ht way on the M4 towards his home in Cardiff, he became convinced for some reason that he was driving in the wrong direction.
He then pulled over onto the hard shoulder, completed a “dramatic” U-turn and drove seven and a half miles back towards junction 15.
Abdo said he had a “panic attack” and believed after the U-turn that he was genuinely driving in the right direction.
He was slowed to 30mph by police who chased alongside him on the opposite carriageway.
They then raced on ahead, pulled over, jumped over the central reservation and stood on the carriageway signaling him to stop.
Once he pulled over near to Membury Services, police said he still did not realise what he had done.
His wife Fatma, 38, had to be helped out of the car and was taken to Great Western Hospital for treatment for severe shock.
Did they not say anything to each other as they whizzed down the wrong side of the motorway at 80mph?
“Ach, what a country! Look at all these fools driving the wrong way!”.
“But Ali…”.
“Wooo, that was close – hey, watch where you’re going you idiot.”
“But Ali…”
“And another. And another. Don’t they have to pass a test or something?”
“But Ali…”
A five year driving ban? Why not for ever? The man’s clearly shown himself unfit to be in charge of a motor vehicle on the public highway. The thought of him back on the roads in 5 years, at the age of 73, is not comforting. They can kill, these cars, especially when you get idiots driving them. Is it such an appalling breach of his civil liberties to be permanently denied the right to drive? Take a train or a bus, for God’s sake.
Enough – before I start to sound like Richard Littlejohn.
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