Pleased he is OK how is the yank?We have been informed that our nephew has been involved in a head on collision last night. Apparently the other driver was an American on the wrong side of the road. The American's car is a total write off. Nephew works for RAC and was driving a breakdown vehicle which only sustained minor damage i.e. scratches to front bumper. He is otherwise okay although a bit shaken up.
No idea at this stage. I wonder if he will be prosecuted or take the gap back to the US?
i hope your Nephew makes a full recovery and life returns for normal for himWe have been informed that our nephew has been involved in a head on collision last night. Apparently the other driver was an American on the wrong side of the road. The American's car is a total write off. Nephew works for RAC and was driving a breakdown vehicle which only sustained minor damage i.e. scratches to front bumper. He is otherwise okay although a bit shaken up.
We had a similar incident at Caen as we were leaving the La Bella campsite to catch the ferry back to Postsmouth.Living, and working in an area with two cross Channel ferry ports (Poole, and in the past Weymouth) I encountered a fair few of this type of collision over the years.
Usually just outside of town where there are no street lights and traffic is very light. Foreign driver suddenly encounters a set of headlights coming round a bend in the road and instinctively veers onto their "correct" side of the road
Many UK drivers have done exactly the same just outside French channel ports.
I would never consider taking a ferry that gets me to France (or Spain) when it's dark, or nearly dark for exactly the reasons I have detailed above. I also try to avoid night time driving in Europe if at all possible.
In this scenario, with no-one (other than possibly the driver "at fault") suffering serious injuries then I would be exceedingly surprised if a prosecution results.
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