Scots pensioner, 84, drove Honda Jazz down wrong way on A9 forcing cars to swerve

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An 84-year-old motorist who drove the wrong way down a busy dual carriageway into oncoming traffic has been banned from the road for 16 months.Catherine Nicoll has been fined £400 at Perth Sheriff Court and ordered to re-sit the extended driving test before being allowed to return to the road.Nicoll, from Pitlochry, admitted driving her Honda Jazz dangerously on the A9 Perth to Inverness trunk road, near Ballinluig in Perthshire, on 1 june this year.She admitted driving northbound against the flow of traffic in the fast lane of the southbound carriageway and causing another driver to swerve to avoid a head-on collision.Fiscal depute Nicola Caira told the court: "At 4pm on Saturday 1 June, the witness was driving southbound and moved into lane two to overtake slower moving vehicles."On commencing the overtake, the road began to bend to the left.

On passing the first car he became aware of the Jazz travelling north in lane two of the southbound carriageway."It was not slowing down and he had to swerve into lane one between cars and narrowly avoiding a head-on collision.

The accused continued driving north, so the witness pulled in to contact police."They were only able to give a brief description, that it had been an elderly female driving.

Police were deployed, but were unable to trace the vehicle."Ms Caira said the witness provided the police with dashcam footage and they were able to identify Nicoll as the driver of the Jazz at the time of the incident.Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today.You'll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland.No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily