A driving instructor who spotted a fellow motorist skipping a queue of traffic said she would have been 'marked down in her test.'
Tony Fixter, who runs Fixit Driving School, was between lessons this morning (June 7) when he came to a stop at temporary lights installed at the roundabout near Winterbrook in Wallingford.
When the lights turned green, the 48-year-old turned left.
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He was startled to find a grey Peugeot travelling towards him on his side of the road, forcing him to stop his Vauxhall Corsa so the vehicle could pass.
He said: "Even though I was on green, I had to stop and let her pass at the point where the road is wide enough.
"Fortunately there was nothing behind me otherwise all the traffic would have backed up.
"If I had been a lorry then the issue would have been even worse. She wouldn't have seen what's coming.
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"She might not have been aware the lights were there. Obviously her time was more important."
The Peugeot pulled up alongside the large tanker vehicle at the front of the queue where the road split into two lanes.
She turned right, even though Mr Fixter said there were several cars she passed in the queue with right indicators turned on.
The driving instructor said: "It was massively poor. She would probably go down as 'needs awareness and planning'.
"She would be marked down in her test. Unless she was driving on the continent."
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