motorway

[ToraToraTora]

hang on so the toll people have not escape route for those who cannot pay? what are they supposed to do? I don't condone what he did but is there an official get out if you cannot pay?

[ummmm]

It does seem a bit mad, TTT.

[mushroom25]

//is there an official get out if you cannot pay//

nope. other than proceed to the main toll station, which is manned 24/7.

[TWR]

Tam, that could have caused a death, the driver should never have done that, TTT He should have contacted the EMERGENCY services by the Phones that's there, the maneuver stupid thing to do.

[mushroom25]

//He should have contacted the EMERGENCY services by the Phones that's there, //

he did, but the operator no speaky Lithuanian. he couldn't make himself understood so he gave up.

[ToraToraTora]

Mushroom: yes but that's no use if he has no way of paying.

TWR: I'm not saying he did the right thing but it seems the system is not set up for someone who cannot pay. They need a slip to rejoin the M6 non toll.

[TWR]

TTT, what normaly happens in a case of you can't pay they take the reg and forward the bill but that is for the UK Traffic.

[ToraToraTora]

....yes, so we need a way out for everyone. What do they do on the dartford crossing?